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© 1991 British Society for Rheumatology

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SINGLE CELL IMAGING REVEALS ABNORMAL INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM SIGNALS WITHIN RHEUMATOID SYNOVIAL NEUTROPHILS

E. V. DAVIES*,, A. K. CAMPBELL{dagger}, B. D. WILLIAMS{ddagger} and M. B. HALLETT*

*Departments of Surgery, University of Wales College of Medicine Cardiff, Wales
{dagger}Departments of Medical Biochemistry, University of Wales College of Medicine Cardiff, Wales
{ddagger}Departments of Rheumatology, University of Wales College of Medicine Cardiff, Wales

Correspondence to: Correspondence to E. V. Davies, Department of Surgery, U.W.C.M., Cardiff CF4 4XN, Wales

Intracellular calcium (Ca2+) signalling in synovial fluid (SF) polymorphonuclear leucocytes(PMN) from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was compared to RA and normal circulating blood PMN using single cell imaging. RA SF PMN stimulated by the peptide f-Met-Leu-Phe (FMLP) showed a striking difference in the release of Ca2+ from the intracellular store compared to RA and normal circulating blood PMN. Stimulation caused the release of a very dispersed, nonrestricted ‘cloud’ of Ca2+ in 60% of RA SF PMN compared to the highly localized and restricted ‘cloud’ observed in only 30% of normal circulating PMN. In the presence of extracellular Ca2+, both RA SF and normal blood PMN showed heterogeneity in both the timing and magnitude of their cytosolic free Ca2+ signalling. These observations imply that the Ca2+ signalling mechanism in RA SF and RA blood PMN has been primed in a way which could exacerbate the release of inflammatory mediators. This may have serious implications for explaining the aberrant behaviour of SF PMN in RA.

KEY WORDS: Rheumatoid arthritis, Polymorphonuclear leucocytes, Synovial fluid, FMLP, Cytosolic free Ca2+, Intracellular Ca2+ ‘cloud’


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