title: High specificity of human secretory class II phospholipase A2 for phosphatidic acid.
abstract: Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a potent lipid second messenger which stimulates platelet aggregation, cell proliferation and smooth-muscle contraction. The phospholipase A2 (PLA2)-catalysed hydrolysis of phosphatidic acid (PA) is thought to be a primary synthetic route for LPA. Of the multiple forms of PLA2 present in human tissues, human secretory class-II PLA2 (hs-PLA2) has been implicated in the production of LPA from platelets and whole blood cells challenged with inflammatory stimuli. To explore further the possibility that hs-PLA2 is involved in the production of LPA, we rigorously measured the phospholipid head group specificity of hs-PLA2 by a novel PLA2 kinetic system using polymerized mixed liposomes. Kinetic analysis of recombinant hs-PLA2 demonstrates that hs-PLA2 strongly prefers PA as substrate over other phospholipids found in the mammalian plasma membrane including phosphatidylserine (PS), phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE). The order of preference is PA >> PE approximately PS > PC. To identify amino acid residues of hs-PLA2 that are involved in its unique substrate specificity, we mutated two residues, Glu-56 and Lys-69, which were shown to interact with the phospholipid head group in the X-ray-crystallographic structure of the hs-PLA2-transition-state-analogue complex. The K69Y mutant showed selective inactivation toward PA whereas the E56K mutant displayed a most pronounced inactivation to PE. Thus it appears that Lys-69 is at least partially involved in the PA specificity of hs-PLA2 and Glu-56 in the distinction between PE and PC. In conjunction with a recent cell study [Fourcade, Simon, Viode, Rugani, Leballe, Ragab, Fournie, Sarda and Chap (1995) Cell 80, 919-927], these studies suggest that hs-PLA2 can rapidly hydrolyse PA molecules exposed to the outer layer of cell-derived microvesicles and thereby produce LPA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60607-7061, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Snitko
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018411:Spodoptera / Q000235:genetics; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D008246:Lysophospholipids; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2