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. 1992 Dec 1;288(Pt 2):407–411. doi: 10.1042/bj2880407

A competitive inhibitor of phospholipase A2 decreases surfactant phosphatidylcholine degradation by the rat lung.

A B Fisher 1, C Dodia 1, A Chander 1, M Jain 1
PMCID: PMC1132025  PMID: 1463444

Abstract

We have shown previously that radiolabelled phosphatidylcholine (PC) in liposomes or natural surfactant is removed from the alveolar space and metabolically recycled in a process that is stimulated by cyclic AMP (cAMP). In this study, we evaluated the effect of a transition-state phospholipid analogue (MJ33; 1-hexadecyl-3-trifluoroethylglycero-sn-2-phosphomethanol) that competitively inhibited acidic phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity (pH 4.0) of lung homogenate by more than 97%, but had no effect on PLA2 activity at pH 8.5. MJ33 incorporated into unilamellar liposomes (dipalmitoyl PC/egg PC/cholesterol/phosphatidylglycerol, molar proportions 10:5:3:2) or co-sonicated with biosynthesized natural surfactant was instilled into the trachea of the anaesthetized rat; lungs were then removed for 2 h perfusion in the absence or presence of 0.1 mM-8-bromo cAMP. Total uptake for phospholipid was unchanged in the presence of the inhibitor MJ33. Degradation of labelled PC during 2 h perfusion in the absence of MJ33 was approx. 26% of that instilled for choline-labelled liposomal PC, 16% for liposomal PC labelled in the second fatty-acyl position, and 33% for choline-labelled natural surfactant. Degradation of PC was decreased by approx. 25-40% for each substrate in the presence of MJ33. Inhibition of lipid degradation depended on the mole fraction of MJ33 in the liposomes and was maximal at 1 mol%. These studies demonstrate a significant role for acidic Ca(2+)-independent PLA2 in the degradation of internalized alveolar PC, but further indicate that this enzyme accounts for a minor fraction of total lung PC metabolism.

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