Inhibiting Effects of Serotonin Antagonists on the Proliferation of Mercuric Chloride Stimulated Human Peripheral Blood T Lymphocytes

1992 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Nordlind ◽  
E. Sundström ◽  
L. Bondesson
2002 ◽  
Vol 364 (1) ◽  
pp. 245-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra GAMBERUCCI ◽  
Emanuele GIURISATO ◽  
Paola PIZZO ◽  
Maristella TASSI ◽  
Roberta GIUNTI ◽  
...  

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.


Blood ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 216-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony D. Cristillo ◽  
Mirtha J. Macri ◽  
Barbara E. Bierer

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.


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

PLoS ONE ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. e11373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew E. Brown ◽  
Elizabeth Rondon ◽  
Deepika Rajesh ◽  
Amanda Mack ◽  
Rachel Lewis ◽  
...  

1989 ◽  
pp. 551-553
Author(s):  
Frits Koning ◽  
Rafick P. Sekaly ◽  
Erwin Tschachler ◽  
Roberto Biassoni ◽  
Marvin S. Reitz ◽  
...  

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