Figure 5.
Increased [Ca2+]i correlated with mast cell degranulation rather than survival. (A) FcRγ-deficient BMMCs expressing CD8/γ were loaded with indo-1 and stimulated with graded amounts of anti-CD8. The increase of [Ca2+]i was determined and expressed as described in “Materials and methods.” Bars on the right side represent cell survival (white bar) and β-hex release (black bar) at the same mAb concentrations. (B) Normal BMMCs were also stimulated with 10 μg/mL anti-DNP IgE (top graph) or a graded amount of DNP-HSA after sensitization with 1 μg/mL anti-DNP IgE for 16 hours at 37°C.