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Hypoxia was reported to induce a decrease in phosphatidylcholine-hydrolyzing phospholipase activity (PC-PLA) in cultured rat cardiomyocytes. This work was intended to compare the influence of the presence of either eicosapentae noic acid (EPA) or docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in the phospholipids on the PC-PLA activity in normoxic and hypoxic conditions. The enrichment of the medium with EPA or DHA resulted in cell phospholipids containing about 2% or 22% DHA, respectively. These cells were then submitted for 3.5 h to either normoxia or hypoxia and the PC-PLA activities were assayed using [1-14C] dioleoyl-PC (pH 8.4 for PC-PLA2 and 4.9 for PC-PLAT). The results show that both enzymic activities are significantly higher in DHA-rich cardiomyocytes. Hypoxia induced a significant decrease in PC-PLA2 (about 25%) which was not statistically different between the two groups of cells. The hypoxia-induced decrease in PC-PLA1 was not found significant. In conclusion, the nature of the long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the phospholipids appears to contribute to the regulation of PC-PLA activity but not to influence its decrease during hypoxia. (Mol Cell Biochem116: 75–78, 1992)
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Grynberg, A., Nalbone, G., Leonardi, J. et al. Eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids in cultured rat ventricular myocytes and hypoxia-induced alterations of phospholipase—A activity. Mol Cell Biochem 116, 75–78 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01270572
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