The Influence of Phospholipase A <sub>2</sub> (PLA <sub>2</sub> ) Enzymes on Fatty Acid Release and Oxylipin Formation in Rat Hearts
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Abstract
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) released by PLA 2 are converted into diverse bioactive lipid mediators called oxylipins. However, little is known about the preference of PLA 2 isoforms for PUFA release, and even less is known about how this further impacts the formation of oxylipins. Further, oxylipin levels in tissues do not always mimic the levels of their precursor PUFA, so conclusions about oxylipins cannot be drawn from PUFA content. Therefore, we aimed to determine the impact of PLA 2 isoforms on PUFA release and oxylipin formation. We hypothesized that different PLA 2 isoforms would impact PUFA release and oxylipin formation differently, and that oxylipin formation would not necessarily reflect changes seen in PUFA. Rat heart homogenates were incubated at 37C for 20 min with or without inhibitors, as the increase of both free PUFA and oxylipins was linear at 20 min incubation. Free PUFA and oxylipins were analyzed by HPLC‐MS/MS. Two inhibitors were used: Varespladib (VAR) targeting secreted (sPLA 2 ) isoforms IIA, V and X, and methyl arachidonyl fluorophosphonate (MAFP) targeting cytosolic (cPLA 2 ) and calcium‐independent (iPLA 2 ) isoforms. Arachidonic Acid (ARA) release was similarly inhibited by both VAR and MAFP, however, while 15 out of 29 ARA oxylipins were inhibited with MAFP, only 3 out of 29 were inhibited with VAR. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) release was more strongly inhibited by VAR than by MAFP, which corresponded with 7 out of 12 DHA oxylipins being more strongly inhibited by VAR than by MAFP. Both alpha‐linolenic acid (ALA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) were only inhibited by MAFP, which also inhibited 3 out of 5 ALA and 1 out of 3 EPA oxylipins. Further, 9 out of 10 LA oxylipins were inhibited by MAFP while none were affected by VAR. In conclusion, in the rat heart ARA is released by sPLA 2 IIA, V, and/or X as well as by cPLA 2 and/or iPLA 2 , DHA is released more by sPLA 2 IIA, V, and/or X than by cPLA 2 and/or iPLA 2 , and EPA and ALA are released primarily by cPLA 2 and/or iPLA 2 . Effects on oxylipin formation largely reflected those on precursor PUFA release, with an exception, as inhibition of sPLA 2 IIA, V and X by VAR mostly did not affect ARA oxylipin formation even though it inhibited ARA release. Therefore, careful evaluation of the effects on the oxylipin profile is needed when considering PLA 2 inhibitors for potential treatments of diseases.
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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