title: Interaction between phosphoinositide-phospholipase C and phosphatidylcholine-phospholipase D in plasma membranes of retinal capillary pericytes.
abstract: The existence of phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase D (PC-PLD) was demonstrated in the isolated plasma membranes of retinal capillary pericytes. We determined PC-PLD activity, taking advantage of the transphosphatidylation activity of PC-PLD in the presence of ethanol, with phosphatidylethanol (PEt) formation. In the membrane environment, both phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) and PC-PLD were activated by GTP gamma S. Neomycin, an inhibitor of PI-PLC, at a concentration (500 microM) capable of inhibiting 90% of the PI-PLC activity, only slightly inhibited the basal level of PC-PLD, but significantly decreased the GTP gamma S-activated PC-PLD by 66%. These findings indicate that the inhibitory effects of neomycin on PC hydrolysis may exert through the regulatory mechanisms of G proteins. Exogenous phosphatidic acid, a product of PC-PLD, stimulated, whereas PC, the substrate of PC-PLD, inhibited PI-PLC. These data implicate one mechanism by which PC-PLD may modulate PI-PLC activity through changing the phospholipid composition in the membrane, specifically the ratio of PA/PC. These findings are useful for the further studies on the communication between membrane-associated PI-PLC- and PC-PLD-mediated signal transduction pathways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D010739:Phospholipase D / Q000378:metabolism*; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D010739:Phospholipase D; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase