Abstract
Previously, we observed both tannin and β-glucan to be agonists for arachidonic acid (AA) release from rabbit alveolar macrophages. Although tannin inhibited reincorporation of exogenous AA, β-glucan had no apparent effect, suggesting separate signal transduction pathways leading to elevated AA levels. In this study alveolar macrophages were pretreated with the tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor sodium orthovanadate then stimulated with either condensed tannin or β-glucan. Vanadate exerted opposing effects on AA release. Furthermore, vanadate reversed the ability of tannin to inhibit reacylation. Additional studies using the phospholipase A probe bis-BODIPY-C11-PC indicated that although the known phospholipase A2 activators, calcium ionophore A23187, insoluble immune complexes, and β-glucan, generated an increase in fluorescence consistent with phospholipase A activation, tannin had no effect. These findings suggest the increase in free AA resulting from stimulation of macrophages by either tannin or β-glucan is produced via two different mechanisms.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 241-248 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Leukocyte Biology |
Volume | 58 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1995 |
Keywords
- Lands cycle
- PLA
- Reacylation
- Tyrosine phosphorylation
- Vanadate
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology and Allergy
- Immunology
- Cell Biology