scholarly journals Depletion of arachidonic acid from GH3 cells. Effects on inositol phospholipid turnover and cellular activation

1987 ◽  
Vol 246 (3) ◽  
pp. 669-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
D T Dudley ◽  
D E Macfarlane ◽  
A A Spector

We have adapted rat pituitary GH3 cells to grow in delipidated culture medium. In response, esterfied linoleic acid and arachidonic acid become essentially undetectable, whereas eicosa-5,8,11-trienoic acid accumulates and oleic acid increases markedly. These changes occur in all phospholipid classes, but are particularly pronounced in inositol phospholipids, where the usual stearate/arachidonate profile is replaced with oleate/eicosatrienoate (n − 9) and stearate/eicosatrienoate (n − 9). Incubation of arachidonate-depleted cells with 10 microM-arachidonic acid for only 24 h results in extensive remodelling of phospholipid fatty acids, such that close-to-normal compositions and arachidonic acid content are achieved for the inositol phospholipids. In comparison studies with arachidonic acid-depleted or -repleted cells, it was found that the arachidonate content does not affect thyrotropin-releasing-hormone (TRH)-stimulated responses measured at long time points, including [32P]Pi labelling of phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidic acid, stimulation of protein phosphorylation, and basal or TRH-stimulated prolactin release. However, transient events such as stimulated breakdown of inositol phospholipids and an initial rise in diacylglycerol are enhanced by the presence of arachidonate. These results show that arachidonic acid itself is not required for operation of the phosphatidylinositol cycle and is not an obligatory intermediate in TRH-mediated GH3 cell activation. It is possible that any structural or functional role of arachidonic acid in these processes is largely met by replacement with eicosatrienoate (n − 9). However, since arachidonate in inositol phospholipids facilitates their hydrolysis upon stimulation by TRH, arachidonic acid apparently may have a specific role in the recognition of these lipids by phospholipase C.

1986 ◽  
Vol 236 (1) ◽  
pp. 235-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
D T Dudley ◽  
A A Spector

Inositol phospholipids in cultured GH3 cells, a prolactin secreting, thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) sensitive rat pituitary cell line, exhibit a preferential selectivity for incorporating arachidonic acid. Fatty acid composition data show that all inositol phospholipids are enriched in stearic and arachidonic acids to a much greater degree than other cellular phospholipids. Incubation of GH3 cells with radioactive stearate, oleate, arachidonate, eicosapentaenoate or docosahexaenoate also showed that much more stearate and arachidonate were incorporated into inositol phospholipids. In short term incubations with tracer amounts of radioactive arachidonate, incorporation was initially into phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns), with phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PtdIns4P), and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PtdIns(4,5)P2] being labelled at later times. During longer incubations, all of the inositol phospholipids reach equilibrium at about 10 h, and the resulting specific activities of the three fractions were similar. These findings suggest that arachidonate is incorporated initially into PtdIns and that PtdIns is then phosphorylated. There was no release of either arachidonate or eicosanoid products when GH3 cells were incubated with TRH. However, TRH stimulation of 32P-labelled GH3 cells resulted in rapid breakdown of PtdIns(4,5)P2 and PtdIns4P, with concomitant increases in [32P]phosphatidic acid and [32P]PtdIns. When the [32P]PtdIns was further analysed by argentation chromatography to separate PtdIns molecular species, it was found that tetraenoic (stearate/arachidonate) species accounted for 80% of the stimulated labelling. The selectivity for arachidonate incorporation into inositol phospholipids coupled with turnover of the arachidonate-containing molecular species suggests that inositol phospholipids containing arachidonic acid or the diacylglycerol resulting therefrom may play a vital cellular role in GH3 cells. This role may involve the operation of the PtdIns cycle itself rather than a stimulated release of arachidonate for eicosanoid formation.


Peptides ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kanako Ogura-Ochi ◽  
Satoshi Fujisawa ◽  
Nahoko Iwata ◽  
Motoshi Komatsubara ◽  
Yuki Nishiyama ◽  
...  

