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Lipidomics of Phospholipase A 2 Reveals Exquisite Specificity in Macrophages.

Phospholipase A2 (PLA2 ) constitutes a superfamily of enzymes that hydrolyze phospholipids at their sn-2 fatty acyl position. Our laboratory has demonstrated that PLA2 enzymes regulate membrane remodeling and cell signaling by their specificity toward their phospholipid substrates at the molecular level. Recent in vitro studies show that each type of PLA2 , including GIVA cytosolic PLA2 (cPLA2 ), GV secreted PLA2 (sPLA2 ), GVIA calcium independent PLA2 (iPLA2 ) and GVIIA lipoprotein-associated PLA2 (LpPLA2 ), also known as platelet-activating factor acetyl hydrolase (PAFAH), can discriminate exquisitely between fatty acids at the sn-2 position. Thus, these enzymes regulate the production of diverse polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) precursors of inflammatory metabolites. We now determined PLA2 specificity in macrophage cells grown in cell culture, where the amounts and localization of the phospholipid substrates play a role in which specific phospholipids are hydrolyzed by each enzyme type. We employ PLA2 stereospecific inhibitors in tandem with a novel UPLC-MS/MS based lipidomics platform to quantify more than a thousand unique phospholipid molecular species demonstrating cPLA2 , sPLA2 , and iPLA2 activity and specificity toward the phospholipids in living cells. The observed specificity follows the in vitro capability of the enzymes and can reflect the enrichment of certain phospholipid species in specific membrane locations where particular PLA2 's associate. For assaying, we target 20:4-PI for cPLA2 , 22:6-PG for sPLA2 and 18:2-PC for iPLA2 . These new results provide great insight into the physiological role of PLA2 enzymes in cell membrane remodeling and could shed light on how PLA2 enzymes underpin inflammation and other lipid-related diseases.

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