title: Identification of novel cytosolic phospholipase A(2)s, murine cPLA(2){delta}, {epsilon}, and {zeta}, which form a gene cluster with cPLA(2){beta}.
abstract: Phospholipase A(2) hydrolyzes the sn-2 ester bond of glycerophospholipids that produce free fatty acids and lysophospholipids. Cytosolic phospholipase A(2)s (cPLA(2), group IV) are a subgroup of enzymes that act on the intracellular phospholipid membrane. The best investigated cPLA(2)alpha (group IVA) is a key enzyme for lipid mediator production in vivo. Here we report cloning and characterization of novel murine cPLA(2)s: cPLA(2)delta (group IVD), cPLA(2)epsilon (group IVE), and cPLA(2)zeta (group IVF), that form a gene cluster with cPLA(2)beta (group IVB). The deduced amino acid sequences of cPLA(2)delta, epsilon, and zeta demonstrated a conserved domain structure of cPLA(2), i.e. one C2 domain and one lipase domain. The potential catalytic dyad, Ser and Asp, was conserved for these newly cloned cPLA(2)s along with relatively high conservation for the surrounding residues. Transcripts of murine cPLA(2)delta, epsilon, and zeta appeared to be enriched in certain organs rather than ubiquitous distribution. Major Northern signals for cPLA(2)delta were detected in placenta, cPLA(2)epsilon in thyroid, heart, and skeletal muscle, and cPLA(2)zeta in thyroid. Recombinant proteins expressed in human embryonic kidney 293 cells demonstrated molecular sizes of about 100 kDa by Western blotting and exhibited Ca(2+)-dependent PLA(2) activities on 1-palmitoyl-2-[(14)C]arachidonoyl-phosphatidylcholine substrate. In contrast to cPLA(2)alpha, cPLA(2)zeta preferred phosphatidylethanolamine to phosphatidylcholine. Intracellular localization was visualized by green fluorescent-tagged proteins. Each molecule showed specific localization, and cPLA(2)delta translocated from the cytosol to the perinuclear region by calcium-ionophore stimulation. We thus discovered these functional novel cPLA(2) genes, which cluster on murine chromosome 2E5.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Takayo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohto
authors.forename: Naonori
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uozumi
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002384:Catalysis; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005091:Exons; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D021381:Protein Transport; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012694:Serine / Q000737:chemistry; D012984:Software; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D012694:Serine; D012313:RNA; D010741:Phospholipases A; D002118:Calcium