title: Purification of a lysophospholipase from bovine brain that selectively deacylates arachidonoyl-substituted lysophosphatidylcholine.
abstract: A high activity lysophospholipase A (lysoPLA) was purified from the soluble fraction of bovine brain. The separation included sequential DEAE-Sephacel, phenyl-Sepharose FF, heparin-Sepharose CL-6B, and Q-Sepharose FF column chromatography. Mono Q, Sephacryl S300HR, and hydroxylapatite column chromatography in the presence of the detergent CHAPS (3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)-dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate) and glycerol further purified the activity to 17,000-fold. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis using nondenaturing conditions. The pure enzyme migrated as a single polypeptide of 95 kDa mass by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and deacylated arachidonoyl-lysophosphatidylcholine (ara-lysoPC) at rate of 70 micromol/(min mg). The enzyme showed selectivity for arachidonoyl-substituted lysoPC, since palmitoyl-lysoPC was deacylated at a much lower rate (7 micromol/(min mg)). LysoPLA activity was maximal at pH 7.4-8.0 and was increased 1.3-fold by MgCl2 (5 mM). By including MgCl2, however, the range of optimal activity was expanded to pH values up to 9.0. The 95-kDa protein also deacylated arachidonoyl groups from 1-O-hexadecyl-2-arachidonoyl-PC (PLA2 activity) at a rate of 15 micromol/(min mg). Moreover, the deacylation of arachidonoyl groups from diacylPC was greatly increased by including purified bovine brain PLA1 in the reaction mixture. Thus, the same 95-kDa polypeptide catalyzed both lysoPLA and PLA2 activities, but the rate of arachidonoyl group deacylation was increased by prior sn-1 deacylation. Finally, the 95-kDa polypeptide cross-reacted with antibodies raised against a human recombinant cPLA2, implying that the 95-kDa protein is structurally similar to cPLA2. Additionally, these data suggest that the combined actions of PLA1 and the 95-kDa protein generate significant amounts of free arachidonic acid in the brain.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0295, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pete
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Exton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D002417:Cattle; D003429:Cross Reactions; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008244:Lysophosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism*; D008245:Lysophospholipase / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D008244:Lysophosphatidylcholines; D008245:Lysophospholipase