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Burdge GC. α-linolenic acid interconversion is sufficient as a source of longer chain ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in humans: An opinion. Lipids 2022; 57:267-287. [PMID: 35908848 DOI: 10.1002/lipd.12355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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α-linolenic acid (αLNA) conversion into the functionally important ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), has been regarded as inadequate for meeting nutritional requirements for these PUFA. This view is based on findings of small αLNA supplementation trials and stable isotope tracer studies that have been interpreted as indicating human capacity for EPA and, in particular, DHA synthesis is limited. The purpose of this review is to re-evaluate this interpretation. Markedly differing study designs, inconsistent findings and lack of trial replication preclude robust consensus regarding the nutritional adequacy of αLNA as a source of EPC and DHA. The conclusion that αLNA conversion in humans is constrained is inaccurate because it presupposes the existence of an unspecified, higher level of metabolic activity. Since capacity for EPA and DHA synthesis is the product of evolution it may be argued that the levels of EPA and DHA it maintains are nutritionally appropriate. Dietary and supra-dietary EPA plus DHA intakes confer health benefits. Paradoxically, such health benefits are also found amongst vegetarians who do not consume EPA and DHA, and for whom αLNA conversion is the primary source of ω-3 PUFA. Since there are no reported adverse effects on health or cognitive development of diets that exclude EPA and DHA, their synthesis from αLNA appears to be nutritionally adequate. This is consistent with the dietary essentiality of αLNA and has implications for developing sustainable nutritional recommendations for ω-3 PUFA.
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- Graham C Burdge
- School of Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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West AL, Michaelson LV, Miles EA, Haslam RP, Lillycrop KA, Georgescu R, Han L, Napier JA, Calder PC, Burdge GC. Lipidomic Analysis of Plasma from Healthy Men and Women Shows Phospholipid Class and Molecular Species Differences between Sexes. Lipids 2020; 56:229-242. [PMID: 33284478 PMCID: PMC8048887 DOI: 10.1002/lipd.12293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The phospholipid composition of lipoproteins is determined by the specificity of hepatic phospholipid biosynthesis. Plasma phospholipid 20:4n‐6 and 22:6n‐3 concentrations are higher in women than in men. We used this sex difference in a lipidomics analysis of the impact of endocrine factors on the phospholipid class and molecular species composition of fasting plasma from young men and women. Diester species predominated in all lipid classes measured. 20/54 Phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho) species were alkyl ester, 15/48 phosphatidylethanolamine (PtdEtn) species were alkyl ester, and 12/48 PtdEtn species were alkenyl ester. There were no significant differences between sexes in the proportions of alkyl PtdCho species. The proportion of alkyl ester PtdEtn species was greater in women than men, while the proportion of alkenyl ester PtdEtn species was greater in men than women. None of the phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) or phosphatidylserine (PtdSer) molecular species contained ether‐linked fatty acids. The proportion of PtdCho16:0_22:6, and the proportions of PtdEtn O‐16:0_20:4 and PtdEtn O‐18:2_20:4 were greater in women than men. There were no sex differences in PtdIns and PtdSer molecular species compositions. These findings show that plasma phospholipids can be modified by sex. Such differences in lipoprotein phospholipid composition could contribute to sexual dimorphism in patterns of health and disease.
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- Annette L West
- School of Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- School of Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Centre for Biological Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- School of Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- School of Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.,NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and University of Southampton, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK
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- School of Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK
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AbstractHumans can obtain pre-formed long-chain PUFA from the diet and are also able to convert essential fatty acids (EFA) to longer-chain PUFA. The metabolic pathway responsible for EFA interconversion involves alternating desaturation and carbon chain elongation reactions, and carbon chain shortening by peroxisomal β-oxidation. Studies using stable isotope tracers or diets supplemented with EFA show that capacity for PUFA synthesis is limited in humans, such that DHA (22 : 6n-3) synthesis in men is negligible. PUFA synthesis is higher in women of reproductive age compared with men. However, the magnitude of the contribution of hepatic PUFA synthesis to whole-body PUFA status remains unclear. A number of extra-hepatic tissues have been shown to synthesise PUFA or to express genes for enzymes involved in this pathway. The precise function of extra-hepatic PUFA synthesis is largely unknown, although in T lymphocytes PUFA synthesis is involved in the regulation of cell activation and proliferation. Local PUFA synthesis may also be important for spermatogenesis and fertility. One possible role of extra-hepatic PUFA synthesis is that it may provide PUFA in a timely manner to facilitate specific cell functions. If so, this may suggest novel insights into the effect of dietary PUFA and/or polymorphisms in genes involved in PUFA synthesis on health and tissue function.
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Riebeling C, Morris AJ, Shields D. Phospholipase D in the Golgi apparatus. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2009; 1791:876-80. [PMID: 19376267 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2009.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2009] [Revised: 04/06/2009] [Accepted: 04/09/2009] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Phospholipase D has long been implicated in vesicle formation and vesicular transport through the secretory pathway. The Golgi apparatus has been shown to exhibit a plethora of mechanisms of vesicle formation at different stages to accommodate a wide variety of cargo. Phospholipase D has been found on the Golgi apparatus and is regulated by ADP-ribosylation factors which are themselves regulators of vesicle trafficking. Moreover, the product of phospholipase D activity, phosphatidic acid, as well as its degradation product diacylglycerol, have been implicated in vesicle fission and fusion events. Here we summarize recent advances in the understanding of the role of phospholipase D at the Golgi apparatus.
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- Christian Riebeling
- Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
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Vorland M, Holmsen H. Phospholipase D in human platelets: presence of isoenzymes and participation of autocrine stimulation during thrombin activation. Platelets 2008; 19:211-24. [PMID: 18432522 DOI: 10.1080/09537100701777329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Phospholipase D (PLD), which hydrolyzes phosphatidylcholine to phosphatidic acid (PA) and choline, is present in human platelets. Thrombin and other agonists have been shown to activate PLD but the precise mechanisms of activation and PLDs role in platelet activation remains unclear. We measured thrombin-stimulated PLD activity in platelets as formation of phosphatidylethanol. Since no specific PLD inhibitors exist, we investigated possible roles for PLD in platelets by correlating PLD activity with platelet responses such as thrombin-mediated secretion and F-actin formation (part of platelet shape change). Extracellular Ca2+ potentiated thrombin-stimulated PLD, but did not stimulate PLD in the absence of thrombin. Thrombin-induced PLD activity was enhanced by secreted ADP and binding of fibrinogen to its receptors. In contrast to others, we also found a basal PLD activity. Comparison of time courses and dose responses of platelets with PLD showed many points of correlation between PLD activation and lysosomal secretion and F-actin formation. The finding of different PLD activities suggested that different PLD isoenzymes exist in platelets as reported for other cells. Here we present evidence for the presence of both PLD1 and PLD2 in platelets by use of specific antibodies with immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry. Both isoforms were randomly localized in resting platelets, but became rapidly translocated to the proximity of the plasma membrane upon thrombin stimulation, thus indicating a role for PLD in platelet activation.
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- M Vorland
- Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway.
