title: Activation of MAPKs in thrombin-stimulated ventricular myocytes is dependent on Ca2+-independent PLA2.
abstract: Thrombin stimulation of isolated rabbit ventricular myocytes activates a membrane-associated, Ca(2+)-independent PLA(2) (iPLA(2)) that selectively hydrolyzes plasmalogen phospholipids and results in increased production of arachidonic acid and lysoplasmenylcholine. To determine whether MAPK regulates myocardial iPLA(2) activity, we isolated ventricular myocytes from rabbit heart by collagenase digestion and pretreated them with MAPK inhibitors before stimulating them with thrombin. Pretreatment with PD-98059 to inhibit p42/44 MAPK or SB-203580 to inhibit p38 MAPK had no significant effect on thrombin-stimulated, membrane-associated iPLA(2) activity. Thrombin stimulation resulted in significant increases in both p42/44 and p38 MAPK activity after 2 min. Pretreatment with the iPLA(2)-selective inhibitor bromoenol lactone completely inhibited thrombin-stimulated MAPK activity, suggesting that activation of MAPKs was dependent on iPLA(2) activation. Ventricular myocyte MAPK activity was increased by incubation of the myocytes with lysoplasmenylcholine, a metabolite produced by iPLA(2)-catalyzed membrane plasmalogen phospholipid hydrolysis. Altogether, these data suggest that activation of MAPKs occurs downstream of and is dependent on iPLA(2) activation in thrombin-stimulated rabbit ventricular myocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 S. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63104, USA.
authors.forename: Caroline S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Beckett
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pennington
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McHowat
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D054522:Group VI Phospholipases A2; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D011817:Rabbits; D013917:Thrombin / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054522:Group VI Phospholipases A2; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D013917:Thrombin; D002118:Calcium