title: Acyl specificity of phospholipases A2 and C in thrombin-stimulated human platelets.
abstract: Platelets were labelled separately with six different, radioactive unsaturated fatty acids. The cells were isolated from the radioactive precursors and treated with and without 2 U/ml of thrombin. The formation of radioactive free fatty acid+oxygenated fatty acids and of radioactive radioactive phosphatidic acid+diacylglycerol was taken as a measure of the PLA(2) and PLC reactions, respectively. We found that that in intact platelets PLA(2) prefers phospholipid molecular species containing unsaturated acyls, most likely in the sn-2 position, in the priority order: 20:4>20:5>18:2 = 18:3 = 22:6>>18:1, while PLC prefers its substrates in the priority order 20:5>20:4>18:2>18:3 = 22:6>18:1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: Yoseph
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsegaye
authors.forename: Knut Olav
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Daasvatn
authors.forename: Holm
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Holmsen
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000201:enzymology*; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000097:blood*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013917:Thrombin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D010741:Phospholipases A; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D013917:Thrombin