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Ahn BH, Park MH, Lee YH, Kwon TK, Min DS. Up-regulation of cyclooxygenase-2 by cobalt chloride-induced hypoxia is mediated by phospholipase D isozymes in human astroglioma cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2007; 1773:1721-31. [PMID: 17640750 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2007.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2007] [Revised: 06/02/2007] [Accepted: 06/05/2007] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is an isoform of prostaglandin H synthase induced by hypoxia and has been implicated in the growth and progression of a variety of human cancers. In the present study, we investigated the role of phospholipase D (PLD) isozymes in cobalt chloride (CoCl(2))-induced hypoxia-driven COX-2 expression in U87 MG human astroglioma cells. CoCl(2) stimulated PLD activity and synthesis of COX-2 protein in a dose and time-dependent manner. Moreover, elevated expression of PLD1 and PLD2 increased hypoxia-induced COX-2 expression and prostaglandin E2 (PGE(2)) production. Pretreatment of cells with 1-butanol, but not 3-butanol, suppressed CoCl(2)-induced COX-2 expression and PGE(2) formation. In addition, evidence that PLD activity was involved in the stimulation of COX-2 expression was provided by the observations that overexpression of wild type PLD isozymes, but not catalytically inactive PLD isozymes, stimulated CoCl(2)-induced COX-2 expression and PGE(2) production. PLD1 enhanced COX-2 expression by CoCl(2) via reactive oxygen species (ROS), p38 MAPK kinase, PKC-delta, and PKA, but not ERK, whereas PLD2 enhanced CoCl(2)-induced COX-2 expression via ROS and p38 MAPK, but not ERK, PKC-delta, and PKA. Differential regulation of COX-2 expression mediated through PLD isozymes was comparable with that of CoCl(2)-induced PLD activity in these two PLD isozymes. Taken together, our results demonstrate for the first time that PLD1 and PLD2 isozymes enhance CoCl(2)-induced COX-2 expression through differential signaling pathways in astroglioma cells.
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- Bong-Hyun Ahn
- Cardiovascular Branch National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), NIH Bldg 10/CRC 5-3288 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Kew S, Wells S, Thies F, McNeill GP, Quinlan PT, Clark GT, Dombrowsky H, Postle AD, Calder PC. The Effect of Eicosapentaenoic Acid on Rat Lymphocyte Proliferation Depends Upon Its Position in Dietary Triacylglycerols. J Nutr 2003; 133:4230-8. [PMID: 14652377 DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.12.4230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Animal and human studies have shown that greatly increasing the amount of fish oil [rich in long-chain (n-3) PUFA] in the diet can decrease lymphocyte functions. The effects of a more modest provision of long-chain (n-3) PUFA and whether eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5) and docosahexaenoic acid (22:6) have the same effects as one another are unclear. Whether the position of 20:5 or 22:6 in dietary triacylglycerols (TAG) influences their incorporation into immune cells and their subsequent functional effects is not known. In this study, male weanling rats were fed for 6 wk one of 9 diets that contained 178 g lipid/kg and that differed in the type of (n-3) PUFA and in the position of these in dietary TAG. The control diet contained 4.4 g alpha-linolenic acid (18:3)/100 g total fatty acids. In the other diets, 20:5 or 22:6 replaced a portion (50 or 100%) of 18:3, and were in the sn-2 or the sn-1(3) position of dietary TAG. There were significant dose-dependent increases in the proportion of 20:5 or 22:6 in spleen mononuclear cell phospholipids when 20:5 or 22:6 was fed. These increases were at the expense of arachidonic acid and were largely independent of the position of 20:5 or 22:6 in dietary TAG. Spleen lymphocyte proliferation increased dose dependently when 20:5 was fed in the sn-1(3) position of dietary TAG. There were no significant differences in interleukin-2, interferon-gamma or interleukin-10 production among spleen cells from rats fed the different diets. Prostaglandin E(2) production by spleen mononuclear cells was decreased by inclusion of either 20:5 or 22:6 in the diet in the sn-1(3) position. Thus, incorporation of 20:5 or 22:6 into spleen mononuclear cell phospholipids is not influenced by the position in dietary TAG. However, the pattern of incorporation may be influenced, and there are some differential functional effects of the position of long-chain (n-3) PUFA in dietary TAG. A moderate increase in the intake of 20:5 at the sn-1(3) position of dietary TAG increases lymphocyte proliferation.
