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Hardy SJ, Robinson BS, Poulos A, et al. The neutrophil respiratory burst. Responses to fatty acids, N-formylmethionylleucylphenylalanine and phorbol ester suggest divergent signalling mechanisms. Eur J Biochem. 1991;198(3):801-6doi: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb16084.x.
Hardy, S. J., Robinson, B. S., Poulos, A., Harvey, D. P., Ferrante, A., & Murray, A. W. (1991). The neutrophil respiratory burst. Responses to fatty acids, N-formylmethionylleucylphenylalanine and phorbol ester suggest divergent signalling mechanisms. European journal of biochemistry, 198(3), 801-6. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb16084.x
Hardy, S J, et al. "The neutrophil respiratory burst. Responses to fatty acids, N-formylmethionylleucylphenylalanine and phorbol ester suggest divergent signalling mechanisms." European journal of biochemistry vol. 198,3 (1991): 801-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb16084.x
Hardy SJ, Robinson BS, Poulos A, Harvey DP, Ferrante A, Murray AW. The neutrophil respiratory burst. Responses to fatty acids, N-formylmethionylleucylphenylalanine and phorbol ester suggest divergent signalling mechanisms. Eur J Biochem. 1991 Jun 15;198(3):801-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb16084.x. PMID: 1646722.
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Eur J Biochem. 1991 Jun 15;198(3):801-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb16084.x.

The neutrophil respiratory burst. Responses to fatty acids, N-formylmethionylleucylphenylalanine and phorbol ester suggest divergent signalling mechanisms.

European journal of biochemistry

S J Hardy, B S Robinson, A Poulos, D P Harvey, A Ferrante, A W Murray

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  1. School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide.

PMID: 1646722 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb16084.x
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Abstract

The oxygen-dependent respiratory burst is a key neutrophil function required for the killing of bacteria. However, despite intensive investigation, the molecular events which initiate the respiratory burst remain unclear. Recent reports have suggested the agonist-induced hydrolysis of cellular phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho) by phospholipase D may be an essential requirement for initiating or mediating the respiratory burst. We have investigated the effects of the chemotactic peptide N-formylmethionylleucylphenylalanine (fMLF), the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol 13-acetate (TPA) and the polyunsaturated fatty acids arachidonic [20:4 (n-6)] and docosahexaenoic [22:6 (n-3)] acids in light of this hypothesis. Ethanol-inhibited superoxide production in response to 20:4, 22:6 and fMLF, in a dose-dependent fashion, suggesting an involvement of phospholipase D. The phosphatidic-acid phosphohydrolase inhibitor DL-propranolol completely inhibited superoxide production induced by both 20:4 and 22:6, and partially inhibited the response to TPA. In contrast, superoxide production in response to fMLF was increased by propranolol. fMLF and TPA, but not the fatty acids, stimulated phospholipase D as indicated by the accumulation of phosphatidic acid and, in the presence of ethanol, phosphatidylethanol derived from PtdCho. Extracellular Ca2+ was found to be an essential requirement for fMLF-induced superoxide production. However, responses to the fatty acids were dramatically enhanced under Ca(2+)-free conditions. Responses to TPA were independent of the extracellular Ca2+ concentration. Both fatty acids and fMLF, but not TPA, mobilised Ca2+ from intracellular stores, a response insensitive to the effects of both ethanol and propranolol. These results show that, unlike fMLF and TPA, the fatty acids do not cause hydrolysis of PtdCho by phospholipase D. However, the data indirectly suggests that the fatty acids may initiate the phospholipase-D-catalysed hydrolysis of phospholipids other than PtdCho.

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