Abstract
Effects of sphingosine on Ca2+ mobilization in the human Jurkat T cell line were examined. Sphingosine increased the cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in a dose-dependent manner with an ED50 of around 8 microM. Sphingosine and OKT3, a CD3 monoclonal antibody, transiently increased [Ca2+]i, which declined to the resting level in the absence of extracellular Ca2+. Under the same conditions, pretreatment with sphingosine inhibited but did not abolish an increase in [Ca2+]i induced by the subsequent addition of OKT3 and vice versa. However, pretreatment with sphingosine did not affect an increase in [Ca2+]i induced by OKT3 in the presence of Ca2+. OKT3 increased IP3 formation, but sphingosine did not affect the level of IP3 by itself nor did it cause IP3 formation induced by OKT3. In permeabilized Jurkat cells, the addition of IP3 released Ca2+ from nonmitochondrial intracellular stores, but the addition of sphingosine did not. Sphingosine, stearylamine, and psychosine increased [Ca2+]i and diacylglycerol (DG) kinase activation; however, ceramide did not, whereas sphingosine 1-phosphate slightly activated DG kinase without elevation of [Ca2+]i. Pretreatment with R59022, a DG kinase inhibitor, abolished the peak but did not affect the sustained response to [Ca2+]i to sphingosine. Phosphatidic acid (PA) elevated [Ca2+]i, after which it declined to a resting level even in the presence of extracellular Ca2+. In accordance with this, PA did not stimulate 45Ca2+ uptake into cells, but sphingosine and OKT3 did. Pretreatment with PA partially inhibited a rise in [Ca2+]i induced by the subsequent addition of sphingosine and vice versa in the absence of extracellular Ca2+. Under similar conditions, pretreatment with PA affected an elevation of [Ca2+]i induced by OKT3 less, after which the subsequent addition of sphingosine did not increase [Ca2+]i. In permeabilized Jurkat cells, the addition of IP3 did not release Ca2+, but PA did in the presence of heparin. Pretreatment with thapsigargin, a microsomal Ca2+-ATPase inhibitor, abolished the rises of [Ca2+]i induced by the subsequent addition of sphingosine, OKT3, and PA in the absence of extracellular Ca2+. The present results suggest that at least two kinds of intracellular Ca2+ stores exist in Jurkat cells, both of which are IP3- and PA-sensitive, and that sphingosine mobilizes Ca2+ from both stores in an IP3-independent manner. Furthermore, the IP3- but not the PA-sensitive intracellular Ca2+ store seems to regulate Ca2+ entry induced by sphingosine.
Highlights
Effects of sphingosine on Ca2؉ mobilization in the human Jurkat T cell line were examined
We examined whether sphingosine releases Ca2ϩ from IP3-sensitive intracellular stores by using the anti-CD3 antibody OKT3, an IP3generating drug
The results suggested that inositol phosphate formation might not be involved in Ca2ϩ mobilization caused by sphingosine and that the reduction of Ca2ϩ release induced by OKT3 in the presence of sphingosine (Fig. 2A) is not caused by inhibition of IP3 formed by OKT3
Summary
Effects of sphingosine on Ca2؉ mobilization in the human Jurkat T cell line were examined. Pretreatment with sphingosine inhibited but did not abolish an increase in [Ca2؉]i induced by the subsequent addition of OKT3 and vice versa. Pretreatment with PA partially inhibited a rise in [Ca2؉]i induced by the subsequent addition of sphingosine and vice versa in the absence of extracellular Ca2؉. Pretreatment with PA affected an elevation of [Ca2؉]i induced by OKT3 less, after which the subsequent addition of sphingosine did not increase [Ca2؉]i. Pretreatment with thapsigargin, a microsomal Ca2؉-ATPase inhibitor, abolished the rises of [Ca2؉]i induced by the subsequent addition of sphingosine, OKT3, and PA in the absence of extracellular Ca2؉. We report here that sphingosine mobilizes Ca2ϩ from PA-sensitive as well as IP3-sensitive intracellular stores in Jurkat cells independently of inositol phosphates
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