Regulation of diacylglycerol kinase in rat brain membranes by docosahexaenoic acid
| Autor: | P.S. Sastry, K. V. Raja Rao, V. V. Vaidyanathan |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Diacylglycerol Kinase
medicine.medical_specialty Docosahexaenoic Acids Stimulation In Vitro Techniques Biology Biochemistry Phospholipases A Internal medicine medicine Animals Rats Wistar Protein kinase C Diacylglycerol kinase Phospholipase A Membranes Kinase General Neuroscience Brain food and beverages Stimulation Chemical Rats Phospholipases A2 Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) Cytosol Endocrinology Docosahexaenoic acid Synapses lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Signal transduction Signal Transduction |
| Zdroj: | Neuroscience Letters. 179:171-174 |
| ISSN: | 0304-3940 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0304-3940(94)90961-x |
| Popis: | The effect of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on the diacylglycerol kinase (DG kinase) activity in rat brain membranes was investigated. DHA at 500 microM concentration, stimulated the enzyme activity by about 2 fold. This effect was concentration- and time-dependent and was observed after very short periods of incubation (one min). DHA stimulation of DG kinase was observed only with rat brain membranes, and not with rat brain cytosol or rat liver membranes. Treating the rat brain membranes with phospholipase A2 which released free fatty acids including DHA, significantly stimulated the DG kinase activity. It is concluded that DHA through its stimulatory effect on DG kinase may regulate the signalling events in growth-related situations in the brain such as synaptogenesis. |
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