PHORBOL NYRISTATE ACETATE-INDUCED RELEASE OF GRANULE ENZYMES FROM HUMAN-NEUTROPHILS - INHIBITION BY THE CALCIUM ANTAGONIST, 8-(N,N-DIETHYLAMINO)-OCTYL 3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZOATE HYDROCHLORIDE

Phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) stimulated the extracellular release of the granule-associated enzyme lysozyme from human neutrophils. The extrusion of lysozyme was not accompanied by the release of β-glucuronidase or the cytosol enzyme lactate dehydrogenase. A time dependent PMA-induced release of lysozyme occurred in the absence of extracellular calcium and when neutrophils were preincubated with EGTA. 8-(N,N-diethylamino)-octyl 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate hydrochloride (TMB-8), an antagonist of intracellular calcium, caused a dose-dependent inhibition of lysozyme release from neutrophils exposed to PMA in a calcium-free medium. This effect of TMB-8 could be reversed by the addition of calcium to the extracellular medium. These studies indicate that TMB-8 represents a valuable pharmacologic tool used to define the dependence of a secretagogue such as PMA on intracellular as opposed to extracellular calcium. © 1979.