PMID- 10080535 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990401 LR - 20190516 IS - 0741-5400 (Print) IS - 0741-5400 (Linking) VI - 65 IP - 3 DP - 1999 Mar TI - Regulation of arachidonic acid release and cytosolic phospholipase A2 activation. PG - 330-6 AB - The 85-kDa cytosolic PLA2 (cPLA2) mediates agonist-induced arachidonic acid release in many cell models, including mouse peritoneal macrophages. cPLA2 is regulated by an increase in intracellular calcium, which binds to an amino-terminal C2 domain and induces its translocation to the nuclear envelope and endoplasmic reticulum. Phosphorylation of cPLA2 on S505 by mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) also contributes to activation. In macrophages, zymosan induces a transient increase in intracellular calcium and activation of MAPK, which together fully activate cPLA2 and synergistically promote arachidonic acid release. There are alternative pathways for regulating cPLA2 in macrophages because PMA and okadaic acid induce arachidonic acid release without increasing calcium. The baculovirus expression system is a useful model to study cPLA2 activation. Sf9 cells expressing cPLA2 release arachidonic acid to either A23187 or okadaic acid. cPLA2 is phosphorylated on multiple sites in Sf9 cells, and phosphorylation of S727 is preferentially induced by okadaic acid. However, the phosphorylation sites are non-essential and only S505 phosphorylation partially contributes to cPLA2 activation in this model. Although okadaic acid does not increase intracellular calcium in Sf9 cells, calcium binding by the C2 domain is necessary for arachidonic acid release. A23187 and okadaic acid activate cPLA2 by different mechanisms, yet both induce translocation to the nuclear envelope in Sf9 cells. The results demonstrate that alternative regulatory pathways can lead to cPLA2 activation and arachidonic acid release. FAU - Gijon, M A AU - Gijon MA AD - Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA. FAU - Leslie, C C AU - Leslie CC LA - eng GR - P01 HL034303/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - United States TA - J Leukoc Biol JT - Journal of leukocyte biology JID - 8405628 RN - 27YG812J1I (Arachidonic Acid) RN - EC 3.1.1.32 (Phospholipases A) RN - EC 3.1.1.4 (Phospholipases A2) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Arachidonic Acid/*metabolism MH - Cell Membrane/*metabolism MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Humans MH - Macrophage Activation MH - Macrophages/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Phospholipases A/*metabolism MH - Phospholipases A2 RF - 48 EDAT- 1999/03/18 00:00 MHDA- 1999/03/18 00:01 CRDT- 1999/03/18 00:00 PHST- 1999/03/18 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/03/18 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/03/18 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jlb.65.3.330 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Leukoc Biol. 1999 Mar;65(3):330-6. doi: 10.1002/jlb.65.3.330.