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Query: EC:3.1.4.3 (phospholipase C)
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The human monocyte cell line U937 expresses phospholipase A2 and phospholipase C activities and produces eicosanoids. The phospholipase C (PLC) activity exhibits substrate preference for phosphatidyl-choline (PC), rather than phosphatidylinositol or phosphatidylethanolamine. In order to characterize the PLC activity found in these cells, the effects of substitution of the sn-2 fatty acid on this activity were examined. PC substrates with palmitic acid (PC-2P), oleic acid (PC-2O), arachidonic acid (PC-2A) and linoleic acid (PC-2L) at the sn-2 position were used. The sn-1 fatty acid was palmitic acid. PC-2L and PC-2A with the longer-chain less-saturated fatty acids linoleic acid and arachidonic acid esterified at sn-2 were found to be better substrates for PLC activity than PC-2P or PC-2O in these cells. This preference was maintained even when substrate phospholipid was solubilized in non-ionic, anionic, cationic and zwitterionic amphiphiles. Furthermore, when a 500-fold excess of 1,2-diolein or 1,2-dipalmitin was added to the reaction, the specificity of the PLC activity for PC-2A and PC-2L remained unchanged. When similar experiments were performed with phosphatidylinositol as a substrate, we did not observe any effect when the sn-2 position was altered. These data show that the fatty acid constituent at the sn-2 position affects the observed PLC activity when phosphatidylcholine, but not phosphatidylinositol, is used as a substrate by these cells.
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PMID:The effect of sn-2 fatty acid substitution on phospholipase C enzyme activities. 344 71

The effect of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) on diacylglycerol lipase activity was examined in rat serum, tissue, and cellular preparations by using di[14C]oleoylglycerol, [3H]palmitoylacetylglycerol, and membrane-resident phospholipase C-generated diacylglycerols as substrates. These experiments were conducted to address whether phorbol esters can mimic diacylglycerols in interacting with enzymes other than protein kinase C. Serum hydrolysis of palmitoylacetylglycerol, assayed by the formation of [3H]palmitic acid, was inhibited by PMA, 4-O-methyl-PMA, or phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (in order of decreasing potency). The hydrolysis of palmitoylacetylglycerol was inhibited more than 40% by the addition of PMA at a 1:1 molar ratio with substrate. The inhibition resembled the competitive type, with a Ki of approximately 2.7 microM. PMA in the 10-60 microM range also inhibited hydrolysis of palmitoylacetylglycerol by lipases from rat brain microsomes and by homogenates of C3H/10T1/2 mouse fibroblasts. PMA was likewise inhibitory when assayed in an intramembrane enzyme-substrate milieu in which diacylglycerols were generated, in situ, by treatment of [3H]palmitate-labeled cell homogenates with phospholipase C. Collectively, these data demonstrate that PMA, which is now thought to act by mimicry of diacylglycerols, can inhibit the action of diacylglycerol lipase. It is possible that such a mechanism is linked to the multiplicity of responses elicited by phorbol diesters and that other agents may function by means of enzyme interactions (post-phospholipase C) to influence the levels of the cellular diacylglycerol mediators.
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PMID:Phorbol diesters inhibit enzymatic hydrolysis of diacylglycerols in vitro. 345 69

The conditions for uptake of lipid vesicles by the deep rough mutant of Escherichia coli, strain D21F2, and the parent strain, K12 were studied. A variety of lipids including phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, diglyceride, cholesterol and palmitic acid were taken up much more readily by the deep rough mutant than the K12 strain. The uptake of lipid in the mutant strain was enhanced by Ca2+ at an optimal concentration of 2 mM, by alkaline pH and by growth of the cells up to the late exponential phase. With K12 cells, cholesterol and phosphatidylethanolamine were taken up from equimolar mixtures at similar rates thus suggesting the involvement of a fusion process. With D21F2 cells, the endogenous lipids of which had been labelled by growth in [3H] acetate, the uptake of exogenous [32P] phosphatidylethanolamine and [32P] lysophosphatidylethanolamine was not accompanied by a loss of endogenous lipid to the incubation medium. This precluded the involvement of an exchange mechanism. The absorbed exogenous lipid and the endogenous lipids of D21F2 cells displayed the same susceptibility to hydrolysis by added phospholipase C. This indicated that the exogenous lipid is inserted into lipid core of the membrane rather than adsorbed at the cell surface.
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PMID:Interaction of lipid vesicles with an heptoseless strain of Escherichia coli. 388 64

