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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 265, Issue 16, 9181-9187, Jun, 1990

Regulation of the synthesis of platelet-activating factor and its inactive storage precursor (1-alkyl-2-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) from 1-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol by rabbit platelets

TC Lee, B Malone, ML Blank, V Fitzgerald and F Snyder
Medical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Tennessee 37831-0117.

We have established previously that 1-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (alkylacetyl-G) can be converted into at least six metabolites by rabbit platelets, including alkylacetyl-sn-(glycero-3-phosphocholine) (- GPC), i.e. platelet-activating factor (PAF) and 1-alkyl-2-acyl-sn- (alkylacyl)-GPC. Since part of the biological functions of alkylacetyl- G can be explained by its metabolic conversion to PAF and also to alkylacyl-GPC as an inactive storage precursor of PAF, the present study focused on the regulation of the synthesis of PAF and alkylacyl- GPC from alkylacetyl-G. Our results document the presence of a specific dithiothreitol (DTT)-insensitive cholinephosphotransferase in saponin- permeabilized rabbit platelets and show that DTT potentiates the production of PAF from alkylacetyl-G but inhibits the formation of phosphatidylcholine from diolein. We also demonstrated that the availability of CDP-choline controls the generation of PAF from alkylacetyl-G. Furthermore, when CTP: phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase is activated to produce more CDP-choline through the translocation of this enzyme from the cytosol to membranes by incubating the rabbit platelets with 0.2 mM sodium oleate, the production of PAF from alkylacetyl-G is increased 5-fold. More importantly, our experiments reveal the presence of two metabolic pathways that are responsible for the synthesis of alkylacyl-GPC from alkylacetyl-G, with each producing a unique molecular species composition of the stored PAF precursor, alkylacyl-GPC. The latter is enriched in polyunsaturates (70.7-78.5% 20:4) when formed through the remodeling pathway of PAF cycle via alkylacetyl-G (DTT-insensitive cholinephosphotransferase)----alkylacetyl-GPC----alkyllyso-GPC---- alkylacyl-GPC . Alkylacyl-GPC containing saturated species (71.8% 16:0) is generated by the retroconversion/de novo pathway according to the reaction scheme of alkylacetyl-G----alkyl-G----alkyllyso-glycero-3- phosphate (-GP)----alkylacyl-GP----alkylacyl-G (DTT-sensitive cholinephosphotransferase)----alkylacyl-GPC. Inactivation of PAF through the remodeling/PAF cycle can generate alkylacyl-GPC at both low (1.75 x 10(-7) M) and high (10(-6) M) concentrations of PAF whereas the conversion of alkylacetyl-G to alkylacyl-GPC via PAF through the remodeling pathway only occurs at a low concentration (1.75 x 10(-7) M). At a high concentration (10(-6) M), alkylacetyl-G is converted to alkylacyl-GPC via the retroconversion/de novo route. These data suggest that the formation of PAF by the DTT-insensitive cholinephosphotransferase activity limits the amounts of alkylacyl-GPC produced from alkylacetyl-G through this remodeling pathway (PAF cycle).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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