Intracellular phospholipase activity in rat heart: comparison between endogenous and exogenous substrates.
Two methods were used to estimate the intracellular phospholipase activity in rat heart: one using exogenous radioactive substrate dispersed as unilamellar vesicles; the other using endogenous membrane hydrolysis and subsequent phospholipid and lysophospholipid separation by high-performance liquid chromatography and quantification by phosphorus determination. We found that the endogenous method provided a higher hydrolysis rate than the exogenous method and that phosphatidyl ethanolamine was a better substrate than phosphatidyl choline.
D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology*; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000378:metabolism; D010740:Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D010743:Phospholipids; D010740:Phospholipases