Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 26, 1134-1141, Copyright © 1985 by Lipid Research, Inc.
Phospholipid (diacyl, alkylacyl, alkenylacyl) and fatty acyl chain composition in murine mastocytoma cells
S Yoshioka, S Nakashima, Y Okano, H Hasegawa, A Ichiyama and Y Nozawa
The phospholipids from murine mastocytoma FMA3 and P-815 clone cells were
quantitatively analyzed, and the major glycerophospholipids were examined
for their fatty acyl chain distribution. In these cells, the content of
histamine was less than 1/100 of normal mouse mast cells, and FMA3 cells
had 1.5-fold as much histamine content as P-815 cells. The predominant
phospholipid species of both mastocytoma FMA3 and P-815 were
choline-containing glycerophospholipids (48%) and ethanolamine- containing
glycerophospholipids (29%). The remaining minor constituents were
sphingomyelin (6%, 7%), phosphatidylinositol (7%, 5%), phosphatidylserine
(2%, 5%), cardiolipin (4%, 3%), and phosphatidic acid (2%, 1% for FMA3 and
P-815, respectively). The choline-containing glycerophospholipids consisted
of high amounts of 1-O-alkyl-2-acyl type (31%, 25%) and 1,2-diacyl type
(63%, 66%) and a smaller amount of 1-O- alk-1'-enyl-2-acyl type (7%, 8%).
In contrast, ethanolamine-containing glycerophospholipids were
characterized by high contents of 1-O-alk-1'- enyl-2-acyl type (36%, 31%)
and 1,2-diacyl type (55%, 58%), and a lower level of 1-O-alkyl-2-acyl type
(12% and 11% for FMA3 and P-815, respectively). Unlike choline-containing
glycerophospholipids and sphingomyelin that were rich in palmitic acid,
ethanolamine-containing glycerophospholipids, phosphatidylserine and
phosphatidylinositol showed a high proportion of stearic acid in the
overall fatty acid composition. The content of arachidonic acid was highest
in phosphatidylinositol. Sphingomyelin had a large amount of long chain and
polyunsaturated fatty acids. In both choline- and ethanolamine- containing
glycerophospholipids, the predominant fatty acids in the sn- 1-position
were palmitic, stearic, and oleic acid.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)