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  • Title: Chemotactic factor-induced generation of superoxide radicals by human neutrophils: evidence for the role of sodium.
    Author: Simchowitz L, Spilberg I.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1979 Nov; 123(5):2428-35. PubMed ID: 226631.
    Abstract:
    The role of sodium ion in superoxide (O2-) generation by human peripheral neutrophils was investigated. Cells were activated by exposure to the synthetic tripeptide, N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP), and O2- release was assessed by ferricytochrome c reduction after 5 min of incubation at 37 degrees C in the presence of FMLP 4 X 10(-8) M. In the absence of monovalent cations (isotonic glucose), negligible O2- generation occurred. There was a progressive increase in the magnitude of FMLP-induced O2- generation with increasing Na+ concentration up to 90 mM, where the response was noted to plateau. Varying the K+ concentration (1 to 10 mM) had no effect on the amount of O2- produced in the presence of Na+ 140 mM. FMLP also stimulated 22Na+ and 48Ca2+ uptake by the cells in a dose- and time-dependent fashion. FMLP-induced 22Na+ uptake appeared to be independent of the external Ca2+ concentration ( to 4 mM). In contrast, there was a progressive decrease in themagnitude of the FMLP-induced increase in 45Ca2+ uptake as the Na+ concentration was reduced by replacement with choline+ or glucose. These studies support a requirement for Na+ in FMLP-induced O2- generation and suggest that a Na+ influx may underlie the nature of this requirement. The data are also consistent with the hypothesis that a Na+ influx may precede the Ca2+ influx in the FMLP-induced activation sequence.
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