ISSN:
1471-4159
Quelle:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Thema:
Medizin
Notizen:
—1,2-Diacyl-, 1-alk-1′-enyl-2-acyl-and 1-alkyl-2-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine, specifically labelled with different fatty acids at the 2 position, were prepared enzymically using the acyltransferase system of rabbit sarcoplasmic reticulum. The substrates were submitted to hydrolysis by mitochondrial phospholipase A2 (phosphatide acyl-hydrolase, EC 3.1.1.4) obtained from normal and from rat brain afflicted with EAE. In the acute stage of the disease an increase of approximately 25 per cent in phospholipase A 2 activity could be observed in comparison to that from the control animals for all investigated substrates. Phospholipase A2 obtained from normal rat brains and from those afflicted with EAE had a higher affinity for 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine when compared to the corresponding alkyl acyl- and alkenyl acyl-analogues. Choline plasmalogen was cleaved more slowly than the corresponding alkyl acyl derivative. The enzyme activity returned to the control level in the recovery stage of the demyelinating disease.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.1974.tb04399.x