Lyso(bis)phosphatidic acid: a preferred donor of arachidonic acid for macrophage-synthesis of eicosanoids

Conference · Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5325504

Cochran, F; Roddick, V; Connor, J; Waite, M

In order to dissect mechanisms of arachidonic acid (20:4) metabolism, two cell populations were investigated, resident (AM) and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin-activated (BCG-AM) rabbit alveolar macrophages. After purified AM were labeled overnight with (/sup 3/H)20:4, radioactivity was localized primarily within lyso(bis)phosphatidic acid (L(bis)PA) (13.1%), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) (22.8%) and phosphatidylcholine (PC) (26.7%), with lesser amounts recovered in phosphatidyl-serine (PS) plus phosphatidylinositol (PI) (9.2%). By contrast, analysis of the phospholipid classes from prelabeled BCG-AM revealed that the mass of L(bis)PA as well as its (/sup 3/H)20:4 content was profoundly decreased while other BCG-AM phospholipids remained unchanged. When (/sup 3/H)20:4-labeled AM were stimulated with 1 ..mu..M 12-0-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA), a loss of (/sup 3/H)20:4 was observed from L(bis)PA, PE, PC, and PS/PI with a corresponding increase in eicosanoid synthesis. BCG-AM exposed to either TPA or 3.8 ..mu..M Ca/sup +2/ ionophore A23187 liberated (/sup 3/H)20:4 solely from Pe and PC. BCG-AM, which exhibited depressed eicosanoid formation, consistently failed to deacylate (/sup 3/H)20:4 from L(bis)PA or PI. Their evidence suggests that the diminution of eicosanoid synthesis by BCG-AM may be due to the reduction of 20:4 contained within specific phospholipid pools, namely L(bis)PA.

• Research Organization: Wake Forest Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
• OSTI ID: 5325504
• Report Number(s): CONF-8606151-
• Journal Information: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Journal Name: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) Vol. 45:6; ISSN FEPRA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMALS
ARACHIDONIC ACID
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CARCINOGENS
CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS
ESTERS
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIPIDS
MACROPHAGES
MAMMALS
METABOLISM
MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
PHAGOCYTES
PHORBOL ESTERS
PHOSPHOLIPIDS
RABBITS
SOMATIC CELLS
TRACER TECHNIQUES
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
VERTEBRATES