Annexin A3 plays a role in cytoplasmic calcium oscillation by extracellular calcium in the human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells differentiated by phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate.

The roles of annexin A3 (ANXA3) in macrophages are not fully understood. In contrast to C5a, we have demonstrated that C-terminal ribosomal protein S19 (RP S19)-tagged S-tagged C5a (S-tagged C5a/RP S19) raises an alternative cytoplasmic calcium oscillation by extracellular calcium during macrophage migration into apoptotic cells. We here differentiated human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells bearing with either control sense RNA and shRNA for ANXA3 mRNA or a vector cDNA with or without ANXA3 cDNA into macrophage-like cells by phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate and found that a fluorescence ratio (340 nm/380 nm) upon the S-tagged C5a/RP S19-induced alternative cytoplasmic calcium oscillation by extracellular calcium was an equilateral association with a dose of ANXA3. Moreover, the ANXA3-dependent modification was partially reflected upon the S-tagged C5a-induced classical cytoplasmic calcium oscillation by both intracellular calcium and extracellular calcium. ANXA3 seems to extend the C5aR-mediated cytoplasmic calcium oscillation by extracellular calcium at least in the HL-60 macrophage-like cells.