Rapid Movement of Palmitoleic Acid from Phosphatidylcholine to Phosphatidylinositol in Activated Human Monocytes

  1. Bermúdez, Miguel A.
  2. Garrido, Alvaro
  3. Pereira, Laura
  4. Garrido, Teresa
  5. Balboa, María A.
  6. Balsinde, Jesús
Zeitschrift:
Biomolecules

ISSN: 2218-273X

Datum der Publikation: 2024

Ausgabe: 14

Nummer: 6

Seiten: 707

Art: Artikel

DOI: 10.3390/BIOM14060707 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen Access editor

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Zusammenfassung

This work describes a novel route for phospholipid fatty acid remodeling involving the monounsaturated fatty acid palmitoleic acid. When administered to human monocytes, palmitoleic acid rapidly incorporates into membrane phospholipids, notably into phosphatidylcholine (PC). In resting cells, palmitoleic acid remains within the phospholipid pools where it was initially incorporated, showing no further movement. However, stimulation of the human monocytes with either receptor-directed (opsonized zymosan) or soluble (calcium ionophore A23187) agonists results in the rapid transfer of palmitoleic acid moieties from PC to phosphatidylinositol (PI). This is due to the activation of a coenzyme A-dependent remodeling route involving two different phospholipase A2 enzymes that act on different substrates to generate free palmitoleic acid and lysoPI acceptors. The stimulated enrichment of specific PI molecular species with palmitoleic acid unveils a hitherto-unrecognized pathway for lipid turnover in human monocytes which may play a role in regulating lipid signaling during innate immune activation.