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Query: EC:3.1.4.3 (phospholipase C)
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Administration of ethanol to human platelets resulted in a rapid shape change which was maximal within 30 s. Ethanol did not cause aggregation or secretion of ATP at any time and inhibited aggregation induced by collagen. In platelets that were loaded with the intracellular calcium indicator fura2, ethanol induced a rapid mobilization of calcium from internal, thrombin-sensitive pools. Cytosolic calcium increased to a maximum within 5 s and decreased slowly over the ensuing 5 min to near basal levels. The mobilization of calcium by ethanol coincided with the rapid formation of phosphatidic acid and a decrease in the level of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, as measured in 32P-labeled platelets. In platelets labeled with myo-[2-3H]inositol, ethanol caused a 20-30% increase in the levels of inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate and inositol bisphosphate within 10 s. Ethanol also induced the transient phosphorylation of myosin light chain (20 kDa) and a 40 kDa protein, a known substrate for protein kinase C. The results indicate that ethanol activates phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C in human platelets. The subsequent mobilization of intracellular calcium and activation of protein kinase C can account for the shape change induced by ethanol.
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PMID:Ethanol stimulates shape change in human platelets by activation of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C. 282 32

Ethanol has been shown to mobilize intracellular calcium in isolated rat hepatocytes by activation of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C. However, addition of ethanol to 32P-labeled hepatocytes resulted in a rapid increase in the level of [32P]phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate over a period of 2 min, concomitant with a small decrease in [32P]phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate and an increase in [32P]phosphatidic acid levels. These results indicate that polyphosphatidylinositol metabolism was stimulated by ethanol simultaneously with the activation of phospholipase C. Ethanol also caused a transient increase in the influx of extracellular calcium into quin 2-loaded hepatocytes over a similar period of time. The results demonstrate that ethanol, in common with calcium-mobilizing hormones, directly or indirectly stimulated polyphosphoinositide regeneration and allowed for increased movement of calcium across the hepatocyte plasma membrane.
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PMID:Ethanol-induced stimulation of phosphoinositide turnover and calcium influx in isolated hepatocytes. 283 95

The short-term effects of ethanol on calcium homeostasis were studied in isolated hepatocytes. Ethanol caused a rapid transient activation of phosphorylase not associated with changes in cAMP levels which peaked after 20-30 s and declined slowly over a period of 5-10 min. Maximal activation was found with 200 mM ethanol, and a significant effect was observed at 25 mM ethanol. Similar effects were induced by other organic solvents and by halothane, with more hydrophobic agents being effective at lower concentrations. In hepatocytes loaded with the intracellular calcium indicator quin2, the addition of ethanol caused a transient increase in cytosolic free calcium, with a kinetic pattern compatible with its involvement in the activation of phosphorylase. Pretreatment of the hepatocytes with phenylephrine or vasopressin to deplete the hormone-sensitive calcium pools in the cells prevented the ethanol-induced calcium mobilization. In 32P-labeled hepatocytes addition of ethanol caused a small (5-7%) decrease in the level of [32P]phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate and a 10-15% increase in [32P]phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and [32P]phosphatidic acid. In hepatocytes labeled with myo-[3H]inositol, ethanol induced a 50-100% increase in the levels of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, inositol 1,3,4-trisphosphate, and inositol bisphosphate. The changes in the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate level due to ethanol paralleled the time course of the elevation of cytosolic free calcium levels and activation of phosphorylase a. The effects of ethanol were comparable to those of a physiologic (1 nM) dose of vasopressin; however, unlike with vasopressin, the inositol phosphates and cytosolic calcium levels declined to basal levels 2 min after the addition of ethanol. These results indicate that ethanol, in common with calcium-mobilizing hormones, activates hormone-sensitive phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C. The resulting changes in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate can account for the mobilization of intracellular calcium and the consequent activation of phosphorylase by ethanol.
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PMID:Ethanol-induced mobilization of calcium by activation of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C in intact hepatocytes. 302 63

Exposure of mouse peritoneal macrophages to ethanol induces a rapid release of arachidonic acid to the extracellular medium. All major classes of phospholipids, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylinositol contribute to this release. Ethanol-induced mobilization of arachidonic acid occurs by deacylation, but it is not accompanied by eicosanoid synthesis. These data suggest that at least two signals are necessary for the release and metabolism of arachidonic acid. Ethanol also activates a phospholipase C which hydrolyzes only phosphatidylinositol, and not its phosphorylated derivatives.
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PMID:Ethanol induces release of arachidonic acid but not synthesis of eicosanoids in mouse peritoneal macrophages. 311 90

