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Calcium ionophore A23187 primes human B-cells for activation by phorbol dibutyrate by converting receptors for phorbol dibutyrate from a low to high affinity state.

The calcium ionophore A23187 synergised with phorbol dibutyrate-induced activation of human chronic lymphatic leukaemia B-cells, as assessed by modulation of the membrane receptor for mouse erythrocytes. Thus A23187 (1 microM), which alone had no effect on expression of the receptor for mouse erythrocytes, reduced the EC50 and shortened the lag period for modulation of this receptor by phorbol dibutyrate. This action of A23187 was shown to be due to enhanced binding of [3H]phorbol dibutyrate to its receptor (phospholipid/ Ca++ dependent protein kinase C) whose affinity was altered from a predominantly low affinity state (Kd 83 nM) to high affinity (Kd 9 nM). A23187 had no effect on the total number of phorbol dibutyrate receptors. EDTA abolished these actions of A23187.[1]

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