Ethanol alters the transfer of arachidonic acid to ethanolamine plasmalogens in C-6 glioma cells
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neuroscience Research
- Vol. 24 (2), 268-275
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.490240219
Abstract
In this study, the effects of ethanol exposure on uptake and metabolism of arachidonic acid by C-6 glioma cells in culture was examined. Labeled arachidonic acid was effectively taken up by the phospholipids of these cells and radioactivity was initially incorporated into phosphatidylinositols and phosphatidylcholines, reaching a peak between 4 and 6 hours. However, the labeling of ethanolamine plasmalogens continued to show an increase with time after labeled arachidonic acid has been exhausted in the medium. Since over 90% of labeled arachidonic acid was already taken up by the cells after 4 hours of exposure, the continued increase in labeling of ethanolamine plasmalogens is attributed to a transacylation mechanism. Cells grown in 150 mM ethanol for 2 days did not show a change in the overall incorporation of labeled arachidonic acid into phospholipids but showed a significant increase in labeling of ethanolamine plasmalogens, which was marked by a concomitant decrease in labeling of phosphatidylcholines. Ethanol exposure also resulted in a significant increase in the transfer of labeled arachidonic acid to triacylglycerols. Changes in phospholipid and triacylglycerol labeling pattern positively correlated with increasing ethanol concentration from 75 to 300 mM. Besides, most ethanol effects were readily noticeable after 24 hours of exposure. These data suggest a specific effect of ethanol on promoting the transacylase process for biosynthesis of ethanolamine plasmalogens as well as the acyltransferase for biosynthesis of triacylglycerols.Keywords
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