title: Proliferation-dependent changes in arachidonic acid mobilization from phospholipids of 3T6 fibroblasts.
abstract: When we stimulated 3T6 fibroblasts, we observed a mobilization of arachidonic acid (AA) from phospholipids. The magnitude of this response decreased as the cells became confluent and the change coincided with a decrease in the percentage of cells in growth phases (G2 + M); this was not a consequence of the time in culture or a factor in the growth medium. Preconfluent fibroblasts incubated with the calcium ionophore A23187 (1 microM), 4beta-phorbol-12-myristate acetate (PMA, 10 microM), bradykinin (10 microM) or fetal calf serum (20%) released 38.8%, 62.5%, 11.2% and 45.6% [3H]AA, respectively. Confluent cells stimulated under the same conditions released only 16.9%, 1.5%, 0.5% and 18.5% [3H]AA, respectively. This decreasing mobilization of AA was demonstrated using metabolic labelling and measurement of prostaglandin PGE2. The decrease was not due to a changing pool of AA. [3H]AA release from each phospholipid decreased with confluence. Conversion of confluent cells to the proliferative phenotype by mechanical wounding of the monolayer increased the release of [3H]AA. This effect is consistent with regulated, growth-dependent changes in the activity of phospholipase A2, a process regulated by changes in phosphorylation of the enzyme. The increased release of [3H]AA from preconfluent, actively dividing cells may have important physiological implications and may help elucidate mechanisms regulating release of AA.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas, Unidad de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII s/n, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lloret
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Torrent
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Moreno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D003470:Culture Media; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D019319:Okadaic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D010743:Phospholipids; D019319:Okadaic Acid; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D000001:Calcimycin; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D015232:Dinoprostone; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D001920:Bradykinin