title: Identification of hepatic peroxisomal phospholipase A(2) and characterization of arachidonic acid-containing choline glycerophospholipids in hepatic peroxisomes.
abstract: Recently, a sequence encoding a novel mammalian calcium-independent phospholipase A(2) (iPLA(2)gamma) was identified in the human genome and subsequently cloned and expressed in Sf9 insect cells. Unexpectedly, expression studies in recombinant systems demonstrated the usage of multiple translation initiation codons resulting in different polypeptides. Herein, we demonstrate that hepatic iPLA(2)gamma is localized to rat liver peroxisomes, possesses a molecular mass of 63 kDa and that peroxisomal membranes are highly enriched in arachidonic acid-containing phospholipids. Collectively, these results provide the first demonstration of iPLA(2)gamma in mammalian tissue and suggest the possibility that iPLA(2)gamma can contribute to lipid second messenger generation by hydrolysis of peroxisomal arachidonic acid-containing phospholipids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Washington University, Campus Box 1134, One Brookings Drive, St Louis, MO 63130, USA.
authors.forename: Jingyue
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xianlin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D020675:Peroxisomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism*; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism*; D015290:Second Messenger Systems; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
chemical_list: D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D010741:Phospholipases A