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  • Title: Protein kinase C-independent activation of a novel nonspecific phospholipase C pathway by phorbol myristate acetate releases arachidonic acid for prostaglandin synthesis in MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts.
    Author: Rapuano BE, Bockman RS.
    Journal: Prostaglandins; 1997 Mar; 53(3):163-86. PubMed ID: 9131731.
    Abstract:
    The effects of phorbol myristate acetate, an activator of protein kinase C, on the release of [3H]arachidonic acid and prostaglandin synthesis were studied in an osteoblast cell line (MC3T3-E1). Phorbol myristate acetate (20 uM) liberated 16 and 55% of the [3H]arachidonate in prelabeled phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylethanolamine, respectively; and evoked a 19-fold stimulation in the synthesis of prostaglandin E2. Phorbol myristate acetate doubled the cellular mass of 1,2-diacylglycerol and stimulated the liberation of [3H]arachidonate from the diacylglycerol pool in prelabeled cells. The diacylglycerol lipase inhibitor RHC 80267 blocked 75-80% of the phorbol ester-promoted (total) cellular liberation of [3H]arachidonic acid and production of prostaglandin E2. In comparison, the release of [3H]arachidonate from phosphatidylethanolamine (but not phosphatidylinositol) was only partially antagonized (to the same degree) by the PLA2 inhibitor p-bromophenacylbromide and the protein kinase C inhibitor Et-18-OMe, PMA-induced formation of diacylglycerol or synthesis of PGE2 was not affected by the prior inhibition of protein kinase C. Therefore, we have shown a novel pathway for the liberation of arachidonic acid in osteoblasts involving the nonspecific hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylethanolamine by phospholipase C followed by the deesterification of diacylglycerol. This pathway can be activated by a phorbol ester through a protein kinase C-independent mechanism.
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