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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C526-C534, 2008. First published December 19, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00219.2007
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MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS, ION CHANNELS, AND PUMPS

Na+/H+ exchange and pH regulation in the control of neutrophil chemokinesis and chemotaxis

Hisayoshi Hayashi,1 Orit Aharonovitz,1 R. Todd Alexander,1,2 Nicolas Touret,1 Wendy Furuya,1 John Orlowski,3 and Sergio Grinstein1,4

1Program in Cell Biology and 2Department of Pediatrics, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario; 3Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal; and 4Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Submitted 28 May 2007 ; accepted in final form 17 December 2007

Large proton fluxes accompany cell migration, but their precise role remains unclear. We studied pH regulation during the course of chemokinesis and chemotaxis in human neutrophils stimulated by attractant peptides. Activation of cell motility by chemoattractants was accompanied by a marked increase in metabolic acid generation, attributable to energy consumption by the contractile machinery and to stimulation of the NADPH oxidase and the ancillary hexose monophosphate shunt. Despite the increase in acid production, the cytosol underwent a sizable alkalinization, caused by acceleration of Na+/H+ exchange. The development of the alkalinization mirrored the increase in the rate of cell migration, suggesting a causal relationship. However, elimination of Na+/H+ exchange by omission of external Na+ or by addition of potent inhibitors was without effect on either chemokinesis or chemotaxis, provided the cytosolic pH remained near neutrality. At more acidic levels, cell motility was progressively inhibited. These observations suggest that Na+/H+ exchange plays a permissive role in cell motility but is not required for the initiation or development of the migratory response. Chemokinesis also was found to be exquisitely sensitive to extracellular acidification. This property may account for the inability of neutrophils to access abscesses and solid tumors that have been reported to have inordinately low pH.

proton transport; cell motility; cytoskeleton; leukocyte


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: S. Grinstein, Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 Univ. Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8 (e-mail: sga{at}sickkids.ca)




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