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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 259, Issue 18, 11273-11278, 09, 1984

Synthesis of phosphatidylcholines in rat hepatocytes. Possible regulation by norepinephrine via an alpha-adrenergic mechanism

HP Haagsman, JM van den Heuvel, LM van Golde and MJ Geelen

The effect of norepinephrine on phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine formation was investigated in short-term incubations with freshly isolated rat hepatocytes. In the presence of dl-propranolol, norepinephrine decreases the incorporation of [methyl- 14C]choline into phosphatidylcholines in a dose-dependent manner. At a concentration of 50 microM, norepinephrine (plus 20 microM propranolol) inhibits the incorporation of [methyl-14C]choline over a wide range of choline concentrations (59% inhibition at 5 microM choline; 34% inhibition at 1 mM choline). Norepinephrine also decreases the incorporation rates of [1-14C]palmitic acid and [1-14C]oleic acid into phosphatidylcholines. The effect of norepinephrine is mediated through an alpha-adrenergic receptor. Norepinephrine (plus propranolol) does not decrease the uptake or phosphorylation rate of [methyl-14C]choline. Pulse-label and pulse-chase studies indicate that the conversion rate of phosphocholine to CDP-choline, catalyzed by CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase, is diminished by norepinephrine. In contrast with the inhibitory effect of norepinephrine on phosphatidylcholine synthesis, this hormone stimulates the formation of phosphatidylethanolamines from [1,2-14C]ethanolamine. This increased incorporation rate is apparent at ethanolamine concentrations above 25 microM. A combination of norepinephrine and propranolol decreases, however, the synthesis of phosphatidylcholines from [1,2- 14C]ethanolamine. The results indicate that alpha-adrenergic regulation dissociates the synthesis of phosphatidylcholines from that of phosphatidylethanolamines.
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