Table 3.

Summary of the Effects of Various Pharmacologic Interventions on Eosinophil Aggregation, Intracellular Ca2+ Transients, and Recruitment In Vivo Induced by PAF, C5a, and LTB4

PAFC5aLTB4
PTX (1 μg/mL) 
Ca2+ transient Unaffected Abolished Attenuated by ∼90% 
Aggregation Unaffected Abolished Attenuated by ∼75% 
In vivo recruitment Attenuated by ∼50% Abolished AbolishedRo 31-8220 (3 × 10−6 mol/L) 
Ca2+ transient Abolished Prolonged, no change in amplitude Prolonged, no change in amplitude 
Aggregation Abolished Unaffected or enhanced Inhibited at low concentrations Stimulated at high concentrationsStaurosporine (10−7 mol/L) 
Ca2+ transient Unaffected Prolonged, no change in amplitude Prolonged, no change in amplitude 
Aggregation Enhanced Enhanced EnhancedH-89 (10−5 mol/L) 
Aggregation Enhanced Enhanced Enhanced 
PAFC5aLTB4
PTX (1 μg/mL) 
Ca2+ transient Unaffected Abolished Attenuated by ∼90% 
Aggregation Unaffected Abolished Attenuated by ∼75% 
In vivo recruitment Attenuated by ∼50% Abolished AbolishedRo 31-8220 (3 × 10−6 mol/L) 
Ca2+ transient Abolished Prolonged, no change in amplitude Prolonged, no change in amplitude 
Aggregation Abolished Unaffected or enhanced Inhibited at low concentrations Stimulated at high concentrationsStaurosporine (10−7 mol/L) 
Ca2+ transient Unaffected Prolonged, no change in amplitude Prolonged, no change in amplitude 
Aggregation Enhanced Enhanced EnhancedH-89 (10−5 mol/L) 
Aggregation Enhanced Enhanced Enhanced 
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