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  • Title: Acidic phospholipases in cultured human fibroblasts: deficiency of phospholipase C in Niemann-Pick disease.
    Author: Beaudet AL, Hampton MS, Patel K, Sparrow JT.
    Journal: Clin Chim Acta; 1980 Dec 22; 108(3):403-14. PubMed ID: 6781796.
    Abstract:
    Radioactive phosphatidyl choline substrates specifically labeled in the one position or two position fatty acid were used to establish conditions for the detection of acidic phospholipase A1, A2 and C activities in extracts of cultured human fibroblasts. Maximal activity was detected at a pH of 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 respectively, suggesting that the enzymes are of lysosomal origin. None of the activities were stimulated or inhibited markedly by Ca2+ or EDTA. The A1 and A2 activities, but not the C activity, were inactivated by the sulfhydryl reactive Ellman reagent. All three enzyme activities were in the normal range for cultured fibroblasts which were deficient in acid lipase, indicating that these activities are not attributable to the acid lipase gene product. Phospholipase A activity was deficient in fibroblast extracts from patients with Niemann-Pick disease, types A, B and C. These data suggest either identity or a genetic relationship between sphingomyelinase and phospholipase C. The activities examined were within the normal range in fibroblasts from patients with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, sea blue histiocyte disease and selected uncharacterized degenerative diseases.
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