The phospholipid composition and the phospholipase C activity of envelope fractions of Escherichia coli B were determined with special consideration of fractions containing sites at which an attachment of inner and outer membranes had been observed in the electron microscope (Int.M). Phosphoglycerides labeled with [14C]palmitic acid and [3H]serine were extracted from membrane fractions and identified by two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography. The amount of phosphatidylethanolamine was highest in the outer membrane, whereas the amounts of phosphatidylglycerol and cardiolipin were highest in the inner membrane. The Int.M fractions were observed to have concentrations of phospholipids intermediate to those of the inner and outer membranes. This result supports the assumption that a concentration gradient of inner membrane-outer membrane lipids might exist at the membrane contact sites. The highest phospholipase C activity was detected in the inner membrane and Int.M fractions. The presence of phospholipase C and other lipolytic enzymes in the Int.M fractions suggests a possible involvement of adhesion sites in lipid metabolism, adding a further set of activities to the function of these domains.
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PMID:Phosphoglycerides and phospholipase C in membrane fractions of Escherichia coli B. 392 Feb 8

The triacylglycerols of very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) and of chylomicrons were analyzed in the fasting and postabsorptive states from normolipemic subjects and patients with Frederickson's Type II hyperlipoproteinemia, who subsisted on free choice diets, standard diets excluding lard, or were given a breakfast enriched in lard. The VLDL and chylomicrons were obtained by conventional ultracentrifugation, and the triacylglycerols were isolated by thin-layer chromatography (TLC). Representative sn-1,2-, sn-2-3- and sn-1,3-diacylglycerols were generated by partial Grignard degradation of the triacylglycerols and a stereospecific hydrolysis by phospholipase C of the mixed sn-1,2(2,3)-diacyl phosphatidylcholines prepared as intermediates. Representative sn-2-acylglycerols were obtained by hydrolysis with pancreatic lipase. Positional distribution of the fatty acids was established by subtracting in turn the fatty acid composition of the sn-2-position from the fatty acid composition of the sn-1,2- and sn-2,3-diacylglycerols. The molecular association of the fatty acids in the diacylglycerol moieties was determined by gas-liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry (GC/MS) of the tertiary-butyldimethylsilyl (t-BDMS) ethers. The molecular association of the fatty acids in the triacylglycerols was determined by 1-random 2-random 3-random calculation following experimental validation of the distribution. The results confirm a marked asymmetry in the positional distribution of the fatty acids in all triacylglycerol samples, with the palmitic acid predominantly in the sn-1-position, the unsaturated acids about equally divided between the sn-2- and sn-3-positions, and the stearic acid divided about equally between the sn-1- and sn-3-positions. The overall structure of the VLDL and chylomicron triacylglycerols from patients and control subjects was characterized by a non-correlative distribution of fatty acids under all dietary conditions.
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PMID:Comparative studies of triacylglycerol structure of very low density lipoproteins and chylomicrons of normolipemic subjects and patients with type II hyperlipoproteinemia. 398 38

In a case of adolescent Niemann-Pick disease (NP) and in a case of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), the histologic picture of the spleen showed appreciable similarity in localization of sparing cells and in a number of histochemical tests. The sphingomyelin, which was the main organ phospholipid in both conditions, contained substantially elevated content of C24 fatty acids. Detailed analysis of spleen lipids showed great relative increase of lysobisphosphatidic acid and of cholesterol which was in NP mainly in free form but in ITP surprisingly mainly esterified, mostly to oleic and palmitic acid. Possible molecular mechanism of sphingomyelin storage was enzymologically followed in model conditions using separated lipid fractions from NP's spleen. The activity of sphingomyelinase (Cl. perfringens exotoxin) was in comparison to phospholipase C relatively specifically inhibited by lysobisphosphatidic acid.
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PMID:Histochemical and biochemical observations of the spleen in atypical Niemann-Pick disease and in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. 616 56

CDP-diglyceride : inositol transferase was inhibited by unsaturated fatty acids. The inhibitory activity decreased in the following order: arachidonic acid greater than linolenic acid greater than linoleic acid greater than oleic acid greater than or equal to palmitoleic acid. Saturated fatty acids such as myristic acid, palmitic acid, and stearic acid had no effect. Calcium ion also inhibited the activity of CDP-diglyceride : inositol transferase. In rat hepatocytes, arachidonic acid inhibited 32P incorporation into phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidic acid without any significant effect on 32P incorporation into phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylserine. Ca2+ ionophore A23187 also inhibited 32P incorporation into phosphatidylinositol. However, 32P incorporation into phosphatidic acid was stimulated with Ca2+ ionophore A23187. Phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C was activated by unsaturated fatty acids. Polyunsaturated fatty acids such as arachidonic acid and linolenic acid had a stronger effect than di- and monounsaturated fatty acids. Saturated fatty acids had no effect on the phospholipase C activity. The phospholipase C required Ca2+ for activity. Arachidonic acid and Ca2+ had synergistic effects. These results suggest the reciprocal regulation of phosphatidylinositol synthesis and breakdown by unsaturated fatty acids and Ca2+.
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PMID:Effect of unsaturated fatty acids and Ca2+ on phosphatidylinositol synthesis and breakdown. 628 Dec 46