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- S Kew
- Institute of Human Nutrition, Division of Infection, Inflammation and Repair, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Burdge GC, Delange E, Dubois L, Dunn RL, Hanson MA, Jackson AA, Calder PC. Effect of reduced maternal protein intake in pregnancy in the rat on the fatty acid composition of brain, liver, plasma, heart and lung phospholipids of the offspring after weaning. Br J Nutr 2003; 90:345-52. [PMID: 12908895 DOI: 10.1079/bjn2003909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Reduced protein intake during pregnancy decreased maternal hepatic and plasma docosahexaenoic acid concentrations and impaired docosahexaenoic acid accumulation into fetal brain in the rat. The present study investigated whether restriction of maternal protein intake during pregnancy in the rat alters membrane phospholipid fatty acid composition in the offspring after weaning. Female rats (six per group) were mated and fed diets containing either 180 or 90 g protein/kg throughout pregnancy. Mothers were transferred to standard chow after delivery and the litters reduced to eight pups. Weaning was at 28 d and pups were killed 5 to 6 d later. Tissue weights or membrane total phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) concentrations in the offspring did not differ between dietary groups. There were significant differences between the 180 and 90 g/kg groups in liver, brain, lung and heart fatty acid composition that differed between tissues and phospholipid classes. For example, docosahexaenoic and arachidonic acid concentrations were 23 and 10 % lower respectively in hepatic PC, but not PE, in the 90 g/kg group. In brain, docosahexaenoic acid concentration was 17 % lower in PC, but not PE, while arachidonic acid content was 21 % greater in PE but unchanged in PC. The greatest differences were in unsaturated fatty acids, which suggests alterations to desaturase activities and/or the specificity of phospholipid biosynthesis. These results suggest that restricted maternal protein intake during pregnancy results in persistent alterations to membrane fatty acid content.
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- Graham C Burdge
- Institute of Human Nutrition, Biomedical Sciences Building (62), University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton SO16 7PX, UK.
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Hunt AN, Clark GT, Neale JR, Postle AD. A comparison of the molecular specificities of whole cell and endonuclear phosphatidylcholine synthesis. FEBS Lett 2002; 530:89-93. [PMID: 12387872 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)03429-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Deuterated choline-d(9) labelling of IMR-32 cells enabled comparison of the molecular specificities of whole cell and endonuclear phosphatidylcholine synthesis after 96 h polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation. Surprisingly, while cell phosphatidylcholine synthesis and remodelling reflected a pattern of polyunsaturated fatty acid accretion, the saturated endonuclear phosphatidylcholine pool was only transiently labelled with polyunsaturates. Periodic endonuclear accumulations of the lipid second messenger diacylglycerol, mobilised from unsaturated phosphatidylinositol or saturated phosphatidylcholine, accompany cell proliferation. Non-specific incorporation into endonuclear phosphatidylcholine and selective removal or remodelling of unsaturated molecular species may form part of a single 'off switch' recycling all endonuclear diacylglycerol accumulations.
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- Alan N Hunt
- Mailpoint 803, Allergy and Inflammation Sciences, Division of Infection, Inflammation and Repair, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK.
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Sternfeld L, Thévenod F, Schulz I. fMLP-induced arachidonic acid release in db-cAMP-differentiated HL-60 cells is independent of phosphatidylinositol-4, 5-bisphosphate-specific phospholipase C activation and cytosolic phospholipase A(2) activation. Arch Biochem Biophys 2000; 378:246-58. [PMID: 10860542 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.1844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In inflammatory cells, agonist-stimulated arachidonic acid (AA) release is thought to be induced by activation of group IV Ca(2+)-dependent cytosolic phospholipase A(2) (cPLA(2)) through mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP kinase)- and/or protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated phosphorylation and Ca(2+)-dependent translocation of the enzyme to the membrane. Here we investigated the role of phospholipases in N-formylmethionyl-l-leucyl-l-phenylalanine (fMLP; 1 nM-10 microM)-induced AA release from neutrophil-like db-cAMP-differentiated HL-60 cells. U 73122 (1 microM), an inhibitor of phosphatidyl-inositol-4,5-biphosphate-specific phospholipase C, or the membrane-permeant Ca(2+)-chelator 1, 2-bis¿2-aminophenoxyĕthane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (10 microM) abolished fMLP-mediated Ca(2+) signaling, but had no effect on fMLP-induced AA release. The protein kinase C-inhibitor Ro 318220 (5 microM) or the inhibitor of cPLA(2) arachidonyl trifluoromethyl ketone (AACOCF(3); 10-30 microM) did not inhibit fMLP-induced AA release. In contrast, AA release was stimulated by the Ca(2+) ionophore A23187 (10 microM) plus the PKC activator phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) (0.2 microM). This effect was inhibited by either Ro 318220 or AACOCF(3). Accordingly, a translocation of cPLA(2) from the cytosol to the membrane fraction was observed with A23187 + PMA, but not with fMLP. fMLP-mediated AA release therefore appeared to be independent of Ca(2+) signaling and PKC and MAP kinase activation. However, fMLP-mediated AA release was reduced by approximately 45% by Clostridium difficile toxin B (10 ng/ml) or by 1-butanol; both block phospholipase D (PLD) activity. The inhibitor of phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C (PC-PLC), D609 (100 microM), decreased fMLP-mediated AA release by approximately 35%. The effect of D609 + 1-butanol on fMLP-induced AA release was additive and of a magnitude similar to that of propranolol (0.2 mM), an inhibitor of phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase. This suggests that the bulk of AA generated by fMLP stimulation of db-cAMP-differentiated HL-60 cells is independent of the cPLA(2) pathway, but may originate from activation of PC-PLC and PLD.
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- L Sternfeld
- Physiologisches Institut, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, D-66421, Germany
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Vecchini A, Del Rosso F, Binaglia L, Dhalla NS, Panagia V. Molecular defects in sarcolemmal glycerophospholipid subclasses in diabetic cardiomyopathy. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2000; 32:1061-74. [PMID: 10888258 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2000.1140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Although still scarcely studied, the phospholipid component of the cell membrane is of absolute importance for cell function. Experimental evidence indicates that individual molecular species of a given phospholipid can influence specific membrane functions. We have examined the changes in molecular species of diacyl and alkenylacyl choline/ethanolamine glycerophospholipid subclasses and those of phosphatidylserine in purified cardiac sarcolemma of healthy and streptozotocin-induced insulin dependent diabetic rats without or with insulin treatment. The relative content of plasmalogens increased in all the phospholipid classes of diabetic sarcolemma under study. Phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine were mostly enriched with molecular species containing linoleic acid in sn-2 position and deprived of the molecular species containing arachidonic acid. The molecular species of phosphatidylserine containing either arachidonic or docosahexaenoic acid were less abundant in membranes from diabetic rats than in membranes from controls. Insulin treatment of diabetic rats restored the species profile of phosphatidylethanolamine and overcorrected the changes in molecular species of phosphatidylcholine. The results suggest that the high sarcolemmal level of plasmalogens and the abnormal molecular species of glycerophospholipids may be critical for the membrane dysfunction and defective contractility of the diabetic heart.
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- A Vecchini
- Institute of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, University of Perugia, Italy
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Park HS, Lee SY, Kim YH, Kim JY, Lee SJ, Choi M. Membrane perturbation by mastoparan 7 elicits a broad alteration in lipid composition of L1210 cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1484:151-62. [PMID: 10760465 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(00)00002-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mastoparan 7 (Mas-7), an amphiphilic peptide possessing membrane perturbing activity, has been known to selectively stimulate some lipases. To examine changes in the lipid composition induced by Mas-7, we carried out systemic lipid analysis of L1210 cells after Mas-7 treatment. The total lipid was determined by HPLC, gas-liquid chromatography, and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry in conjunction with differential radiolabelling with [(32)P]orthophosphate, [(3)H]myristic acid, and [(3)H]arachidonic acid. The lipid analysis revealed multiple changes in more than 10 lipid classes. Free fatty acids (FFAs) and phosphatidylethanol (PEt), the phospholipase D product in the presence of ethanol, were increased significantly and phosphatidylcholine (PC) was decreased. Digitonin, a membrane permeabilizing reagent, similarly affected the lipid composition of L1210. The FFA released showed a very broad distribution of saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids, implying that phospholipase A(2) alone could not account for all of the FFAs released. By comparing the molecular species of PEt with those of endogenous PC, we showed that phospholipase D in L1210 cells appeared to act selectively on diacyl-PC. The perturbation-induced alterations in the lipid composition brought about by Mas-7 might play a crucial role in the physiology of the affected cells.