Ethanol causes a transient activation of the phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C in intact hepatocytes and mimics the action of receptor-mediated agonists [Hoek, Thomas, Rubin & Rubin (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 682-691]. Preincubation of the hepatocytes with phorbol esters which activate protein kinase C prevented this effect of ethanol: phorbol ester treatment inhibited the ethanol-induced phosphorylase activation, the increase in intracellular free Ca2+ concentrations measured in quin 2-loaded hepatocytes, and the changes in concentrations of inositol phosphates, phosphoinositides and phosphatidic acid. Several lines of evidence indicate that these effects were mediated by protein kinase C. Phorbol esters acted in a concentration range where they activate protein kinase C; phorbol esters that do not activate protein kinase C were not effective in inhibiting the effects of ethanol. The permeant diacylglycerol oleoyl-acetylglycerol also inhibited the effects of ethanol, but other diacylglycerols were not effective in the intact cells. The inhibition of ethanol-induced Ca2+ mobilization by phorbol esters was prevented by preincubating the cells with the protein kinase C inhibitors 1-(5-isoquinolinesulphonyl)-2-methylpiperazine (H7) and sphingosine. H7 also enhanced the Ca2+ mobilization induced by ethanol in cells that were not pretreated with phorbol esters, indicating that the transient nature of the ethanol-induced Ca2+ mobilization may be due to an activation of protein kinase C caused by the accumulation of diacylglycerol. These data support a model whereby ethanol activates the phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C, possibly by affecting receptor-G-protein-phospholipase C interactions in the membrane.
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PMID:Ethanol-induced phospholipase C activation is inhibited by phorbol esters in isolated hepatocytes. 313 25

In previous studies we have demonstrated that ethanol activates hormone-sensitive phospholipase C in intact human platelets, resulting in the mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ and platelet shape change. The present study aims to localize further this effect of ethanol by examining its interaction with the regulation of phospholipase C in a permeabilized cell system. In platelets permeabilized with a minimal concentration (18 micrograms/ml) of saponin, ethanol by itself did not activate phospholipase C. However, ethanol potentiated the activation of phospholipase C in response to the non-hydrolysable GTP analogue GTP[S] (guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate), an effect similar to that observed with thrombin. Ethanol also potentiated the response to fluoride, which acts directly on G-proteins. Other short-chain alcohols also stimulated phospholipase C in a synergistic manner with GTP[S]. The ability of specific alcohols to stimulate phospholipase C was directly related to their respective lipid-solubilities, as determined by their partition coefficients. Moreover, the potencies of each alcohol correlated with their ability to elicit Ca2+ mobilization and shape change in intact platelets. These effects of ethanol were eliminated by a disruption of receptor-phospholipase C coupling induced by the addition of higher concentrations of saponin. These data indicate that the activation of phospholipase C by ethanol may occur by affecting protein-protein interactions in the signal-transduction complex involving GTP-binding regulatory proteins.
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PMID:Alcohol-induced stimulation of phospholipase C in human platelets requires G-protein activation. 314 Jul 95

Guanine nucleotides are thought to mediate the interaction of the receptors for calcium-mobilizing hormones and phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C. In the present study the characteristics of guanine nucleotide-dependent phospholipase C activation were studied in [3H]inositol-labeled permeabilized hepatocytes. The nonhydrolyzable GTP analogs guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S) and guanyl-5'-yl imidodiphosphate stimulated the production of inositol phosphates by phospholipase C. The effect was concentration-dependent with half-maximal and maximal stimulation occurring with 0.6 and 10 microM GTP gamma S, respectively. The guanine nucleotide-induced stimulation of phosphoinositide breakdown was selective for phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate over phosphatidylinositol (4)-phosphate. The individual inositol phosphates formed after maximal GTP gamma S exposure were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate was rapidly produced, followed by the formation of inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate and inositol 1,3,4-trisphosphate. Ethanol is known to activate hormone-sensitive phospholipase C in intact rat hepatocytes. Ethanol (0.3 M) was ineffective in altering the characteristics of GTP gamma S-stimulated phospholipase C activation, in both digitonin-treated and sonicated hepatocytes. The metabolism of the various inositol phosphate isomers was unaffected by ethanol. The findings demonstrate the potential for the use of permeabilized hepatocytes in the analysis of phospholipase C activation by guanine nucleotides. Ethanol does not activate phospholipase C by altering this process.
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PMID:Ethanol does not stimulate guanine nucleotide-induced activation of phospholipase C in permeabilized hepatocytes. 360 26

