Phospholipid methylation: a biochemical signal modulating lymphocyte mitogenesis.
Year: 1980
Type: article
Abstract: Phospholipid methylation in murine T lymphocytes but not B cells was stimulated by mitogenic lectins such as concanavalin A and phytohemagglutinin, and the methylation was then returned to the control level by the concomitant activation of phospholipase A2. A parallelism between dose-response curves of concanavalin A for phospholipid methylation and thymidine incorporation was found. Inhibition of either synthesis or degradation of methylated phospholipids resulted in a decrease in the thymidine incorporation. Although prostaglandins such as the E and F series were the main products of arachidonic acid released by phospholipase A2 activation, inhibition of synthesis of these compounds by indomethacin did not reduce the thymidine incorporation significantly. These results suggest that the mitogenesis of murine T lymphocytes is triggered by the activation of both phospholipid methyltransferase(s) and phospholipase A2.
Authors: F Hirata, S Toyoshima, J Axelrod, M J Waxdal
Institution: National Institutes of Health
Language: English
Subfield: Biochemistry
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2076546636