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- H S Park
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Catalysis, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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Burdge GC, Rodway H, Kohler JA, Lillycrop KA. Effect of fatty acid supplementation on growth and differentiation of human IMR-32 neuroblastoma cells in vitro. J Cell Biochem 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/1097-4644(20010201)80:2<266::aid-jcb160>3.0.co;2-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Distinct, structurally different forms of sn-1,2-diacylglycerol are found in cells, these are polyunsaturated, mono- or di-unsaturated and saturated. The pathways that generate or metabolise sn-1, 2-diacylglycerol are reviewed. The evidence that it is the polyunsaturated forms of sn-1,2-diacylglycerol, but the more saturated forms of phosphatidate which function as intracellular signals is considered.
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- M J Wakelam
- Institute for Cancer Studies, Birmingham University, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Clinical Research Block, Birmingham B15 2TA, UK.
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Hodgkin MN, Pettitt TR, Martin A, Michell RH, Pemberton AJ, Wakelam MJ. Diacylglycerols and phosphatidates: which molecular species are intracellular messengers? Trends Biochem Sci 1998; 23:200-4. [PMID: 9644971 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0004(98)01200-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In eukaryotes, many receptor agonists use phospholipase-generated lipids as intracellular messengers. Receptor occupation stimulates the production of polyunsaturated 1,2-diacylglycerols by phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate specific phospholipases C and/or of mono-unsaturated and saturated phosphatidates by phospholipase-D-catalysed phosphatidylcholine breakdown. The primary phospholipase products are rapidly metabolized: polyunsaturated 1,2-diacylglycerols are converted to polyunsaturated phosphatidates by diacylglycerol kinase; mono-unsaturated and saturated phosphatidates are dephosphorylated to give mono-unsaturated and saturated 1,2-diacylglycerols by phosphatidate phosphohydrolase. The phospholipase-generated polyunsaturated 1,2-diacylglycerols and mono-unsaturated and saturated phosphatidates appear to be intracellular messengers, whereas their immediate metabolites probably do not have signalling functions.
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- M N Hodgkin
- Institute for Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, UK
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In nearly all mammalian cells and tissues examined, protein kinase C (PKC) has been shown to serve as a major regulator of a phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase D (PLD) activity. At least 12 distinct isoforms of PKC have been described so far; of these enzymes only the alpha- and beta-isoforms were found to regulate PLD activity. While the mechanism of this regulation has remained unknown, available evidence suggests that both phosphorylating and non-phosphorylating mechanisms may be involved. A phosphatidylcholine-specific PLD activity was recently purified from pig lung, but its possible regulation by PKC has not been reported yet. Several cell types and tissues appear to express additional forms of PLD which can hydrolyze either phosphatidylethanolamine or phosphatidylinositol. It has also been reported that at least one form of PLD can be activated by oncogenes, but not by PKC activators. Similar to activated PKC, some of the primary and secondary products of PLD-mediated phospholipid hydrolysis, including phosphatidic acid, 1,2-diacylglycerol, choline phosphate and ethanolamine, also exhibit mitogenic/co-mitogenic effects in cultured cells. Furthermore, both the PLD and PKC systems have been implicated in the regulation of vesicle transport and exocytosis. Recently the PLD enzyme has been cloned and the tools of molecular biology to study its biological roles will soon be available. Using specific inhibitors of growth regulating signals and vesicle transport, so far no convincing evidence has been reported to support the role of PLD in the mediation of any of the above cellular effects of activated PKC.
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- Z Kiss
- Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin 55912, USA
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