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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-9-19
pubmed:abstractText
Platelet-activating factor (PAF; 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) plays a critical role in inflammatory disorders including experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE), an animal model for multiple sclerosis (MS). Although PAF accumulation in the spinal cord (SC) of EAE mice and cerebrospinal fluid of MS patients has been reported, little is known about the metabolic processing of PAF in these diseases. In this study, we demonstrate that the activities of phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) and acetyl-CoA:lyso-PAF acetyltransferase (LysoPAFAT) are elevated in the SC of EAE mice on a C57BL/6 genetic background compared with those of naive mice and correlate with disease severity. Correspondingly, levels of groups IVA, IVB, and IVF cytosolic PLA(2)s, group V secretory PLA(2), and LysoPAFAT transcripts are up-regulated in the SC of EAE mice. PAF acetylhydrolase activity is unchanged during the disease course. In addition, we show that LysoPAFAT mRNA and protein are predominantly expressed in microglia. Considering the substrate specificity and involvement of PAF production, group IVA cytosolic PLA(2) is likely to be responsible for the increased PLA(2) activity. These data suggest that PAF accumulation in the SC of EAE mice is profoundly dependent on the group IVA cytosolic PLA(2)/LysoPAFAT axis present in the infiltrating macrophages and activated microglia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1550-6606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
181
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5008-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18802104-1-Acylglycerophosphocholine O-Acyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Cytosol, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Group IV Phospholipases A2, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Inflammation Mediators, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Microglia, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Platelet Activating Factor, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Spinal Cord, pubmed-meshheading:18802104-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Platelet-activating factor production in the spinal cord of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis mice via the group IVA cytosolic phospholipase A2-lyso-PAFAT axis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't