The Journal of Immunology, Vol 137, Issue 9 2925-2929, Copyright © 1986 by American Association of Immunologists

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Identification of distinct activation pathways of the human neutrophil NADPH-oxidase

I Maridonneau-Parini, SM Tringale and AI Tauber

The stimulation of the human neutrophil NADPH-oxidase is initiated by a variety of agonists, which appear to utilize more than one activation pathway. We have discerned that opsonized zymosan (OZ) stimulates O2- release by a mechanism distinct from that of phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). PMA differs from OZ stimulation in its susceptibility to H-7 (a protein kinase inhibitor) inhibition of O2- release and the lack of PMA- initiated release of radiolabeled arachidonic acid ([3H]AA) from prelabeled cells. That AA release was linked to O2- generation in OZ- stimulated cells was suggested by the finding that mepacrine, a phospholipase inhibitor, exhibits parallel dose response inhibition for both O2- generation and [3H]AA release, whereas mepacrine did not significantly inhibit the O2- generation induced by PMA. The specific involvement of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) in the release of AA was indicated by the lack of release of [3H]oleate, which is not released by PLA2 in intact cells; [3H]AA released from phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylcholine and not accompanied by the formation of [3H]- arachidonyl phosphatidic acid, thus eliminating the involvement of phospholipase C; and the inhibition of [3H]AA release by p- bromophenacyl bromide, a specific PLA2 inhibitor. The reduction of O2- formation by inhibitors of AA metabolism (BW755C, acetylsalicylic acid, and indomethacin) further supports a linkage between AA release and O2- generation. That [3H]AA release, like O2- generation, in OZ-stimulated cells was calcium dependent further differentiates OZ from calcium- independent PMA activation. These studies in toto suggest that OZ stimulation of the NADPH-oxidase differs from PMA, in that the particulate stimulus is PLA2 mediated and independent of protein kinase C.

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