Induction of neutrophil chemotactic factor production by staurosporine in rat peritoneal neutrophils

1 Incubation of rat peritoneal neutrophils in medium containing various concentrations of staurosporine (6.4–64 nM) increased the neutrophil chemotactic activity in the conditioned medium in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. 2 Separation of the neutrophil chemotactic activity in the conditioned medium by isoelectric focusing revealed that staurosporine (64 nM) stimulated the production of basic (pH>8) neutrophil chemotactic factors, while TPA (12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate, 49 nM) stimulated the production of both basic (pH>8) and acidic (pH 5) neutrophil chemotactic factors. 3 Determination by immunoassay of cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (CINC)-1, -2α, -2β and -3 in the conditioned medium at 4 h revealed that staurosporine (64 nM) and TPA (49 nM) strongly stimulated the production of CINC-3 (staurosporine, 133.0±3.8; TPA, 26.7±1.0; control, 0.32±0.01 ng ml−1, means±s.e.mean from four samples) compared to CINC-1 (staurosporine, 55.0±1.2; TPA, 12.2±0.3; control, 0.56±0.01 ng ml−1), and CINC-2α (staurosporine, 1.09±0.03; TPA, 0.90±0.02; control, <0.10 ng ml−1). CINC-2β was below the detectable amount (<0.078 ng ml−1). 4 The level of CINC-3 mRNA in the peritoneal neutrophils was determined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Staurosporine (64 nM) and TPA (49 nM) enhanced the level of CINC-3 mRNA time-dependently, but had no effect on GAPDH mRNA levels. 5 Production of staurosporine-induced neutrophil chemotactic factor was inhibited by the protein kinase C inhibitors, H-7 (IC50, 12.3 μM), calphostin C (IC50, 0.77 μM) and Ro 31-8425 (24.3% inhibition at 10 μM), and by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor, genistein (IC50, 68.5 μM). Production of TPA-induced neutrophil chemotactic factor was also inhibited by both inhibitors. 6 Both the staurosporine- and the TPA-induced increase in CINC-3 mRNA levels were suppressed by H-7 and genistein. British Journal of Pharmacology (1997) 121, 1651–1658; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0701322