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Sphingosine and phorbol ester preferentially stimulate phosphatidylethanolamine hydrolysis

Conference · · FASEB Journal (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology); (United States)
OSTI ID:5264107
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  1. Univ. of Minnesota, Austin (United States)

It is generally accepted that agonist-stimulated phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C and phosphatidyl-choline (PrdCho)-specific phospholipase D are the major systems to produce the lipid messengers phosphatidic acid (PtdOH) and 1,2-diacylglycerol (DAG). Here the authors show that simultaneous treatment of ({sup 14}C)palmitate-prelabeled NIH 3T3 fibroblasts with two synergistically acting mitogens, sphingosine and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA), resulted in about a two-fold increase in the cellular level of PtdOH, and that both sphingosine, and to a lesser extent, TPA preferentially stimulated phosphatidyl-ethanolamine (PtdEtn) hydrolysis. This latter point was demonstrated by using NIG 3T3 cells prelabeled with {sup 14}C-labeled bases, {sup 32}P-labeled phospholipids or ({sup 14}C)palmitate. Treatment of ({sup 14}C)palmitate-prelabeled cells with TPA alone did not result in significant accumulation of PtdOH, due to rapid metabolism of this phospholipid. On the other hand, sphingosine inhibited the rapid metabolism of the PtdOH pool, formed through the action of phospholipase D, by inhibiting PtdCho synthesis. Since PtdOH is a potent mitogen in these cells, it is possible that these effects of sphingosine on PtdOH metabolism are related to its recently reported co-mitogenic effects.

OSTI ID:
5264107
Report Number(s):
CONF-9104107--
Journal Information:
FASEB Journal (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology); (United States), Journal Name: FASEB Journal (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology); (United States) Vol. 5:4; ISSN FAJOE; ISSN 0892-6638
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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