The Journal of Immunology, Vol 147, Issue 1 231-236, Copyright © 1991 by American Association of Immunologists

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Arachidonic acid as a second messenger. Interactions with a GTP-binding protein of human neutrophils

SB Abramson, J Leszczynska-Piziak and G Weissmann
Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016.

Arachidonic acid (20:4) and other cis-unsaturated fatty acids exert direct effects on a variety of cells, effects that do not depend on the metabolism of fatty acids via cyclooxygenase or lipoxygenase pathways. In these studies arachidonic acid and other cis-unsaturated fatty acids (but not trans-unsaturated or saturated fatty acids) increased the specific binding of the nonhydrolyzable analog of GTP, [35S]GTP gamma S, to purified neutrophil membrane preparations and elicited superoxide anion generation from intact neutrophils. There was a positive correlation (r = 0.70) between the capacity of fatty acids to increase nucleotide binding and to elicit the respiratory burst. Scatchard plot analysis of binding at equilibrium demonstrated an increase in the number of available GTP binding sites in the presence of 50 microM arachidonic acid. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agents interfered with the arachidonic acid effect on [35S]GTP gamma S binding. ADP- ribosylation of the pertussis toxin substrate Gi alpha within the plasmalemma-reduced specific [35S]GTP gamma S binding and blocked arachidonate-dependent enhancement of binding. Moreover, pertussis toxin treatment of intact neutrophils inhibited arachidonic acid- induced superoxide anion generation. The data indicate that arachidonic acid directly activates a GTP binding protein in the neutrophil plasma membrane and may thereby act as a second messenger in signal transduction.

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