Rat lung microsomes washed with increasing concentrations of NaCl show a displacement of protein from microsomes to the wash supernatant. Among the proteins removed from the microsomal surface was the Mg2+-dependent phosphatidate phosphohydrolase, while the Mg2+-independent activity remained associated with the microsomes. The Mg2+-dependent activity could be quantitatively assayed in the wash supernatant. Microsomes washed with increasing concentrations of NaCl showed a progressive impairment in the synthesis of labelled neutral lipid and phosphatidylcholine from [14C]glycerol 3-phosphate with a concomitant increase in the labelling of phosphatidic acid. The impairment was sigmoidal and correlated highly with the decrease in Mg2+-dependent phosphatidate phosphohydrolase activity. When Mg2+-dependent phosphatidate phosphohydrolase from wash supernatant was incubated with microsomes previously washed with high salt concentrations, the labelling of neutral lipid and phosphatidylcholine was returned to control levels. Labelling of neutral lipids and phosphatidylcholine could be restored upon addition of a cytosolic Mg2+-dependent phosphatidate phosphohydrolase isolated by gel filtration. Mg2+-independent phosphatidate phosphohydrolase isolated from cytosol was incapable of restoring the labelling of neutral lipids and phosphatidylcholine. These findings confirm that the Mg2+-dependent phosphatidate phosphohydrolase of rat lung is involved in pulmonary glycerolipid biosynthesis. The role of the Mg2+-independent phosphatidate phosphohydrolase activity remains unknown.
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