1984 ◽  
Vol 246 (5) ◽  
pp. E458-E462 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. N. Kolesnick ◽  
I. Musacchio ◽  
C. Thaw ◽  
M. C. Gershengorn

Because arachidonic acid and/or its metabolites may be intracellular effectors of calcium-mediated secretion, we studied whether arachidonic acid added exogenously mobilizes calcium and stimulates prolactin secretion from GH3 cells, cloned rat pituitary cells. Arachidonic acid caused efflux of 45Ca from preloaded cells and stimulated prolactin secretion. The concentration dependencies of these effects were similar; stimulation was attained with 3 microM arachidonic acid. To determine indirectly whether these effects may be caused by arachidonic acid itself, not via conversion to metabolites, two experimental approaches were used. First, inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolism, eicosatetraynoic acid and indomethacin, did not inhibit arachidonic acid-induced prolactin secretion. And second, alpha-linolenic acid, which cannot be converted to arachidonic acid, and linoleic acid, but not saturated fatty acids of equal chain length, stimulated 45Ca efflux and prolactin secretion. These data demonstrate that arachidonic acid added exogenously causes Ca2+ mobilization and prolactin secretion from GH3 cells and suggest that arachidonic acid itself, not via metabolism, may be a cellular regulator of prolactin secretion.


1991 ◽  
Vol 278 (3) ◽  
pp. 831-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
A B Cubitt ◽  
C N Thaw ◽  
M C Gershengorn

We showed previously that 5′-CMP activates PtdIns-Ins base exchange and reversal PtdIns synthase in permeabilized rat pituitary GH3 cells. Here we report another effect of 5′-CMP on PtdIns metabolism in these cells. In permeabilized GH3 cells prelabelled with [3H]Ins and incubated in buffer with LiCl and a free Ca2+ concentration of 0.1 microM but without added Ins, 5′-CMP stimulated formation of glycerophospho[3H]inositol (GroP[3H]Ins) after a lag period of at least 5 min. This effect was concentration-dependent; the apparent Km was 0.30 +/- 0.02 mM. CDP and CTP stimulated GroPIns formation less effectively than did 5′-CMP, but cytidine, 2′-CMP, 3′-CMP, 5′-AMP and 5′-GMP had no effect. 5′-CMP stimulated formation of lysoPtdIns also. In permeabilized GH3 cells prelabelled with [3H]arachidonic acid, 5′-CMP stimulated release of [3H]arachidonic acid without a measurable lag period. These data show that 5′-CMP stimulates a phospholipase A activity in permeabilized GH3 cells that hydrolyses PtdIns.


1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (02) ◽  
pp. 538-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Pilo ◽  
D Aharony ◽  
A Raz

SummaryThe role of arachidonic acid oxygenated products in human platelet aggregation induced by the ionophore A23187 was investigated. The ionophore produced an increased release of both saturated and unsaturated fatty acids and a concomitant increased formation of TxA2 and other arachidonate products. TxA2 (and possibly other cyclo oxygenase products) appears to have a significant role in ionophore-induced aggregation only when low concentrations (<1 μM) of the ionophore are employed.Testosterone added to rat or human platelet-rich plasma (PRP) was shown previously to potentiate platelet aggregation induced by ADP, adrenaline, collagen and arachidonic acid (1, 2). We show that testosterone also potentiates ionophore induced aggregation in washed platelets and in PRP. This potentiation was dose and time dependent and resulted from increased lipolysis and concomitant generation of TxA2 and other prostaglandin products. The testosterone potentiating effect was abolished by preincubation of the platelets with indomethacin.


2008 ◽  
pp. 61-76
Author(s):  
A. Porshakov ◽  
A. Ponomarenko

The role of monetary factor in generating inflationary processes in Russia has stimulated various debates in social and scientific circles for a relatively long time. The authors show that identification of the specificity of relationship between money and inflation requires a complex approach based on statistical modeling and involving a wide range of indicators relevant for the price changes in the economy. As a result a model of inflation for Russia implying the decomposition of inflation dynamics into demand-side and supply-side factors is suggested. The main conclusion drawn is that during the recent years the volume of inflationary pressures in the Russian economy has been determined by the deviation of money supply from money demand, rather than by money supply alone. At the same time, monetary factor has a long-run spread over time impact on inflation.


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