The Journal of Immunology, Vol 138, Issue 6 1884-1888, Copyright © 1987 by American Association of Immunologists

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Comparison of subcellular activation of the human neutrophil NADPH- oxidase by arachidonic acid, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)

JA Cox, AY Jeng, PM Blumberg and AI Tauber

The phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) stimulation of the human neutrophil NADPH-oxidase has been demonstrated through the activation of protein kinase C (PK-C), using light membrane fractions from nitrogen-cavitated cells. Both arachidonic acid (AA) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) can also generate an active oxidase in cellfree systems. That the source of O2- with AA and SDS activation is the same NADPH-oxidase as previously studied was confirmed by the similar pH optima and Km values for NADPH as those previously described for the O2- -generating activity harvested from pre-stimulated human neutrophils. In contrast to the stimulation by PMA, however, the stimulation of the NADPH-oxidase by AA and SDS does not appear to require protein kinase C activation: the action of AA and SDS is independent of the addition of PK-C cofactors to the system, and the inhibitor of PK-C activity, H-7, had no effect on the stimulation by AA or SDS. AA and SDS activation are comparable, but the level of NADPH-oxidase expression is sixfold greater with each of these agents than that obtained with a reconstituted PK-C system. The basis of this difference in oxidase expression is unclear, but these findings suggest strongly that although activated PK-C is capable of stimulating a dormant NADPH-oxidase in a cellfree system, this is not the sole pathway for oxidase activation.

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