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. 1994 Feb 15;298(Pt 1):115–119. doi: 10.1042/bj2980115

Vitamin E enhances the acylation of 1-O-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine in human endothelial cells.

K Tran 1, A F D'Angelo 1, P C Choy 1, A C Chan 1
PMCID: PMC1137990  PMID: 8129709

Abstract

1-O-Alkyl-2-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (alkylacyl-GPC) is the precursor of platelet-activating factor. It is formed via the CoA-independent transacylase reaction, which transfers the polyenoyl acyl group from the sn-2 position of a diacyl phospholipid to the sn-2 position of 1-O-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (alkyl-GPC). We have reported previously that vitamin E alters phospholipid turnover in the endothelial cells by increasing arachidonic acid release and prostacyclin synthesis. In the present study, the role of vitamin E in the formation of alkylacyl-GPC was investigated. Incubation of endothelial cells with vitamin E resulted in an increase in the formation of [3H]alkylacyl-GPC from [3H]alkyl-GPC. The effect of vitamin E was dose-dependent at concentrations below 23 microM. However, vitamin E did not have a direct effect on the transacylase activity. When endothelial cells were incubated with vitamin E, the CoA-independent transacylase activity in the cell homogenate was found to be enhanced. Kinetic analysis of the transacylase activity in the pre-incubated cells showed that the enhancement of enzyme activity was at the enzyme-substrate level. When endothelial cells were incubated with vitamin E analogues (Trolox, tocol and tocopherol acetate), only limited enhancement of the transacylation process was detected. It is clear that vitamin E enhanced the synthesis of alkylacyl-GPC from alkyl-GPC in a very specific manner by an indirect stimulation of the CoA-independent transacylase activity. The regulation by vitamin E of the formation of alkylacyl-GPC may mediate the transfer of arachidonate from the diacyl phospholipid pool into the ether-linked phospholipid pool.

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