The transverse distribution of phospholipids in the membranes of subfractions of the Golgi complex was investigated by using phospholipase C and 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulphonic acid as probes. In trans-enriched Golgi membranes, 26% of the phosphatidylethanolamine is available for reaction with trinitrobenzenesulphonate or for hydrolysis by phospholipase C, and 72% of the phosphatidylcholine is hydrolysed by phospholipase C. In cis-enriched Golgi membranes, 45% of the phosphatidylethanolamine is available for reaction with trinitrobenzenesulphonate and for hydrolysis by phospholipase C, and 95% of the phosphatidylcholine is hydrolysed by phospholipase C. Under the conditions used with either probe the contents of the Golgi vesicles labelled with either [3H]palmitic acid or [14C]leucine were retained. Galactosyltransferase activity of the membrane vesicles was partially inhibited by the experimental procedures used to investigate the transverse distribution of phospholipids. However, the residual activity was latent, suggesting that the vesicles remained closed. Trinitrobenzenesulphonic acid caused no detectable morphological change in either Golgi fraction. Phospholipase C treatment caused morphological changes, including fusion of vesicles and the appearance of 'signet-ring' profiles in some vesicles; however, the vesicles remained closed and the bilayer was retained. It appears, therefore, that neither probe causes major disruption of the Golgi vesicles nor gains access to the inner surface of the membrane bilayer. These observations suggest that phospholipids have a transverse asymmetry in Golgi membranes, that this distribution differs in trans and cis membranes, and that the phospholipid structure of Golgi membranes is inconsistent with a simple flow of membrane bilayer from endoplasmic reticulum to Golgi membranes to plasma membrane.
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PMID:The transverse distribution of phospholipids in the membranes of Golgi subfractions of rat hepatocytes. 672 55

Inositol phospholipids (IPL) from epimastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi have been investigated by metabolic labelling with [3H]palmitic acid and by GLC-MS analysis of the lipids obtained from non-labelled parasites. The IPL fraction was separated into phosphatidylinositol (PI) and inositol-phosphoceramide subfractions, the latter accounting for 80-85% of the total IPL. The neutral lipids released from the IPLs by PI-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) from Bacillus thuringiensis were analysed by silica-gel and reverse-phase TLC for the radioactive lipids and by GLC-MS for the non-radioactive samples. Ceramides containing dihydrosphingosine and sphingosine with C16:0 and C18:0 fatty acids were identified. The main component in the [3H]palmitic acid-labelled ceramides was palmitoyldihydrospingosine, while in the non-labelled sample the ceramides contained mainly sphingosine. This could reflect partial uptake of phospholipid from the medium. The PI contain both alkylacyl- and diacyl-glycerol lipids, with the ether lipid being more abundant. The latter was identified as 1-O-hexadecylglycerol esterified by C18:2 and C18:1 fatty acids. Interestingly, the same lipid had been identified in the anchor of the 1G7 glycoprotein of T. cruzi metacyclic forms.
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PMID:Structural analysis of inositol phospholipids from Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigote forms. 764 54

Several studies have shown the potential role of phosphatidic acid (PA) as a second messenger in different cell types. Thus, PA has been shown to mimic physiological agonists leading to various cellular responses, such as neurotransmitter and hormone release, cell proliferation by modulating DNA or RNA synthesis, the expression of several proto-oncogenes and growth factors, and the stimulation of enzyme activities such as phospholipase C (PLC), protein kinases and cyclic AMP (cAMP) phosphodiesterase. Stimulation of [3H]arachidonate-labelled rat thymocytes with the mitogen lectin concanavalin A (con A) resulted in enhanced production of radiolabelled PA after only 5 min of activation. The radiolabelled PA increase corresponded to a real increase in PA mass as determined by GLC quantification of its fatty acid content. In the presence of ethanol (0.5%), formation of phosphatidylethanol was not observed after 5 min of con A activation. Pretreatment of cells with R 59022 (10 microM), a diacylglycerol (DAG) kinase inhibitor, showed an inhibition in the formation of radiolabelled PA and in PA mass. These results suggest that the PLC-DAG kinase may be the pathway for PA synthesis in the first minutes of mitogenic thymocyte activation. A detailed analysis of the fatty acid composition showed that the relative amount of unsaturated fatty acids was increased in PA from stimulated cells concomitantly with a decrease in saturated ones; in particular, arachidonic acid was increased approximately 2-fold only 2 min after con A addition whereas palmitic acid was decreased for the whole period investigated (20 min). These changes favour the hydolysis of phosphoinositides rather than phosphatidylcholines by PLC. As PA remains a minor phospholipid, these changes are unlikely to affect cell membrane fluidity; but PA being now well recognized as a potential second messenger, its increased content as well as its increased unsaturation in the fatty acyl moiety might modulate several signalling pathways or the activity of enzymes such as cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase, controlling in this way the cellular level of cAMP, a negative regulator of blastic transformation.
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PMID:Time-course changes in content and fatty acid composition of phosphatidic acid from rat thymocytes during concanavalin A stimulation. 775 52


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