Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: UMLS:C0032463 (polycythemia vera)
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We have assessed aspects of the stimulus response coupling for generation of superoxide anions (O2-) in polymorphonuclear granulocytes (PMNs) from patients with polycythemia vera (PV). Those cells exhibited less than half of the O2- secretion that PMNs from healthy controls did, when that response was initiated by N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP), 0.35 +/- 0.38 nmol O2-/10(6) PMNs/min and 0.83 +/- 0.45 nmol O2-/10(6) PMNs/min, respectively (p < 0.02). In contrast, when induced by phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), O2- production in PV PMNs was normal (6.9 +/- 1.1 nmol O2-/10(6) PMNs/min vs 6.9 +/- 0.6 nmol O2-/10(6) PMNs/min for control cells). In an attempt to dissect this stimulus-specific dichotomy of the oxidative responsiveness of PV PMNs, we analyzed the number of and ligand affinity for fMLP surface receptors, fMLP-induced membrane potential changes, phospholipase C-dependent production of inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate, and the subsequent rise of cytosolic calcium concentrations. All these variables and responses were normal in PV PMNs. However, on fMLP stimulation of PV PMNs, we observed a significantly lower diacylglycerol (DAG) generation than in control cells (1.4% +/- 0.9% and 2.2% +/- 1.2% DAG of total phospholipid, respectively; p < 0.05). Furthermore, the activation of phospholipase D, measured as the formation of phosphatidylethanol (PET) in the presence of 0.5% ethanol, was impaired in PV PMNs with a similar stimulus-specific dichotomy as observed for O2- generation. Thus PET generation was significantly lower in PV cells after fMLP stimulation in relation to control cells (1.7% +/- 0.8% and 2.7% +/- 0.8% PET of total phospholipid, respectively; p < 0.01), whereas PET formation after PMA stimulation did not differ. We suggest that the impairment of phospholipase D-mediated metabolism of phosphatidylcholine in response to fMLP stimulation of polycythemia vera granulocytes may be of significance for the reduced superoxide anion formation induced by fMLP in those cells.
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PMID:Superoxide anion production and phospholipase D-mediated generation of diacylglycerol are subnormal after N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine stimulation of polymorphonuclear granulocytes in polycythemia vera. 838 48