The Journal of Immunology, Vol 147, Issue 9 3104-3115, Copyright © 1991 by American Association of Immunologists

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Differentiation-linked activation of the respiratory burst in a monocytic cell line (U937) via Fc gamma RII. A study of activation pathways and their regulation

PJ Roberts, V Devalia, R Faint, A Pizzey, AL Bainton, NS Thomas, GR Pilkington and DC Linch
Department of Haematology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London, England.

Activation of the respiratory burst in the monocytic cell line U937 by cross-linking human 40-kDa FcR for IgG (Fc gamma RII) with the IgG1 mAb, CIKM5, is dependent on the maturation state of the cell. Addition of anti-Fc gamma RII to undifferentiated cells does not activate the respiratory burst but differentiation with human rIFN-gamma (200 U/ml) for 13 to 15 days results in maximal stimulation by this agonist, with half-maximal responses in cells incubated for 10 to 12 days. During maturation the development of responsiveness to cross-linking Fc gamma RII occurs later than the development of responsiveness to the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (maximal responses at 7 to 9 days), or the chemotactic peptide FMLP (half-maximal responses at 7 to 9 days). The late development of maximal Fc gamma RII responses is not associated with either increased Fc gamma RII expression, enhanced calcium mobilization induced by anti-Fc gamma RII, changes in protein kinase C activity (PKC) or a switch in PKC isotype expression. Activation of the respiratory burst via Fc gamma RII may not be mediated by activation of PKC as the kinase inhibitors 1-(5- isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine dihydrochloride and N-[2- (methylamino)ethyl]-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide dihydrochloride inhibited the Fc gamma RII response by less than 20% at concentrations which inhibit the 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced respiratory burst by more than 80%. IFN-gamma U937 cells did not metabolize incorporated arachidonate into eicosanoids when stimulated with anti-Fc gamma RII, suggesting that eicosanoids do not mediate activation of the respiratory burst, and this was confirmed by the lack of inhibition by the specific 5'-lipoxygenase and glutathione S-transferase inhibitor, piriprost, and the cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor, indomethacin. In addition there was no significant release of radiolabeled arachidonate in response to anti-Fc gamma RII. The response to anti-Fc gamma RII is inhibited by pertussis toxin, suggesting that signal transduction is via a GTP-binding protein. Agents that elevate intracellular cAMP increased the magnitude of the cAMP transients stimulated by anti-Fc gamma RII and also inhibited the respiratory burst. FMLP responses showed a similar pattern of sensitivity to this range of inhibitors, suggesting that both Fc gamma RII and FMLP receptor share common regulatory mechanisms. However, the termination of the respiratory burst activated via Fc gamma RII and FMLP receptor is independently regulated, in that after FMLP-induced activation there is no subsequent inhibition of the Fc gamma RII-mediated response and vice versa.

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