Role of lysophosphatidylcholine in T-lymphocyte activation: involvement of phospholipase A2 in signal transduction through protein kinase C.
AUTOR(ES)
Asaoka, Y
RESUMO
2-Lysophosphatidylcholine (lysoPtdCho), a product of the hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine catalyzed by phospholipase A2, greatly potentiates the activation of human resting T lymphocytes that is induced by a membrane-permeant diacylglycerol plus a calcium ionophore, as determined by the expression of the alpha subunit of the interleukin 2 receptor and thymidine incorporation into DNA. LysoPtdCho per se is inactive unless both diacylglycerol and a calcium ionophore are present. This effect of lysoPtdCho is also observed when diacylglycerol is replaced by a tumor-promoting phorbol ester. Other lysophosphatides including lysophosphatidylserine, lysophosphatidylinositol, and lysophosphatidic acid are inert except for lysophosphatidylethanolamine, which is far less effective than lysoPtdCho. Tracer experiments with radioactive choline indicate that, when T lymphocytes are stimulated with an antigenic signal, lysoPtdCho is indeed produced in a time-dependent fashion, although the concentration of this lysophospholipid accumulated remains to be quantitated. It suggests that phospholipase A2 is directly involved in the signal transduction pathway through protein kinase C to induce long-term cellular responses.
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