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(Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 2002;71:603-610.)
© 2002 by Society for Leukocyte Biology

Ambient pCO2 modulates intracellular pH, intracellular oxidant generation, and interleukin-8 secretion in human neutrophils

R. J. Coakley, C Taggart, C Greene, N. G McElvaney and S. J. O’Neill

The Respiratory Research Division, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Correspondence: Shane J. O’Neill, Division of Respiratory Research, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland. E-mail: respres{at}iol.ie

Although neutrophils are a critical component of the inflammatory process, their functional regulation is incompletely understood. Of note, although pCO2 varies physiologically and pathologically in the neutrophilic milieu, its affect on neutrophil biological processes is unresolved. We demonstrate here that neutrophils respond to hypo- and hypercarbia, (0.04% and 10%) by increasing and decreasing, respectively, intracellular oxidant production (basally and in response to opsonized Escherichia coli and phorbol esters). Further, hypo- and hypercarbia increase and decrease, respectively, the release of IL-8 from LPS-stimulated cells; both effects are attenuated by the carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, acetazolamide. Anion exchange did not restore pHi under hypocarbic conditions, however partial restoration of pHi under hypercarbic conditions was achieved by Na+/H+ exchange and vacuolar ATPases. Abrogation of pCO2-induced changes in pHi prevented hypocarbia-induced generation of reactive oxidant species. These observations suggest that CO2 modifies neutrophil activity significantly by altering pHi.

Key Words: hypocarbia • hypercarbia • acetazolamide • HCO3-




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