title: Thrombin-induced transfer of arachidonic acid in human platelets is not inhibited by trifluoperazine.
abstract: Human platelets have been shown to contain a Ca++- and CoA-independent transacylase enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of arachidonic acid from phosphatidylcholine (PC) to lysoplasmenylethanolamine. It has been suggested that this route may represent a major source for released arachidonic acid in stimulated platelets. In this study, we have shown using arachidonic-labelled human platelets that the thrombin-induced activation of a transacylase reaction was not affected by concentrations of trifluoperazine (TFP) (15 micrograms/2 X 10(9) cells) which abolished the accumulation of free [3H]arachidonic acid in the presence of the cyclooxygenase/lipoxygenase inhibitor BW755C. TFP, at this concentration failed to block the hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine (PC) completely and had no effect on the increased radioactivity seen in total phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) (160% of control after 4 min of incubation). These results suggest that the transacylase pathway activated in response to thrombin is not likely dependent on calcium. As TFP blocks effectively both the accumulation of free [3H]arachidonic acid and the mass of arachidonic acid without affecting the transfer of this fatty acid from PC to PE in thrombin-stimulated human platelets, it is very unlikely that the transacylation pathway represents a major source of release arachidonic acid. Based on these findings, we conclude that the above pathway may be primarily involved in the turnover of plasmenylethanolamine lipids in stimulated human platelets.
mesh_terms: D015772:4,5-Dihydro-1-(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-amine; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000097:blood*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D011720:Pyrazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D013917:Thrombin / Q000502:physiology*; D014268:Trifluoperazine / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D011720:Pyrazoles; D014268:Trifluoperazine; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D015772:4,5-Dihydro-1-(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-amine; D013917:Thrombin