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. 2016 Apr 1;310(7):C496–C508. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00360.2015

Table 2.

Neutrophil defects in human cell lines and in STIM1 and ORAI1 deficient patients

Gene Manipulation Ca2+ Signaling Adhesion/Migration ROS Production Ref. No.
HL-60 cells
    STIM1 siSTIM1 Decreased (Tg, fMLP) Decreased (Amplex Red, fMLP) 14
Decreased (FcγR) Decreased (DCFH2-yeast) 113
Decreased (Tg, fMLP) Decreased polarization (fMLP) 131
Reduced chemotaxis (fMLP) 112
    STIM2 siSTIM2 Normal Normal 14
    ORAI1 siORAI1 Decreased (Tg, fMLP) Delayed arrest and polarization (fMLP, Tg/Ca2+) 101
Decreased (FcγR) Decreased (DCFH2-yeast) 113
Decreased adhesion strengthening to ICAM-1/E-selectin under flow 25
Abrogated chemotaxis (fMLP) 112
    ORAI2 siORAI2 Normal
    ORAI3 siORAI3 Normal
    STIM1 YFP-STIM1 overexpression Increased (fMLP) Increased chemotaxis (fMLP) 112
Gene Mutation Ca2+ Signaling Adhesion/Migration Phagocytosis/ROS Cytokine Secretion
Human neutrophils
    STIM1 p.R429C Normal (fMLP, streptococci) Normal (fMLP, PAF, C5a) Normal (streptococci, zymosan) Normal (IL-8) (30)
    ORAI1 p.R91W Normal (Tg, fMLP, streptococci) Normal (fMLP, PAF, C5a) Normal (streptococci, zymosan) Normal (IL-8) (30)

The table lists the in vitro defects reported in neutrophil-like HL-60 cells following silencing and overexpression of STIM and ORAI isoforms, and in patients lacking functional STIM1 and ORAI1. DCFH2, 2′,7′- dichlorodihydrofluorescein; FcγR, immunoglobulin-γFc region receptor.