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Peritoneal macrophages from endotoxin-tolerant rats have been found to exhibit depressed metabolism of arachidonic acid (AA) to prostaglandins and thromboxane in response to endotoxin. The effect of endotoxin tolerance on AA turnover in peritoneal macrophages was investigated by measuring [14C]AA incorporation and release from membrane phospholipids. Endotoxin tolerance did not affect the amount of [14C]AA incorporated into macrophages (30 min-24 h). However, the temporal incorporation of [14C]AA into individual phospholipid pools (15 min-24 h) was altered. In endotoxin-tolerant macrophages, [14C]AA incorporation into phosphatidylcholine (PC) (2, 4, 24 h) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) (8 h) was increased, while the incorporation into phosphatidylserine (PS) (2-24 h) was reduced (P less than 0.005) compared to control macrophages. There was no change in [14C]AA incorporation into phosphatidylinositol (PI). Following 2 or 24 h of incorporation of [14C]AA, macrophages were incubated (3 h) with endotoxin (50 micrograms/ml) or A23187 (1 microM), and [14C]AA release was measured. Endotoxin-tolerant macrophages released decreased (P less than 0.05) amounts of [14C]AA in response to both endotoxin and the calcium ionophore A23187 compared to controls. Control macrophages in response to endotoxin released [14C]AA from PC, PI and PE. In contrast, tolerant cells released [14C]AA only from PC (P less than 0.05). A23187 released [14C]AA from all four pools in the control cells, but only from PC and PE in the tolerant cells. These data demonstrate that endotoxin tolerance alters the uptake and release of AA from specific macrophage phospholipid pools. These results suggest that changes in AA turnover and/or storage are associated with endotoxin tolerance.
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