title: Effects of exogenous fatty acids and cholesterol on aminopeptidase activities in rat astroglia.
abstract: Several studies have addressed the interaction between fatty acids and lipids with central nervous system peptides. Because aminopeptidases (AP) are involved in the regulation of neuropeptides, this work studies several AP expressed in cultured astroglia, after exogenous addition of oleic and linoleic fatty acids and cholesterol to the culture medium. Alanyl-AP, arginyl-AP, cystyl-AP, leucyl-AP, tyrosyl-AP and pyroglutamyl-AP activities were analysed in whole cells using the corresponding aminoacyl-beta-naphthylamides as substrates. Oleic acid inhibits alanyl-AP, cystyl-AP and leucyl-AP activities, whereas linoleic acid inhibits alanyl-AP, arginyl-AP and tyrosyl-AP activities. Neither oleic acid nor linoleic acid modifies pyroglutamyl-AP activity. In contrast, cholesterol increases arginyl-AP, cystyl-AP, leucyl-AP, tyrosyl-AP and pyroglutamyl-AP activities, although it does not modify alanyl-AP activity. The changes reported here suggest that oleic and linoleic fatty acids and cholesterol can modulate peptide activities via their degradation route involving aminopeptidases; each of them being differentially regulated.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Physiology, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Experimental and Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Paraje las Lagunillas s/n, E-23071 Jaén, Spain. mramirez@ujaen.es
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Expósito
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Mayas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martínez-Martos
mesh_terms: D000626:Aminopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019787:Linoleic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D019301:Oleic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010455:Peptides; D019301:Oleic Acid; D002784:Cholesterol; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D000626:Aminopeptidases