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Volume 272, Number 44, Issue of October 31, 1997 pp. 27543-27548
©1997 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

Cell-specific Regulation of Expression of Plasma-type Platelet-activating Factor Acetylhydrolase in the Liver

(Received for publication, June 4, 1997, and in revised form, August 11, 1997)

Katherine M. Howard , Joseph E. Miller ^¶ , Masao Miwa and Merle S. Olson

From the Departments of  Biochemistry and ^¶ Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78284-7760

Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is a potent proinflammatory phospholipid mediator that causes hypotension, increases vascular permeability, and has been implicated in anaphylaxis, septic shock and several other inflammatory responses. PAF is hydrolyzed and inactivated by the enzyme PAF-acetylhydrolase. In the intact rat, a mesenteric vein infusion of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) served as an acute, liver-focused model of endotoxemia. Plasma PAF-acetylhydrolase activity increased 2-fold by 24 h following LPS administration. Ribonuclease protection experiments demonstrated very low levels of plasma-type PAF-acetylhydrolase mRNA transcripts in the livers of saline-infused rats; however, 24 h following LPS exposure, a 20-fold induction of PAF-acetylhydrolase mRNA was detected. In cells isolated from endotoxin-exposed rat livers, Northern blot analyses demonstrated that Kupffer cells but not hepatocytes or endothelial cells were responsible for the increased PAF-acetylhydrolase mRNA levels. In Kupffer cells, plasma-type PAF-acetylhydrolase mRNA was induced by 12 h, peaked at 24 h, and remained substantially elevated at 48 h. Induction of neutropenia prior to LPS administration had no effect on the increase in PAF-acetylhydrolase mRNA seen at 24 h. Although freshly isolated Kupffer cells contain barely detectable levels of plasma-type PAF-acetylhydrolase mRNA, when Kupffer cells were established in culture, PAF-acetylhydrolase expression became constitutively activated concomitant with cell adherence to the culture plates. Alterations in plasma-type PAF-acetylhydrolase expression may constitute an important mechanism for elevating plasma PAF-acetylhydrolase levels and an important component in minimizing PAF-mediated pathophysiology in livers exposed to endotoxemia.

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