title: Diacylglycerol metabolism in SM-3 smooth muscle cells.
abstract: The metabolism of endogenous and exogenous diacylglycerol (DG) was studied in SM-3 cells derived from rabbit aortic smooth muscle to determine the biochemical step(s) responsible for degrading DG second messengers. Incubation of growth-arrested SM-3 cells with [3H]myristate for 2 h resulted in selective labelling of cellular phosphatidylcholine (PC). Addition of bacterial PC-specific phospholipase C (PC-PLC, 20 U) to [3H]myristate-labelled SM-3 cells resulted in a 7.4-fold increase in endogenous radiolabelled DG and activation of the epsilon isoform of protein kinase C. Subsequent incubation of PC-PLC-treated SM-3 cells resulted in the incorporation of radioactivity primarily into products of a lipase pathway, monoacylglycerol and fatty acid. The hydrolysis of endogenous PC-derived DG was inhibited by 0.25 microM tetrahydrolipstatin, a DG lipase inhibitor. Similar results were obtained when SM-3 cells were incubated with 1,2-dioctanoyl-[2-3H]glycerol, a cell-permeable DG analog; radioactivity was mainly recovered in the glycerol product of the lipase pathway. Therefore, hydrolysis by a lipase pathway represents the principal metabolic fate of both endogenous and exogenous DG in SM-3 smooth muscle cells.
authors.affiliation: Smooth Muscle Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Migas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Severson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003470:Culture Media; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000378:metabolism*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D019814:Myristic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D004075:Diglycerides; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D019814:Myristic Acid; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase; D010738:Type C Phospholipases