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Phospholipase C (PLC) activity was measured by the incorporation of [3H]-inositol into lipids and by the breakdown of [3H]-inositol-labelled phosphatidylinositols (PI) and polyphosphatidylinositols (PPI) to [3H]-inositol phosphates; phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity by the breakdown of [3H]oleic acid-labelled phosphatidylcholine [( 3H]PC) to [3H]oleic acid and the enzymes of phospholipid base exchange (PLBE) by the incorporation of [14C]serine into membrane lipids. The activities of these enzymes in rat brain preparations were all increased by procedures which increase intracellular Ca2+, and were all inhibited to a varying extent by the presence of ethanol, 50 mM, in vitro. In contrast, the activities of PLA2 and PLBE enzymes were markedly increased in preparations from animals which had received ethanol chronically in vivo. Similarly, although the basal activity of PLC was only slightly increased in such preparations, depolarization induced the breakdown of a significantly greater fraction of radiolabelled PI than that which was obtained in control preparations. The results suggest compensatory alterations in the activity of Ca2+-activated enzymes of phospholipid metabolism in brain tissue during the continued presence of ethanol in vivo.
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