title: Choline-linked phosphoglycerides. A source of phosphatidic acid and diglycerides in stimulated neutrophils.
abstract: Stimulation of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) may result in the metabolism of phospholipids other than phosphoinositides to generate second-messenger intermediary metabolites. We investigated agonist-induced breakdown of 1-O-alkyl-2-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (1-O-alkyl-2-acyl-GPC), which constitutes almost half the diradyl-GPC fraction in human PMN (Mueller, H. W., O'Flaherty, J. T., Green, D. G., Samuel, M. P., and Wykle, R. L. (1984) J. Lipid Res. 25: 383-388), in cells prelabeled with 1-O-[3H] alkyl-2-acyl-GPC. We also utilized normal-phase high pressure liquid chromatography to quantitate the accumulation of diradylglycerols (1-O-alkyl-2-acylglycerols and diacylglycerols) in stimulated PMN. Phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA), 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol-, calcium ionophore A23187-, and f-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) stimulation of PMN resulted in a time- and concentration-dependent hydrolysis of 1-O-[3H]alkyl-2-acyl-GPC and the formation of 1-O-[3H]alkyl-2-acyl-phosphatidic acid (PA) and 1-O-[3H]alkyl-2-acylglycerol. In all cases formation of 1-O-[3H]alkyl-2-acyl-PA preceded that of 1-O-[3H]alkyl-2-acylglycerol. The times between addition of stimulus and appearance of 1-O-[3H] alkyl-2-acylglycerol varied for PMA (40 s at 1.6 microM), A23187 (5 min at 5 microM), and fMLP (30 sec at 1 microM). Preincubation of cells with 1 microgram/ml pertussis toxin (PT) inhibited the breakdown of 1-O-[3H]alkyl-2-acyl-GPC in cells stimulated with 1 microM fMLP, indicating a role for a PT-sensitive G protein with this stimulus. Quantitation of diglycerides as diradylglycerobenzoates in PMN stimulated with PMA (10 min), A23187 (10 min), or fMLP demonstrated marked accumulation of both 1-O-alkyl-2-acylglycerols and diacylglycerols. The highest increases over controls were observed for fMLP (33-fold for 1-O-alkyl-2-acylglycerols and 17-fold for diacylglycerols). In stimulated PMN prelabeled with 1-O-[3H]hexadecyl-2-acyl-GPC and 1-O-alkyl-2-acyl-sn-glycero-3-[32P]phosphocholine, the ratio of 3H to 32P in 1-O-alkyl-2-acyl-PA compared to 1-O-alkyl-2-acyl-GPC suggested the involvement of a phospholipase D in the hydrolysis of 1-O-[3H]-alkyl-2-acyl-GPC. Thus, stimulation of human PMN results in the hydrolysis of 1-O-[3H]alkyl-2-acyl-GPC to yield 1-O-[3H] alkyl-2-acyl-PA and 1-O-[3H]alkyl-2-acylglycerol possibly initiated by activation of a phospholipase D.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Agwu
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: McPhail
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chabot
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Wykle
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: McCall
mesh_terms: D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002794:Choline / Q000097:blood*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000097:blood* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005989:Glycerides / Q000097:blood*; D005994:Glycerophosphates / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000032:analysis*; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids / Q000097:blood*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004075:Diglycerides; D005989:Glycerides; D005994:Glycerophosphates; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D000001:Calcimycin; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; C038237:1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D002794:Choline; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate