title: MgATP has different inhibitory effects on the use of 1-acyl-lysophosphatidylcholine and lyso platelet-activating factor acceptors by neuronal nuclear acetyltransferase activities.
abstract: The inhibitory effects of MgATP on neuronal nuclear acetyltransferase activities were studied using lyso platelet-activating factor (lyso-PAF, 1-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) and lysophosphatidylcholine (lyso-PC, 1-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine). The nuclear (N1) acetylation of lyso-PC was more profoundly inhibited by MgATP. MgATP did not alter the apparent Km for acetyl-CoA in either acetylation reaction. The inhibitory effects of MgATP were not seen for other nucleotides or MgAMP-PCP. Kinase inhibitors such as staurosporine (1 microM), chelerythrine, and R59022 (diglyceride kinase inhibitor I) did not block the MgATP inhibition of either acetylation. However, the addition of phospholipids to the assays indicated a selective inhibitory effect for PIP (25-50 microM) in the nuclear acetylation of lyso-PAF. When N1 was incubated with [gamma-33P]ATP, phosphatidic acid and PIP were the principal radioactive lipid products. While the extent of MgATP inhibition of lyso-PAF acetylation was similar at different concentrations of lyso-PAF, increasing lyso-PC concentrations greatly decreased the MgATP inhibition seen in lyso-PC acetylations. Nuclear envelopes prepared in the presence of PMSF, and fraction N1 exposed to PMSF, did not show the inhibitory effect of MgATP on lyso-PC acetylation. PMSF (an inhibitor of certain phospholipase and lysophospholipase activities) did not reduce the MgATP inhibition of lyso-PAF acetylation. Arachidonoyl trifluoromethylketone, an inhibitor of cytosolic phospholipases A2 and of lysophospholipase activity associated with cPLA2, also blocked the inhibitory effect of MgATP on lyso-PC acetylation. Using radioactive lyso-PC substrate, fraction N1 produced labeled free fatty acid and phosphatidylcholine. In the presence of acetyl-CoA, the production of radioactive phosphatidylcholine increased almost 6-fold when MgATP was also included in these incubations. In the presence of MgATP and acetyl-CoA, PMSF reduced the levels of radioactive free fatty acid and phosphatidylcholine derived from lyso-PC, while Triacsin C, an inhibitor of acyl CoA synthetase, decreased phosphatidylcholine labeling. These findings suggest that MgATP inhibition of lyso-PC acetylation results from a loss of lyso-PC substrate that is largely mediated by nuclear lysophospholipase, acyl-CoA synthetase and lyso-PC acylation. Thus the neuronal nuclear production of Acyl PAF may be regulated by paths that compete for the lyso-PC substrate. In contrast, the acetylation of lyso-PAF is inhibited by PIP, a product of nuclear PI kinase reactions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Clinical Science Division, Room 6368, Medical Sciences Bldg., University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., M5S 1A8, Canada.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000105:Acetyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D000107:Acetylation; D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008244:Lysophosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000201:enzymology*; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D008244:Lysophosphatidylcholines; C029271:O-deacetyl platelet activating factor; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D000105:Acetyl Coenzyme A; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000123:Acetyltransferases