title: Stimulation of receptor-coupled phospholipase A2 by interferon-gamma.
abstract: The biomolecular mechanisms that mediate signal transduction by type II (gamma) interferon (IFN) are poorly understood. IFN-gamma is a potent growth inhibitory cytokine also endowed with antiviral, immunomodulatory, and differentiating activities on various cell targets, including neural cells. IFN-gamma induced a rapid and transient activation of phospholipase A2 in LAN-5, a human neuroblastoma cell line. A consequence of phospholipase A2 activation was the release of arachidonic acid and the generation of lysophospholipids from membrane phospholipids. Treatment of pre-labeled LAN-5 cells with a receptor-saturating concentration of IFN-gamma led to a time-dependent release of [3H]arachidonic acid into the culture media and generation of [32P]lysophosphatidylcholine. Pretreatment of cultures with the phospholipase A2 inhibitor, bromophenacyl bromide, markedly inhibited both [3H]arachidonic acid release and lysophosphatidylcholine production induced by IFN-gamma treatment. Pretreatment of LAN-5 cells with nordihydroguaiaretic acid, a lipoxygenase inhibitor, or with indomethacin, a cyclooxygenase inhibitor, amplified the release of [3H]arachidonic acid and production of lysophosphatidylcholine induced by non-saturating concentrations of IFN-gamma. In parallel, and with the same time-dependent effect, a significant decrease in phosphatidylcholine labeling was observed in IFN-gamma-treated cells, further indicating that a potential signal transduction mechanism of IFN-gamma is the hydrolysis of membrane phosphatidylcholine by phospholipase A2.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Oncology Research Laboratory, G. Gaslini Children's Hospital, Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ponzoni
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Montaldo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cornaglia-Ferraris
mesh_terms: D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008244:Lysophosphatidylcholines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009637:Masoprocol / Q000494:pharmacology; D009447:Neuroblastoma; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D008244:Lysophosphatidylcholines; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D009637:Masoprocol; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D007213:Indomethacin