title: Receptor-dependent metabolism of platelet-activating factor in murine macrophages.
abstract: Degradation of platelet-activating factor (PAF) was examined by incubating PAF with macrophages from PAF receptor-deficient mice. The degradation rate was halved as compared with wild-type mice. The reduction of the rate was comparable with the presence of a PAF antagonist WEB 2086 in wild-type cells. PAF was internalized rapidly (t(12) approximately 1 min) into wild-type macrophages. The PAF internalization was inhibited by the treatment of 0.45 m sucrose but was not affected by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, suggesting that PAF internalizes into macrophages with its receptor in a clathrin-dependent manner. Internalized PAF was degraded into lyso-PAF with a half-life of 20 min. Treatment of concanavalin A inhibited the conversion of PAF into lyso-PAF, suggesting that uptake of PAF enhances PAF degradation. Lyso-PAF was subsequently metabolized into 1-alkyl-2-acyl-phosphatidylcholine. In addition, release of PAF acetylhydrolase from macrophages was enhanced when wild-type macrophages were stimulated with PAF but not from macrophages of PAF receptor-deficient mice. Thus, the PAF stimulation of macrophages leads to its degradation through both intracellular and extracellular mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan.
authors.forename: Noriyasu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohshima
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D043203:1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005838:Genotype; D008024:Ligands; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000097:blood; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D013395:Sucrose / Q000494:pharmacology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; C039351:platelet activating factor receptor; D003208:Concanavalin A; D013395:Sucrose; D010741:Phospholipases A; D043203:1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate