DIFFERENTIAL PHOSPHOLIPID-METABOLISM IN RAT AORTIC SMOOTH-MUSCLE CELLS OF VARYING PROLIFERATIVE POTENTIAL UPON LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO PHORBOL 12-MYRISTATE 13-ACETATE
Rc. Bowes et al., DIFFERENTIAL PHOSPHOLIPID-METABOLISM IN RAT AORTIC SMOOTH-MUSCLE CELLS OF VARYING PROLIFERATIVE POTENTIAL UPON LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO PHORBOL 12-MYRISTATE 13-ACETATE, Chemico-biological interactions, 86(3), 1993, pp. 213-228
Subchronic exposure of rats to allylamine (AAM) modulates aortic smoot
h muscle cells (SMCs) from a quiescent to a proliferative phenotype. T
his response is associated with alterations in phospholipid metabolism
and protein kinase C (PKC) activity. The present studies were conduct
ed to evaluate the effects of long-term exposure to phorbol 12-myrista
te 13-acetate (PMA) on phospholipid metabolism in SMCs derived from co
ntrol and AAM-treated animals, cells of varying proliferative potentia
l. Measurements of P-32/[H-3]myristic acid incorporation into parent p
hospholipids and phosphatidic acid (PA) and the extent of PKC-mediated
histone phosphorylation were conducted following exposure of pre- and
postconfluent subcultures of SMCs to PMA for 3 h. Increased P-32 inco
rporation into phosphatidylcholine (PC) was observed in both pre- and
postconfluent cultures of control and AAM cells treated with PMA relat
ive to vehicle. This response was attenuated in pre- and postconfluent
AAM cells relative to control counterparts. PMA enhanced P-32 incorpo
ration into phosphatidylinositol (PI) in preconfluent cultures of cont
rol cells, but decreased P-32 incorporation in cultures of AAM cells r
elative to vehicle. A similar relationship was observed in the PI prof
ile of postconfluent cultures. The alterations in primary phospholipid
profiles induced by PMA correlated with the loss of PKC-mediated hist
one phosphorylation in the cytosolic and particulate fractions of both
cell types. The pattern of P-32 incorporation into PA, a phospholipid
metabolite, paralleled that of PC in cultures of both cell types. In
the presence of ethanol, vehicle-treated control and AAM cells exhibit
ed a modest increase in phosphatidylethanol (PEt) formation, as measur
ed by [H-3]myristic acid incorporation. PMA enhanced PEt formation in
control and AAM cultures, but selectively decreased [H-3]myristic acid
incorporation into PA in AAM cells. These data demonstrate that long-
term PMA treatment differentially modulates phospholipid metabolism in
aortic SMCs of varying proliferative potential. These alterations are
associated with modulation of PLD-mediated hydrolysis of membrane pho
spholipids.