title: Platelet-activating factor (PAF-acether) formation in rat basophilic leukemia cells stimulated by ionophore A23187.
abstract: In rat basophilic leukemia cells (2 H3-RBL) stimulated with the calcium ionophore A23187, a rapid build-up of PAF-acether was observed within 5 minutes. Thereafter, a slow and complete catabolism was observed within the next 55 minutes. Accumulation of PAF-acether required calcium in the medium and was increased in the presence of acetyl-CoA. Phenyl methyl sulfonyl fluoride, a serine hydrolase inhibitor active on 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine acetyl hydrolase also produced an increased accumulation of PAF-acether in ionophore-stimulated cells. Quinacrine, a non specific inhibitor of phospholipase A2 impaired PAF-acether formation in a dose-dependent manner. The time-course of PAF-acether formation was compared with the ionophore-induced release of arachidonic acid from these cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D001491:Basophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011796:Quinacrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D000001:Calcimycin; D011796:Quinacrine