Neutrophil (PMN) oxidant release, a key component of defenses against disseminated candidiasis, was preceded by oxidant generation after stimulation by Candida albicans hyphae. Opsonized or unopsonized hyphae triggered phospholipase D (PLD) activation within 5 or 30 s, respectively, forming 1-O-alkyl-phosphatidic acid (alkyl-PA) or 1-O-alkyl-phosphatidyl-ethanol in the presence of ethanol. Ethanol, which competitively lowers phosphatidic acid (PA) production, caused dose-dependent inhibition of superoxide (O2-) generation after hyphal stimulation but altered neither baseline-unstimulated O2- production nor responses to phorbol myristate acetate. PA rises evoked by unopsonized hyphae began 2 min before significant O2- release, also preceding both phospholipase C activation and cytosolic Ca2+ rises. Diacylglycerol (DAG) rose in two distinct phases after stimulation by opsonized or unopsonized hyphae, peaking briefly after 60 or 120 s, respectively, followed by prolonged secondary rises. Initial DAG rises preceded inositol triphosphate elevations evoked by unopsonized hyphae. Though PA rose before DAG, no dephosphorylation of PA to form 1-O-alkyl-DAG was noted. Propranalol, which increases PA accumulation by inhibiting PA phosphohydrolase, lowered PMN O2- responses to hyphae. Early DAG rises temporally overlapped respiratory burst initiation but PMN responses to hyphae were unchanged by a DAG kinase inhibitor, R59022, which blocks phosphorylation of DAG to PA and enhances DAG accumulation. Thus, neither PA nor DAG accumulation individually accounted for triggering PMN O2- responses to hyphae. PLD activation and PA production may facilitate PMN fungicidal responses to hyphae but play an indirect role in initiating the respiratory burst.
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PMID:Relationship of phospholipase C- and phospholipase D-mediated phospholipid remodeling pathways to respiratory burst activation in human neutrophils stimulated by Candida albicans hyphae. 779 Jul 66

The influence of dietary fat and alcohol on hepatic microsomal levels of cytochromes P-450 2E1, 2B, and 4A; phospholipases A and C; and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase was studied in the intragastric feeding rat model for alcoholic liver injury. Eight groups of animals were evaluated. Control and ethanol fed rats received either saturated fat or corn oil and were killed after 2 weeks and 1 month of feeding. All animals were pair-fed by continuous infusion of liquid diet through permanently implanted gastric cannulas. Alcoholic liver injury developed only in the corn oil-ethanol-fed groups and was manifest by 1 month. Livers were subjected to the following analyses: pathologic evaluation of liver injury; levels of cytochromes P-450 2E1, 2B, and 4A protein and mRNA; aniline hydroxylase activity; and phospholipase A and C and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activities. Ethanol-induced increases in cytochromes P-450 2E1 and 2B protein determined by Western blotting were greatest in the corn oil-ethanol-fed group, which developed pathologic changes in the liver. Cytochromes P-450 2E1 and 2B1 mRNA levels were unaffected, suggesting that posttranscriptional mechanisms are responsible for the increase in the corresponding P-450 proteins. In contrast, cytochrome P-450 4A levels were higher in the saturated fat-ethanol groups compared with the corn oil-ethanol groups. Phospholipase A and phospholipase C levels were higher in the corn oil-ethanol groups compared with pair-fed dextrose controls and the saturated fat-ethanol groups. UDP-glucuronosyltransferase levels declined with time in the ethanol-fed groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Changes in cytochromes P-450, 2E1, 2B1, and 4A, and phospholipases A and C in the intragastric feeding rat model for alcoholic liver disease: relationship to dietary fats and pathologic liver injury. 797 3

Alternations of stomach mucose caused by ethanol are in direct correlation with its concentration. ADH in stomach mucose is an efficient barrier against ethanol system toxicity. It stimulates higher secretion of HC1, dilutes protective barrier of mucose and phospholipids in membranes. Inflammatory reaction also participates in the damage of stomach mucose, with a share of products of arachidonic metabolism and free radicals. After ethanol administration the pancreas blood circulation diminishes and resistance in microcirculation increases. This can cause necroses in periphery of lobules. Activated phospholipase C may result in hypersecretion of Ca2+ dependent proteinkinases. Ischemic changes participate in alcohol impairment of pancreas and increase its vulnerability to enzyme attract and free radical reactions. Ethanol excesses may result in diarrhoea, dyspepsia, malnutrition and cause morphologic alternations of intestinal mucose (erosion, hemorrhagia). Absorption of nutrients and vitamins is affected by inhibition of active transport or by decrease of enzyme activity. Ethanol increases mucose permeability, alteres intestinal motility and damages absorption of water and electrolytes. In chronic alcoholics lower villi and changes in bacterial flora are described. The following mechanism of ethanol caused liver injury are observed: acetaldehyde toxicity, change in NAD+/NADH ratio connected with acidosis, cytoskeletal impairment, inhibition of protein synthesis and their secretion, relative perivenular hypoxia, activation of fibrogenesis, increased formation of free radicals with lipid peroxidation and immunological reaction. In hepatocyte there are morphological changes (megamitochondria, etc.) and functional changes (inhibition of glycolysis, inhibition of Krebs cycle and beta oxidation of fatty acids). Ethanol intake activates leukocytes, trombocytes, endothelial and Kupffer cells and their mediators, which result in increase of collagen and proteoglycans synthesis furthermore in fibrotic changes in liver.
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PMID:[Ethanol metabolism and pathobiochemistry of organ damage--1992. III. Mechanisms of damage to the gastrointestinal tract and the liver by ethanol]. 799 16


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