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  • Title: Regulation of eosinophil function by phosphatidylinositol-specific PLC and cytosolic PLA(2).
    Author: Sano A, Zhu X, Sano H, Muñoz NM, Boetticher E, Leff AR.
    Journal: Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol; 2001 Oct; 281(4):L844-51. PubMed ID: 11557588.
    Abstract:
    We examined the regulatory role of cytosolic phospholipase A(2) (cPLA(2)) and phosphatidylinositol (PI)-specific phospholipase C (PLC) in the degranulation of human eosinophils and leukotriene (LT) C(4) synthesis. Activation with formyl-Met-Leu-Phe + cytochalasin B (fMLP/B) caused a time-dependent release of eosinophil peroxidase (EPO) and LTC(4), which was inhibited by pertussis toxin. By immunoblotting, eosinophil PLC-beta2 and -gamma2 isoforms were identified, and PLC activation was measured as a function of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate concentration. Stimulated release of EPO and intracellular Ca(2+) concentration was inhibited by ET-18-OCH(3), a PI-PLC inhibitor, whereas trifluoromethylketone (TFMK), a cPLA(2) blocker, had no inhibitory effect. Both TFMK and ET-18-OCH(3) attenuated stimulated arachidonate release and LTC(4) secretion, suggesting that activation of both PLC and cPLA(2) is essential for LTC(4) synthesis caused by fMLP/B. The structurally unrelated protein kinase C inhibitors bisindolylmaleimide, Ro-31-8220, and Go-6976 all blocked fMLP/B-induced EPO release but not LTC(4) secretion. 1,2-bis(2-Aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'- tetraacetic acid acetoxymethyl ester, an intracellular Ca(2+) chelator, suppressed both EPO release and LTC(4) secretion. We found that fMLP/B-induced LTC(4) secretion from human eosinophils is regulated by PI-PLC through calcium-mediated activation of cPLA(2). However, cPLA(2) does not regulate eosinophil degranulation.
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