title: Effect of gamma interferon on phospholipid hydrolysis and fatty acid incorporation in L929 cells infected with Rickettsia prowazekii.
abstract: Treatment of Rickettsia prowazekii-infected L929 cells with gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) immediately after infection altered the lipid metabolism of the host cells as determined by measurement of phospholipid hydrolysis and oleic acid incorporation into phospholipids and neutral lipids. At 48 h postinfection, there was increased phospholipid hydrolysis in infected cultures relative to mock-infected cultures and a further increase in radiolabeled phospholipid hydrolysis in IFN-gamma-treated infected cultures. Oleic acid, the radiolabeled product of hydrolysis, was found in both the free fatty acid and neutral lipid fractions. None of the mock-infected cultures demonstrated increased hydrolysis of their radiolabeled phospholipids in response to treatment with IFN-gamma. Most of the radiolabeled oleic acid incorporated into cultures in the interval between 24 and 48 h after infection and IFN-gamma treatment was present in the phospholipid fraction. However, the neutral lipid fraction from the infected cultures that had been IFN-gamma treated was labeled to a greater extent than that from the untreated cultures. Thin-layer chromatographic analysis of the neutral lipid fractions from both the hydrolysis and incorporation experiments demonstrated that most of the radiolabel was in triglycerides. The infected cultures at 30 h were intact as assessed by the exclusion of trypan blue, but at 48 h postinfection in the IFN-gamma-treated infected cultures more than half of the cells were unable to exclude trypan blue. In no case did the mock-infected cells show substantial damage as a result of IFN-gamma treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile 36688.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Winkler
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Daugherty
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Turco
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002470:Cell Survival; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007739:L Cells; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D051379:Mice; D019301:Oleic Acid; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D012283:Rickettsia prowazekii / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D009829:Oleic Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D019301:Oleic Acid; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D010741:Phospholipases A