title: Fatty acyl esters potentiate fatty acid induced activation of protein kinase C.
abstract: Purified rat pancreas protein kinase C (PKC) is activated by unsaturated free fatty acids (oleic and arachidonic). The ethyl esters of these fatty acids are ineffective as enzyme activators. However, when the ethyl esters are added in combination with a free fatty acid, there is significant enhancement of enzyme activation. Nearly optimal PKC activation was obtained when non-activating ethyl oleate or ethyl arachidonate was added to sub-optimally activating concentrations of oleic or arachidonic acids. In addition to the ethyl esters, 1-monooleylglycerol also had a potentiating effect on PKC activation by oleic acid. However, the degree of activation observed in the presence of a free fatty acid and an acyl ester of the fatty acid quantitatively never surpassed that produced by sn-1,2-dioleylglycerol. Our findings indicate that significant PKC activation can be achieved by presenting the enzyme with an environment which we believe approximates the structural characteristics of the endogenous activator, sn-1,2-diacylglycerol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Holian
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Nyhus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000494:pharmacology; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D004952:Esters; D019301:Oleic Acid; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D004075:Diglycerides; D004952:Esters; D009829:Oleic Acids; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D019301:Oleic Acid; C035723:ethyl arachidonate; D011493:Protein Kinase C; C033180:ethyl oleate