title: Reactive oxygen species are involved in the activation of cellular phospholipase A2.
abstract: Vanadate (V) potentiated (4- to 10-fold) the activation of cellular phospholipase A2 (PLA2) induced by H2O2 (H), a phorbol ester (T), a Ca(2+)-ionophore (A) and opsonized zymosan in macrophages. V+H induced in intact cells the activation and translocation of PLA2 and protein kinase C (PKC) to the plasma membrane. V+H and V+T+A induced strong chemiluminescence (CL) which was abrogated by a specific NADPH oxidase inhibitor diphenylene iodonium (DPI). DPI markedly suppressed the stimulation of PLA2 by V+T+A and V+OZ. The results suggest that the formation of endogenous reactive oxygen species (ROS) is important for PLA2 activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Membrane Research and Biophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferber
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Zort
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005260:Female; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D009861:Onium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D009861:Onium Compounds; D014638:Vanadates; C007517:diphenyleneiodonium; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D010100:Oxygen