Abstract
Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) and lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) mediate various kinds of biological activities and play an important role in cellular signal transduction. We analyzed serum phospholipids obtained from 16 multiple myeloma (MM) patients and observed that serum LPA level was significantly higher in MM patients (5.3±0.5 nmol/mL) than in normal controls (1.7±0.3 nmol/mL). LPC level was also higher than that in normal controls, and it correlated significantly with the concentration of LPA (r=0.678, P<0.01). In MM patients, palmitic acid/linoleic acid ratios in phosphatidylcholine and LPC were higher than those in normal controls. In the 12-mon follow-up study of two patients with the immune globulin G type, we recognized that the increase of LPC, LPA, and arachidonic acid/linoleic acid ratio in phosphatidylinositol corresponded with a decline in the serum albumin level and choline esterase activity.
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Abbreviations
- BJ type:
-
Bence-Jones type
- G-protein:
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GTP-binding protein
- Ig:
-
immune globulin
- LPA:
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lysophosphatidic acid
- LPC:
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lysophosphatidyl choline
- MM:
-
multiple myeloma
- PC:
-
phosphatidylcholine
- PLA2 :
-
phospholipase A2
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Sasagawa, T., Okita, M., Murakami, J. et al. Abnormal serum lysophospholipids in multiple myeloma patients. Lipids 34, 17–21 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-999-332-5
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