title: Release of acetylhydrolase from platelets on aggregation with platelet-activating factor.
abstract: Acetylhydrolase, the enzyme which inactivates platelet-activating factor (PAF, 1-O-alkyl-2-O-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine), was selectively released from bovine platelets by aggregation with physiological concentrations (0.1-10 nM) of PAF with no cell lysis. The release of the acetylhydrolase paralleled that of serotonin. The acetylhydrolase released was active over a broad pH range (pH 5.4-8.6) and was not affected by Ca2+ (1-4 mM) or EDTA (1-8 mM). The Km value of the enzyme was 4.6 microM. Net specific acetylhydrolase activity recovered in the 130,000 x g supernatant after stimulation with PAF could be determined in the presence of EDTA without the activity of Ca2+-dependent phospholipase A2 which was also released from the cells at the same concentration of PAF. The acetylhydrolase was inhibited competitively by specific PAF antagonists, rac-3-(N-n-octadecylcarbamoyloxy)-2-methyoxypropyl-2-thiazolioe thyl phosphate (CV-3988) and (2RS)-1-O-hexadecyl-2-O-ethyl-3-O-(7-thiazolinoheptyl)-glycerol methanesulfonate (ONO-6040). Their Ki values for the enzyme were 1.17 microM and 0.84 microM, respectively. The release of the enzyme could also be detected when the platelets were aggregated with ADP (2.3 microM) or thrombin (0.5 unit). These results suggest that the enzyme released from the aggregated platelets to the blood plasma may also have a physiological function cooperating with the plasma acetylhydrolase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Shizuoka, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miwa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D043203:1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000201:enzymology*; D002417:Cattle; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D010740:Phospholipases / Q000097:blood*; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000097:blood*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000097:blood; D013917:Thrombin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D012701:Serotonin; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D010740:Phospholipases; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D043203:1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase; D013917:Thrombin