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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 276, Issue 20, 17568-17575, May 18, 2001

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Anti-CD3 and Concanavalin A-induced Human T Cell Proliferation Is Associated with an Increased Rate of Arachidonate-Phospholipid Remodeling
LACK OF INVOLVEMENT OF GROUP IV AND GROUP VI PHOSPHOLIPASE A₂ IN REMODELING AND INCREASED SUSCEPTIBILITY OF PROLIFERATING T CELLS TO CoA-INDEPENDENT TRANSACYLASE INHIBITOR-INDUCED APOPTOSIS^*

Eric Boilard and Marc E. Surette^§¶

From the  Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL and Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec G1V 4G2, Canada and ^§ Pilot Therapeutics Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101

In this study arachidonate-phospholipid remodeling was investigated in resting and proliferating human T lymphocytes. Lymphocytes induced to proliferate with either the mitogen concanavalin A or with anti-CD3 (OKT3) in combination with interleukin 2 (OKT3/IL-2) showed a greatly accelerated rate of [³H]arachidonate-phospholipid remodeling compared with resting lymphocytes or with lymphocytes stimulated with OKT3 or IL-2 alone. The concanavalin A-stimulated cells showed a 2-fold increase in the specific activity of CoA-independent transacylase compared with unstimulated cells, indicating that this enzyme is inducible. Stimulation with OKT3 resulted in greatly increased quantities of the group VI calcium-independent phospholipase A₂ but not of the quantity of group IV cytosolic phospholipase A₂. However, group IV phospholipase A₂ became phosphorylated in OKT3-stimulated cells, as determined by decreased electrophoretic mobility. Incubation of cells with the group VI phospholipase A₂ inhibitor, bromoenol lactone, or the dual group IV/group VI phospholipase A₂ inhibitor, methyl arachidonyl fluorophosphonate, did not block arachidonate-phospholipid remodeling resting or proliferating T cells, suggesting that these phospholipases A₂ were not involved in arachidonate-phospholipid remodeling. The incubation of nonproliferating human lymphocytes with inhibitors of CoA-independent transacylase had little impact on cell survival. In contrast, OKT3/IL-2-stimulated T lymphocytes were very sensitive to apoptosis induced by CoA-independent transacylase inhibitors. Altogether these results indicate that increased arachidonate-phospholipid remodeling is associated with T cell proliferation and that CoA-independent transacylase may be a novel therapeutic target for proliferative disorders.

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