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We have previously demonstratedl, with a 9‰ NaC1 + 5 mM EDTA lung alveolar lavage (LAL), the absence of PAF-acether in control rats. PAFacether appeared after hypoxia in lung alveoli (1.05 ± 0.5 × 10-2 nmol); under these conditions, the amount of PAF-acether still remained 1000 times lower than that of lyso-PAF-acether (12.1 ± 4.1 nmol). This could indicate either a direct liberation of the PAF-acether precursor (lyso-PAF-acether) or a secondary hydrolysis of PAF-acether by an acetylhydrolase, which might thus exert a protective action against the effects of PAF-acether.
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Prévost, MC., Coulais, E., Cariven, C., Chap, H., Douste-Blazy, L. (1986). Characterization of an Acetylhydrolase Isolated from Rat Alveolar Macrophages in Comparison with the Enzyme Present in Vivo in Lung Alveoli. In: Freysz, L., Dreyfus, H., Massarelli, R., Gatt, S. (eds) Enzymes of Lipid Metabolism II. NATO ASI Series, vol 116. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5212-9_26
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