title: Phorbol ester stimulates the hydrolysis of phosphatidylethanolamine in leukemic HL-60, NIH 3T3, and baby hamster kidney cells.
abstract: Treatment of leukemic HL-60, NIH 3T3, and baby hamster kidney (BHK-21) cells, prelabeled with [2-14C]ethanolamine, with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), a potent activator of protein kinase C, resulted in increased degradation of both 14C-labeled phosphatidylethanolamine and its alkenyl (plasmalogen) derivate. A half-maximal and a maximal (approximately 3.4-fold) stimulation of ethanolamine phospholipid degradation required 3 and 10-20 nM TPA, respectively. TPA had a similar concentration-dependent stimulatory effect on the hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine in cells previously prelabeled with [methyl-14C]choline. Increased phospholipid degradation was not accompanied by the formation of lysophosphatidylethanolamine, indicating that a phospholipase A-type enzyme was not involved. About 80% of total water-soluble degradation products was ethanolamine, suggesting that phospholipid hydrolysis was catalyzed by a phospholipase D-type enzyme. Increased formation of ethanolamine with exposure of cells to TPA was observed only after a 10-min lag period. Mezerein, bryostatin, sn-1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol, and polymyxin B, all of which mimic the action of TPA on protein phosphorylation in vivo, also stimulated the hydrolysis of ethanolamine phospholipids in HL-60 cells, suggesting that the TPA effect was mediated by protein kinase C.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Biology and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kiss
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000378:metabolism*; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010703:Phorbol Esters; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D011493:Protein Kinase C