title: Platelet-activating factor (PAF-acether) formation in neonatal intestinal mucosa and in cultured intestinal epithelial cells.
abstract: We report the presence of platelet-activating factor (PAF-acether; 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) in small-intestinal and colonic mucosa of neonatal rats. The PAF-acether content was higher in the colon than in the small intestine, and was lower in the small intestine of 30-day-old animals than in 14-day-old animals. We also report that cultured intestinal epithelial cells (INT 407) produce PAF-acether when stimulated with the calcium ionophore A23187, and that homogenized INT 407 cells can degrade PAF-acether with the formation of lysoPAF-acether. These findings suggest that intestinal epithelial cells are able to produce and metabolize PAF-acether, a potent mediator of inflammation. The authors propose that this might contribute to the pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine, University of Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kald
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gustafson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Franzén
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weström
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sjödahl
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tagesson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003106:Colon / Q000378:metabolism; D004848:Epithelium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000378:metabolism; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D000001:Calcimycin