Accumulation of phosphatidic acid mass and increased de novo synthesis of glycerolipids in platelet-activating-factor-activated human neutrophils.

Incubation of human neutrophils with 100 nM-platelet-activating factor (PAF) but without cytochalasin B resulted in a rapid (5 s) accumulation (1.6-fold) of phosphatidic acid (PtdOH) mass. The increased PtdOH mass reached a maximum (2.8-fold) at 1 min and remained elevated (1.7-fold) at 10 min. No methylamine-stable lyso-PtdOH was detectable in the total lipid extract from control or from PAF-activated cells, suggesting that diacyl-PtdOH was the predominant species. In PAF-activated cells, changes in 1,2-diacylglycerol (DG) mass were not detectable at 5 or 15 s. Increased DG mass (1.7-fold) was detected between 30 s and 2 min, but then it declined to basal levels by 10 min. PAF enhanced [3H]glycerol incorporation into PtdOH and DG by 2- and 3-fold respectively during 1-10 min incubations. PAF also increased the radioactivity but not the mass of phosphatidylinositol and of choline glycerophospholipid by 8-fold and 4-fold respectively at 10 min. In addition, PAF-activated cells showed increased (2-fold) glycerol incorporation into triacylglycerol. These results demonstrate that PAF enhances rapid accumulation of diacyl-PtdOH mass, and that increased de novo synthesis may contribute to PtdOH mass accumulation.