The Journal of Membrane Biology

, Volume 79, Issue 3, pp 215–230 | Cite as

An enhanced incorporation of fatty acid into phosphatidyl choline that parallels histamine discharge in mast cells

  • J. David Castle
  • Anna M. Castle
  • Anne K. Ma
  • Hans Stukenbrok
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Summary

Purified rat peritoneal and pleural mast cells preincubated briefly with radioactively labeled fatty acid were treated with A23187, which bypasses primary receptors in stimulating exocytosis. An enhanced incorporation of fatty acid into phosphatidyl choline (PC) that occurred in parallel with histamine release at 24–25°C was observed and was initially proportional to the total amount of histamine discharged. Enhanced PC labeling and histamine secretion were also proportional at temperatures ranging from 17–37°C. Both radioactive linoleic and palmitic acids were incorporated selectively at the β-position of the glycerol backbone of PC. PC labeling by [3H]choline was not detectably different in control and stimulated cells, and phosphatidic acid did not exhibit selectively enhanced β-acylation. Thus, the stimulated labeling in A23187-treated cells may occur secondary to the action of a phospholipase A2 that favors PC as a substrate.

Other peritoneal cell types exhibit a very similar A23187-stimulated selective labeling of PC. Therefore, autoradiography has been used to provide a direct demonstration that in purified preparations, mast cells are the principal cell type engaged in A23187-elicited incorporation of fatty acid into PC. The efficacy of this approach has relied on special procedures devised to obtain significantly different autoradiographic grain densities between control and stimulated preparations that can be attributed to differences in the level of [3H]palmitate-labeled PC.

Preliminary tests using compound 48/80 as a secretory stimulus for mast cells have identified a similar selectively enhanced PC labeling. In either case, however, consideration of possible relationships between PC metabolism and the secretory process are premature since they have not been tested directly.

Key Words

mast cells exocytosis calcium ionophore phospholipid labeling autoradiography 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • J. David Castle
    • 1
  • Anna M. Castle
    • 1
  • Anne K. Ma
    • 1
  • Hans Stukenbrok
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Cell BiologyYale University School of MedicineNew Haven

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