Selective release of archidonic acid from the phospholipids of human platelets in response to thrombin.
Selective release of archidonic acid from the phospholipids of human platelets in response to thrombin.
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响应凝血酶,从人血小板的磷脂中选择性释放阿奇多糖酸。
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发表时间:
1977
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
M. Silver
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作者:
T. Bills;J. Smith;M. Silver
Arachidonic acid is unique amongst human platelet fatty acids in that it is the precursor of prostaglandins and thromboxanes. Since a number of these oxygenated products of arachidonic acid have potent effects on platelet function, an understanding of the metabolsim of their precursor is important. Human platelets have a mechanism for incorporating arachidonic acid from plasma into their phospholipids and, in response to thrombin, they reveal mechanisms for hydrolyzing this arachidonic acid from platelet phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylinositol. This report deals with the specificity of these mechanisms. The present studies show that human platelets contain phospholipase A2 activities that preferentially release arachidonic acid. One of these activities specifically utilizes 1-acyl-2-arachidonyl-phosphatidyl-choline. Another utilizes platelet phosphatidylinositol and/or phosphatidylserine, both of which are highly enriched with arachidonic acid.