Interference of transmethylation inhibitors with thromboxane synthesis in rat platelets |
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Authors: | T Lecompte J Randon M Chignard BB Vargaftig F Dray |
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Institution: | 1. U. 207 de l''INSERM et Unité de Radioimmunologie Analytique, Département de Physiopathologie Expérimentale Institut PASTEUR, 28 Rue du Dr.Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15 France;2. Unité des Venins, Départment de Physiopathologie Expérimentale Institut PASTEUR, 28 Rue du Dr.Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15 France |
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Abstract: | In order to determine whether a methylation reaction is involved in the platelet metabolism of arachidonic acid (AA), we investigated the effect of the transmethylase inhibitors 3-deazaadenosine (DZA) and L-homocysteine-thiolactone (Hcy) on the production of immunoreactive thromboxane (TX) B2 by rat platelets. Incubation for at least one hour of the plateletrich plasma with DZA and Hcy led to an inhibition of TX synthesis induced by collagen (5 μg.ml?1). Platelets in plasma were then preincubated for 4 hours with DZA (10?3M) in association with Hcy(5×10?4M), washed, resuspended in buffer, and stimulated with 3 different activators. The formation of TXB2 in response to collagen (25 μg.ml?1) was markedly reduced, whereas no inhibition occurred when AA (5×10?6M) or the calcium ionophore A 23,187 (5×10?6M) were used. In addition labelled AA was incorporated into the platelet phospholipids (PL). Its release induced by collagen (25 μg.ml?1) was inhibited when platelets were preincubated with DZA and Hcy under the same experimental conditions. By contrast, the release of AA induced by A 23187 (10?6M) was unaffected. This results strongly suggest the association of a methylation reaction with platelet activation, at a calcium-independent step of endogenous AA metabolism, before the cyclo-oxygenase level. Its precise biochemical nature remains to be determined. |
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