Ether lipid content and fatty acid distribution in rabbit polymorphonuclear neutrophil phospholipids
- 1 February 1982
- Vol. 17 (2), 72-77
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02535178
Abstract
This study was undertaken to determine if rabbit neutrophils contain sufficient ether-linked precursor for the synthesis of 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (platelet activatin factor) by a deacylation-reacylation pathway. The phospholipids from rabbit peritoneal polymorphonuclear neutrophils were purified and quantitated, and the choline-containing and ethanolamine-containing phosphoglycerides were analyzed for ether lipid content. Choline-containing phosphoglycerides (37%), ethanolamine-containing phosphoglycerides (30%), and sphingomyelin (28%) were the predominant phospholipid classes, with smaller amounts of phosphatidylserine (5%) and phosphatidylinositol (O-alkyl-2-acyl-(46%) and 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (54%), with a trace of the 1-O-alk-1′-enyl-2-acyl species. The ethanolamine-linked fraction contained high amounts of 1-O-alk-1′-enyl-2-acyl-(63%) and 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (34%), and a low quantity of the 1-O-alkyl-2-acyl species (3%). The predominant 1-O-alkyl ether chains found in thesn-1 position of the choline-linked fraction were 16∶0 (35%), 18∶0 (14%), 18∶1 (26%), 20∶0 (16%), and 22∶0 (9%). The major 1-O-alk-1′-enyl ether chains found in thesn-1 position of the ethanolamine-linked fraction were 14∶0 (13%), 16∶0 (44%), 18∶0 (27%), 18∶1 (12%) and 18∶2 (3%). The major acyl groups in thesn-1 position of 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine and 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine were 16∶0, 18∶0 and 18∶1. The most abundant acyl group in thesn-2 position of all classes of choline- and ethanolamine-linked phosphoglycerides was 18⩺2. Although this work does not define the biosynthetic pathway for platelet activating factor, it does show that there is ample precursor present to support its synthesis by a deacylation-reacylation pathway.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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