title: Metabolism of platelet-activating factor in primary cultured adult rat hepatocytes by a new pathway involving phospholipase C and alkyl monooxygenase.
abstract: The metabolic fate of 1-O-[3H]alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (PAF-acether) upon interaction with primary cultured adult rat hepatocytes was investigated. [3H]PAF-acether was transformed time-dependently into [3H]lyso-PAF-acether, 1-O-[3H]alkylglycerol and finally converted to 3H-labeled fatty aldehyde. 1-O-[3H]Alkyl-2-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (alkylacyl-GPC) was formed after a long incubation time and with a smaller amount compared with that formed in platelets and neutrophils. When lipids from cells, cell surfaces and incubation medium were analyzed separately, most of the transformed products of [3H]PAF-acether remained in the cells. When 1-O-[3H]alkyl-2-lyso-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine was incubated with hepatocytes, it was mainly converted into 1-O-[3H]alkylglycerol. 3H-labeled fatty aldehyde and [3H]alkylacyl-GPC were also found. Hepatocytes metabolized slowly from 1-O-[1-14C]hexadecylglycerol to 3H-labeled fatty aldehyde and 3H-labeled phospholipid. These findings suggest that cultured hepatocytes mainly catabolize exogeneous PAF-acether by removing the acetyl residue and the polar head group and, finally, by cleaving an ether bond. The deacetylation-reacylation step, which is important in platelets and neutrophils, was not shown to be a main metabolic pathway of PAF-acether in cultured hepatocytes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D042926:Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A; D005989:Glycerides / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005989:Glycerides; C029271:O-deacetyl platelet activating factor; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D042926:Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; C027735:palmitoyl glycerol