Phosphatidic acid and phosphoinositide turnover in myelin and its stimulation by acetylcholine.
Brain slices obtained from the forebrains of adult female rats were incubated with [32P]phosphate and [3H]glycerol for 60 min, and lipids extracted and analyzed by TLC. The 32P in brain slice lipids was primarily in polyphosphoinositides, phosphatidylinositol (PI), and phosphatidate (PA). Distribution of the 32P-labeled lipids in isolated myelin was biased toward PA, 38%, relative to 16% in whole tissue slice lipids. About 33% of the total labeled PA in brain slices was accounted for by that in myelin. On a per milligram protein basis, PA labeling in myelin is about 2.5-fold greater than that of whole brain slice. Since incorporation of [3H]glycerol (indicative of synthesis by the de novo synthetic pathway) was at very low levels, we conclude that [32P]phosphate entered into myelin PA primarily through a pathway involving phospholipase C activity. Much of the production of PA relates to hydrolysis of phosphoinositides, yielding diacylglycerol which is then phosphorylated within myelin. The distribution of label among the inositol-containing lipids suggests that only a fraction of the myelin polyphosphoinositides serve as substrate for rapid diglyceride production. In the presence of 10 mM acetylcholine (ACh) there was a 20-60% stimulation of [32P]phosphate incorporation into PA and PI of brain slice lipids and purified myelin. Stimulation by ACh was blocked by atropine. The observed increase in the 32P/3H ratio, relative to controls, indicated that for both total lipids and myelin lipids there was selective stimulation of a phospholipase C-dependent cycle relative to de novo biosynthesis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Biological Sciences Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7250.
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D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats
D010710:Phosphates; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D001285:Atropine; D000109:Acetylcholine; D005990:Glycerol