title: Effects of oral soy phosphatidylcholine on phagocytosis, arachidonate concentrations, and killing by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
abstract: A dietary supplement of linoleic acid (LA) as soy phosphatidylcholine (PC) or as triglyceride on polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMNL) functions, arachidonate (AA) concentrations, AA release, and leukotriene B4 (LTB4) generation was studied in normal adults. Study 1: Eight subjects were fed PC (27 g) or placebo for 3 d in a blinded crossover experiment with PMNL assays at baseline and 4, 7, and 14 d. Study 2: Subjects were fed equal quantities of LA as PC (18 g, n = 8), safflower (SF, n = 4), or soybean oil (SY, n = 4) with PMNL assays at baseline and 48 h. Study 1: PC increased PMNL phagocytosis and killing of Candida albicans twofold (P less than 0.001) and PMNL phospholipid AA content threefold (P less than 0.001); AA release after Candida albicans stimulation increased 5.3-fold, correlating with PMNL killing (r = 0.932) and phagocytosis (r = 0.872). Study 2: PC, but not SF or SY, produced changes similar to those of study 1. With PMNL exposure to calcium ionophore A23187 or N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine, PC increased LTB4 generation. Phospholipid LA, in contrast to triglyceride LA, enhanced PMNL phospholipid AA, phagocytosis, and killing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Mallory Institute of Pathology, Boston.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Jannace
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Lerman
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Vitale
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000378:metabolism; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012450:Safflower Oil; D013024:Soybean Oil
chemical_list: D008041:Linoleic Acids; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D000001:Calcimycin; D013024:Soybean Oil; D012450:Safflower Oil; D019787:Linoleic Acid