Release of arachidonic acid induced by tumor necrosis factor-alpha in the presence of caspase inhibition: evidence for a cytosolic phospholipase A2alpha-independent pathway

Biochemical Pharmacology
Masaya ShimizuToshihiko Murayama

Abstract

Stimulation of L929 cells with tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) caused cell death accompanied by a release of arachidonic acid (AA). Although the inhibition of caspases has been shown to cause necrosis in TNFalpha-treated L929 cells, its role in the TNFalpha-induced release of AA has not been elucidated. The release of AA is tightly regulated by phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)). To find out the mechanisms underlying the TNFalpha-induced release of AA, we investigated the relationship between TNFalpha stimulation and PLA(2) regulation with and without zVAD, an inhibitor of caspases. In the present study, we found that treatment with TNFalpha and zVAD stimulated release of AA and cell death in C12 cells (a variant of L929 cells lacking alpha type of cytosolic PLA(2) (cPLA(2)alpha)). Stimulation with TNFalpha/zVAD also caused the release of AA from L929-cPLA(2)alpha-siRNA cells. Treatment with pyrrophenone (a selective inhibitor of cPLA(2)alpha) completely inhibited the TNFalpha-induced release of AA, but only partially inhibited the TNFalpha/zVAD-induced response in L929 cells. The TNFalpha/zVAD-induced release of AA from C12 and L929-cPLA(2)alpha-siRNA cells was pyrrophenone-insensitive, but inhibited by treatment with butylate...Continue Reading

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