Influence of Beta-Endorphin, Somatostatin, Substance P and Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide on the Proliferative Response of Human Peripheral Blood T Lymphocytes to Mercuric Chloride

1986 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Nordlind ◽  
V. Mutt
Keyword(s):  
T Lymphocytes ◽  
Substance P ◽  
Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide ◽  
Mercuric Chloride ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Proliferative Response ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Beta Endorphin

scholarly journals Diacylglycerol activates the influx of extracellular cations in T-lymphocytes independently of intracellular calcium-store depletion and possibly involving endogenous TRP6 gene products

2002 ◽  
Vol 364 (1) ◽  
pp. 245-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra GAMBERUCCI ◽  
Emanuele GIURISATO ◽  
Paola PIZZO ◽  
Maristella TASSI ◽  
Roberta GIUNTI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
T Lymphocytes ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Transient Receptor Potential ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Receptor Potential ◽  
Animal Cells ◽  
Bivalent Cation ◽  
Intracellular Calcium Store ◽  
Transient Receptor

In Jurkat and human peripheral blood T-lymphocytes, 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (OAG), a membrane-permeant analogue of diacylglycerol, activated the influx of Ca2+, Ba2+ and Sr2+. OAG also caused plasma-membrane depolarization in Ca2+-free media that was recovered by the addition of bivalent cation, indicating the activation of Na+ influx. OAG-induced cation influx was (i) mimicked by the natural dacylglycerol 1-stearoyl-2-arachidonyl-sn-glycerol, (ii) not blocked by inhibiting protein kinase C or in the absence of phopholipase C activity and (iii) blocked by La3+ and Gd3+. Differently from OAG, both thapsigargin and phytohaemagglutinin activated a potent influx of Ca2+, but little influx of Ba2+ and Sr2+. Moreover, the influx of Ca2+ activated by thapsigargin and that activated by OAG were additive. Furthermore, several drugs (i.e. econazole, SKF96365, carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone, 2-aminoethoxy diphenylborate and calyculin-A), while inhibiting the influx of Ca2+ induced by both thapsigargin and phytohaemagglutinin, did not affect OAG-stimulated cation influx. Transient receptor potential (TRP) 3 and TRP6 proteins have been shown previously to be activated by diacylglycerol when expressed heterologously in animal cells [Hofmann, Obukhov, Schaefer, Harteneck, Gudermann and Schultz (1999) Nature (London) 397, 259–263]. In both Jurkat and peripheral blood T-lymphocytes, mRNA encoding TRP proteins 1, 3, 4 and 6 was detected by reverse transcriptase PCR, and the TRP6 protein was detected by Western blotting in a purified plasma-membrane fraction. We conclude that T-cells express a diacylglycerol-activated cation channel, unrelated to the channel involved in capacitative Ca2+ entry, and associated with the expression of TRP6 protein.

Differential chemokine expression profiles in human peripheral blood T lymphocytes: dependence on T-cell coreceptor and calcineurin signaling

Blood ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 216-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony D. Cristillo ◽  
Mirtha J. Macri ◽  
Barbara E. Bierer
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
T Lymphocytes ◽  
Signaling Pathways ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Expression Profiles ◽  
Lymphoid Tissues ◽  
Rnase Protection ◽  
Chemokine Expression ◽  
Calcineurin Activity

Abstract The chemokine superfamily consists of small (8-10 kDa) molecules that function to attract, selectively, different subsets of leukocytes. Binding of chemokines to their appropriate G-protein–coupled receptors is necessary for primary immune responses and for homing of leukocytes to lymphoid tissues. Here, we have characterized the signaling pathways in primary T lymphocytes that regulate chemokine gene induction using an RNase protection assay. Dependence on stimulation through the coreceptor CD28 and sensitivity to the calcineurin inhibitors cyclosporine and tacrolimus were studied using purified human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Lymphotactin (Ltn), macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)–1α, and MIP-1β were all rapidly induced and sensitive to cyclosporine treatment. At later time points, the expression of MIP-1α and MIP-1β, but not of Ltn, was restored despite the inhibition of calcineurin activity. By contrast, the induction of interleukin-8 was delayed and was found to be cyclosporine insensitive. Calcineurin activity of IP-10 mRNA induction was contingent on the specific T-cell stimulation conditions, suggesting that IP-10 expression is modulated by calcineurin-dependent and -independent signaling pathways. Differential chemokine expression profiles result from the engagement of T-cell coreceptors and the requirement for, and the dependence on, calcineurin phosphatase activity.

scholarly journals Expression of IκBα in the nucleus of human peripheral blood T lymphocytes

Oncogene ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 1581-1588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Laín de Lera ◽  
Lola Folgueira ◽  
Angel G Martín ◽  
Catherine Dargemont ◽  
María-Antonia Pedraza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Lymphocytes ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood

Intracellular free magnesium in human lymphocytes and the response to lectins

1991 ◽  
Vol 80 (6) ◽  
pp. 539-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. L. Ng ◽  
J. E. Davies ◽  
M. C. Garrido
Keyword(s):  
Phaseolus Vulgaris ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Proliferative Response ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Human Lymphocytes ◽  
Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes ◽  
Blood Lymphocytes ◽  
Fluorimetric Method ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes ◽  
Free Magnesium

1. Intracellular free [Mg2+] was measured in human peripheral blood lymphocytes using a fluorimetric method based on the dye furaptra. It was necessary to correct for the extracellular leakage of the dye by using either 10 mmol/l EDTA or 0.05 mmol/l Mn2+. 2. As the proliferative response of lymphocytes to mitogenic lectins has been linked to a dependence on extracellular Mg2+, the intracellular [Mg2+] was studied in lymphocytes stimulated with various mitogenic and non-mitogenic lectins. 3. Only lymphocytes treated with phytohaemagglutinin-L, a leucoagglutinin from Phaseolus vulgaris that binds to tri- and tetra-antennary complex glycoproteins, showed a marked increase in intracellular [Mg2+]. This effect was partially inhibited by N-acetylgalactosamine. The stimulation by different lectins of the incorporation of [3H]-thymidine into lymphocytes was not correlated to the changes in intracellular [Mg2+]. 4. The proliferative response of lymphocytes to lectins is therefore not wholly dependent on a rise in intracellular [Mg2+].

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