title: Serum amyloid A (SAA) protein enhances formation of cyclooxygenase metabolites of activated human monocytes.
abstract: As serum amyloid A (SAA), an apolipoprotein associated with HDL during the acute-phase reaction may induce Ca2+ mobilization in human monocytes we raised the question whether SAA1 the predominant isoform of human acute-phase SAA is able to alter eicosanoid formation. In resting monocytes SAA1 was without effect on the secretion of cyclooxygenase metabolites while in calcium ionophore A23187- (0.5 and 2.5 microM) stimulated cells SAA1 led to a pronounced dose-dependent increase of TXA2, PGE2, and PGF2alpha. In addition a time-dependent increase of cyclooxygenase metabolites in between 1.5- and 3-fold in the presence of SAA1 was observed; apo A-I, the main HDL-apolipoprotein under non-acute-phase conditions, had no effect. Using sequence-specific anti-human SAA1 peptide (40-63) F(ab)2 fragments we could show that the proposed Ca2+-binding tetrapeptide Gly48-Pro49-Gly50-Gys51 of SAA1 is not responsible for enhanced biosynthesis of cyclooxygenase metabolites. Finally, we could demonstrate that human SAA1 is unable to bind Ca2+-ions, suggesting that SAA1 does not directly enhance eicosanoid biosynthesis via Ca2+ mobilization leading to enhanced phospholipase A2 activity.
authors.affiliation: Karl-Franzens University Graz, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Austria. ernst.malle@kfunigraz.ac.at
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Malle
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bollmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steinmetz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gemsa
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Leis
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sattler
mesh_terms: D015237:Dinoprost / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000685:Serum Amyloid A Protein / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D000685:Serum Amyloid A Protein; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D015237:Dinoprost; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D015232:Dinoprostone