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  • Title: Alkylacetylglycerophosphocholine stimulates Na+-Ca2+ exchange, protein phosphorylation and polyphosphoinositide turnover in rat ileal plasmalemmal vesicles.
    Author: Kester M, Kumar R, Hanahan DJ.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1986 Oct 10; 888(3):306-15. PubMed ID: 3019423.
    Abstract:
    The novel ether phospholipid, 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (AGEPC), isometrically contracted helically cut rat ileal smooth muscle strips in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Utilizing an enriched plasma membrane vesicular preparation from rat ileal longitudinal smooth muscle, AGEPC specifically stimulated Na+-Ca2+ exchange in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Concomitant with the AGEPC stimulation of Na+-dependent Ca2+ influx in plasma membrane vesicles is an enhanced turnover of the polyphosphoinositides, an elevated concentration of phosphatidic acid and also an enhanced phosphorylation of an Mr 40,000 plasmalemmal protein. The mechanisms by which AGEPC may regulate ileal plasmalemmal Ca2+ flux and contractility are considered.
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