title: Platelet lysis and functional perturbation by 13-methyl myristate. The major fatty acid in Flavobacterium ranacida.
abstract: Flavobacterium ranacida consisted of 75% of 13-methyl myristate in total fatty acids. The acid at > 60 microM caused the lysis of gel-filtered platelets (GFP) in both time- and concentration-dependent manners. Scanning electron microscopy showed that: 1). GFP in 40 microM of the acid changed the morphology to speculate discoid shape at 15 sec, and to ellipsoids after 30 sec; and 2), the cells gradually swelled to spherical forms as the concentration of the acid increased. At nonlytic concentration, the acid inhibited platelet responses to various agonists with differential concentrations. The order of inhibitory potency was U46619 > low dose collagen > ADP-fibrinogen > phorbol ester > high dose collagen. The results demonstrated that 13-methyl myristate exhibited both cell lytic activity and perturbation on membrane function.
authors: Institute of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
authors: S T
authors: ST
authors: Faung
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Chiu
authors: C T
authors: CT
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002417:Cattle; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects; D003094:Collagen / Q000494:pharmacology; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000494:pharmacology; D005417:Flavobacterium / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009227:Myristic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015539:Platelet Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic / Q000494:pharmacology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013917:Thrombin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D009227:Myristic Acids; D011450:Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D005340:Fibrinogen; D003094:Collagen; D013917:Thrombin; C027331:13-methyltetradecanoic acid; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate