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PubMed1976

Utilization of serum lipoprotein lipids by the monoacylglycerol acyltransferase.

The plasma membrane of rat liver contains an enzyme which is stimulated by heparin and hydrolyzes liposomes composed of phosphoglycerides as well as mono-and diacylglycerol (Waite, M. and Sisson, P (1973) J.Biol, Chem. 248, 7985-7902). Further, in liposomes this enzyme catalyzes a transacylation in which the acyl group is removed from position 1 of an acyl glyceride donor, and combined with the hydroxy group of a variety of acyl acceptors. To investigate the possible role of this enzyme in lipoprotein metabolism, we have incorporated specific labeled glycerides into lipoproteins. The high density, low and very low lipoproteins were then separated by molecular sieving and characterized by their physical and chemical properties. Using the labeled substrates as model lipoproteins, we found the following: 1)The enzyme is capable of hydrolyzing monoacylglycerol, diacylglycerophosphoethanolamine and diacylglycerophosphocholine; monoacylglycerol however is the preferred substrate in all three lipoprotein fractions. 2)Relative to the activity found on liposomes, the transacylation activity is low. 3)The specific radioactivity of the substrates in fraction B (low density lipoprotein) did not change during the reaction, which indicates that the labeled lipid is not a pool separate from the endogenous lipid of the lipoprotein.

Acyltransferases↗
PubMed1984

Hydrolysis of neutral lipids and phospholipids in the isolated, perfused rat lung.

We have measured the hydrolysis of tri-, di- and monoacylglycerols and of phosphatidylcholine in the lung and have quantitated the incorporation of glyceride and phospholipid fatty acids into lung lipids. Lipolytic activity was studied in the isolated, ventilated, rat lung perfused for 100 min in a recycling system with Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate buffer containing 3% bovine serum albumin, 5.6 mM glucose, and the lipid emulsions. Triacylglycerols were hydrolyzed at significantly (P less than 0.05) lower rates than partial acylglycerols. Hydrolysis of di- and triacylglycerols was significantly lower in lungs of animals given i.v. heparin 60 min prior to death. The incorporation of fatty acids released from acylglycerols was greater into lung neutral fats than into lung phospholipids. Phosphatidylcholine was also hydrolyzed in the isolated perfused lung. The data show that (a) neutral glycerides and phospholipids are hydrolyzed in the isolated, ventilated, perfused rat lung; (b) the hydrolysis of tri- and diacylglycerols is markedly inhibited in lungs isolated from rats given heparin (100 U/kg) 1 h prior to death, whereas the hydrolysis of monoacylglycerol is unaffected by heparin administration, suggesting that tri- and diacylglycerols are hydrolyzed by endothelial lipoprotein lipase, whereas hydrolysis of monoacylglycerol is catalyzed by a separate monoacylglycerol lipase; (c) free fatty acids released by lipoprotein lipase are used by the lung for metabolic needs.

Animals↗
PubMed1986

Changes in triacylglycerol, diacylglycerol and free fatty acids after fertilization in developing toad embryos.

The content and fatty-acid composition of triacylglycerols, diacylglycerols and free fatty acids were analyzed from the unfertilized oocyte stage to the gastrula stage in the toad Bufo arenarum Hensel. Fertilization triggered a 30% and a 40% decrease in triacylglycerol and diacylglycerol, respectively. In contrast, free fatty acid increased continuously from oocyte to gastrula stage with an accumulation of palmitate predominating. However, the observed increase in free fatty acid was too small to account for the decreases in both neutral glycerides. The decrease in triacylglycerol might be a reflection of the activation of lipolytic enzymes and the subsequent oxidation of fatty acids to meet the increased metabolic energy requirements brought on by fertilization. The diminished diacylglycerol content due to fertilization may be accounted for, at least in part, by the utilization of diacylglycerol in the synthesis of membrane phospholipids, inasmuch as their decrease occurred simultaneously with an increase in phosphatidic acid. When cell-free homogenates taken from the three stages of development (unfertilized, fertilized and gastrula) were incubated in Tris-Ringer buffer for 90 min, free fatty acid accumulated. Triacylglycerol and diacylglycerol did not change substantially during this incubation period. This fact indicates that the free fatty acid released during incubation was not derived from neutral glycerides, but probably from membrane phospholipids. The release of free fatty acid was significantly greater in samples from the fertilized oocyte stage. The results described in this paper suggest that the synthesis of membrane phospholipids, including an enhanced turnover of the acyl moiety, plays a significant role in the metabolic events activated by fertilization.

Animals↗
PubMed1988

Alkyl-linked diglycerides inhibit protein kinase C activation by diacylglycerols.

Alkylacylglycerols are synthesized when choline-phospholipids are degraded by a phospholipase C. This class of compounds has been shown to have biological activities; however, the mechanism of action is unknown. A series of alkyl-linked diglycerides were synthesized and tested for activity in an in vitro assay for protein kinase C. When protein kinase C activity was stimulated with the synthetic diacylglyceride analog 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol, the addition of alkyl glycerides caused a concentration-dependent inhibition of protein kinase C activity. Comparison of the protein kinase C inhibition by this series of 1-O-alkyl-2-acyl analogs revealed that both saturated and unsaturated long-chain groups in position 1 were effective and that dietherglycerols with short-chain moieties in position 2 were also effective. It is concluded from these studies that the biological activity of alkyl-linked glycerides may be expressed through protein kinase C inhibition.

Cell Line↗
PubMed1990

A new approach to determine the stereospecificity in lipase catalysed hydrolysis using circular dichroism (CD): lipases produce optically active diglycerides from achiral triglycerides.

We describe a sensitive CD method for determining the stereospecificity in lipase (E.C.3.1.1.3) catalysed hydrolysis of triacyl glycerols into diacyl glycerols. The diglycerols were converted to chiral tert-butyldimethylsilylated 1,2- or 2,3-di-O-benzoyl-sn-glycerol (5 or 5'), and their CD was measured. This approach showed for the first time that lipases produce optically active diacyl glycerides from achiral tripalmitin and tribenzoyl glyceride with a variable extent of enantioselectivity depending on the acyl groups and the enzymes.

Benzyl Alcohols↗
PubMed1980

Lipid content of amniotic fluid cells.

The lipid content of fetal cells was determined in 45 samples of human amniotic fluid. Free and total cholesterol were estimated using a gas chromatographic method, and glycerides were evaluated through the enzymatic assay of their glycerol content. The number of orange cells was estimated after staining with Nile Blue sulphate. The chemically measured lipid content appeared closely related to the number of orange cells. Total cholesterol and glycerides showed a sharp increase after the 37th week of pregnancy. These tests seem to assess fetal maturity successfully, providing a further useful aid in the management of high-risk pregnancies. The chemical determination of cell-associated lipids showed good accuracy and reliability and, when compared with the histochemical method, allowed a better evaluation of progressive lipid accumulation within the amniotic fluid cells.

Amniotic Fluid↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Lipid transport in the avian species. Part I. Isolation and characterization of apolipoproteins and major lipoprotein density classes of male turkey serum.

(1) Lipoproteins from the serum of male turkeys maintained on a normal diet were separated by sequential preparative ultracentrifugation into VLDL (d less than 1.006 g/ml), LDL (d = 1.006-1.063 g/ml), HDL (d = 1.063-1.21 g/ml) and VHDL (d greater than 1.21 g/ml). Lipoprotein density classes were characterized by analytical ultracentrifugation, agarose electrophoresis, immunodiffusion and immunoelectrophoresis, and by quantitative determination of protein, lipids and individual phosphatides. (2) HDL were the major density class representing 75% of the total lipoprotein content, LDL accounted for approximately 20% and VLDL for only 3-5% of the total lipoproteins. (3) VLDL were characterized by a relatively low content of glyceride (34%). Cholesterol esters were the major lipid (38%) of LDL, and the phospholipids (26%) of HDL. Glycerides of all major density classes consisted of equal amounts of triglycerides and diglycerides. (4) Phosphatidylcholine was the major phosphatide in all density classes. The composition of phosphatides was very similar in the VLDL and LDL, but it was different in the HDL. The ratio of phosphatidylcholine/sphingomyelin was higher in HDL than in VLDL and LD. (5) Immunological and electrophoretic studies showed that all three major density classes consisted of two lipoprotein families designated, in analogy to the human serum lipoprotein system [1], as LP-A and LP-B. The exception was HDL3 (d = 1.125-1.21 g/ml) which contained only LP-A. (6) ApoB was insoluble in aqueous buffers but could be solubilized after reduction and carboxymethylation. No C- or N-terminal amino acids were released by the usual chemical methods. The carbohydrate moiety of ApoB contained mannose, galactose and galactosamine. (7) ApoA consisted of a non-identical polypeptides designated in analogy to the human polypeptides as A-I and A-II. A-I was the major ApoA polypeptide and had a molecular weight of about 27,000. This polypeptide contained no half cystine, and the aspartic acid as the N-terminal and alanine as the C-terminal amino acids. A-II had a molecular weight of about 10,000, contained no half cystine and had alanine as the C-terminal amino acid. A-II showed no N-terminal amino acid by either dansylation, dinitrophenylation or Edman's procedure. Neither A-I nor A-II contained neutral sugars or hexosamines. (8) Concentrations of polypetides analogous to human ApoC, ApoD and "arginine-rich" polypeptide, if present, were too low for their unequivocal chemical characterization.

Animals↗
PubMed1991

Circulating metabolite utilization by periuterine adipose tissue in situ in the pregnant rat.

To study the use of glucose for lipid synthesis by the periuterine adipose tissue in situ, 14C-glucose was infused through the left uterine artery of anesthetized, fed pregnant and virgin control rats. A greater amount of 14C-lipid always appeared in the adipose tissue from the left uterine horn than in the tissue from the right uterine horn, indicating direct utilization of the infused 14C-glucose by the tissue. Glucose utilization for both glycerol and fatty acid synthesis increased from day 0 (virgin rats) to day 20 of gestation and then decreased dramatically on day 21. In virgin and 12-day pregnant rats, glucose was incorporated into either lipidic moiety at similar rates, whereas in late pregnant rats glucose utilization for glyceride glycerol synthesis was four to five times greater than for fatty acids. The utilization of circulating fatty acids and the lipoprotein triglyceride-derived fatty acids was studied by infusing 14C-palmitate or 14C-triolein-labeled very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) through the left uterine artery in both virgin and 20-day pregnant rats. Incorporation of fatty acids from either one of these plasma sources was significantly higher in the pregnant than in virgin rats. This high amount of fatty acid acquisition did not account for the very active glyceride glycerol synthesis observed in pregnant rats and can only be explained by the intracellular reesterification of some lipolytic fatty acids. The results suggest a highly accelerated triacylglycerol/fatty acid substrate cycle in adipose tissue during late pregnancy, which would allow active esterification (contributing to fat accumulation) and responsive lipolysis (permitting rapid fat mobilization) by the mother.

Adipose Tissue↗
PubMed1986

Role of thyroid on testicular lipids in prepubertal, pubertal and adult rats. I. Hyperthyroidism.

The influence of thyroxine-induced hyperthyroidism on testicular neutral and phospholipids was studied in prepubertal, pubertal and adult rats. Thyroxine treatment (25 micrograms/100 g body weight) for 1 month decreased testicular total lipids, total glyceride glycerols, total cholesterol and total phospholipids. Different classes of glyceride glycerol, cholesterol and phospholipid were also diminished due to thyroxine treatment. All classes of lipids returned to the euthyroid level after the withdrawal of thyroxine treatment. The data obtained in the present study suggest that thyroid hormones have a definite influence on testicular lipid metabolism in rats.

Aging↗
PubMed1979

Subcellular distribution of newly synthesized glycerolipids in intact and homogenized rat adipocytes.

1. Homogenization of rat adipocytes was found to inhibit the transfer of newly synthesized phospholipids and glycerides from the membranes to the storage lipids. 2. In intact adipocytes, only 23 +/- 3.4% of the phospholipids and 0.44 +/- 0.12% of the glycerides remained bound to the membranes, while for the homogenate, the comparable values obtained were 74 +/- 5.2% and 90 +/- 0.3% respectively. 3. Various factors that might be involved in the liberation of the glycerolipids from the adipocyte esterification sites are discussed.

Adipose Tissue↗
PubMed2005

Gastro-intestinal patch system for the delivery of erythropoietin.

The absorption of erythropoietin (EPO) from rat small intestine was studied using gastro-intestinal patches (GI-PS) in the presence of absorption enhancers. Surfactants such as a saturated polyglycolysed C8-C18 glyceride (Gelucire 44/14), PEG-8 capryl/caprylic acid glycerides (Labrasol), and polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil derivative (HCO-60) were used as absorption enhancers at 143, 94 and 20 mg/kg, respectively. The absorption of EPO was studied by measuring serum EPO levels by an ELISA method after small intestinal administration of EPO-GI-PS preparation in rats at the EPO dose level of 100 IU/kg. Labrasol showed the highest absorption enhancing effect after intrajejunum administration with maximum serum EPO level of 84.1+/-11.4 mIU/ml while Gelucire 44/14 and HCO-60 showed 43.5+/-9.8 and 26.5+/-2.3 mIU/ml, respectively. The appropriate site for EPO absorption was also investigated. Jejunum was found to be the most efficient absorption site for the absorption of EPO from GI-PS. Using Labrasol as the absorption enhancer and jejunum as the absorption site, the effect of EPO dose on EPO absorption was studied by increasing the EPO dose from 50, to 100, 300 and 600 IU/kg. It was found that 100 IU/kg was the optimum dose with a serum EPO level of 84.1+/-11.4 mIU/ml while escalating doses showed decreases in serum EPO levels 48.3+/-5.6 for 300 IU/kg and 50.6+/-10.3 mIU/ml for 600 IU/kg. The percent bioavailability (BA) of EPO-GI-PS with Labrasol as absorption enhancer was 7.9 at 50 IU/kg, 12.1 at 100 IU/kg, 3.2 at 300 IU/kg and 1.2 at 600 IU/kg. Histological studies showed no adverse effect at the site of administration.

Administration, Oral↗
PubMed1986

A study of lipid effects on the digoxin immunoassay and on the binding to and activity of Na+/K+-ATPase.

The present study has examined the cross-reactivity of fatty acids and mono- and di-glycerides in the fluorescence polarization immunoassay for digoxin. The ability of these compounds to inhibit 86Rb uptake by the erythrocyte as well as their ability to displace 3H-ouabain from membrane-bound dog kidney ATP-ase was also assessed. Some unsaturated fatty acids (palmitoleic, palmitelaidic, oleic, linoleic, linolelaidic, linolenic, gamma-linolenic and arachidonic) were found to cross-react significantly in the digoxin immunoassay and to inhibit 3H-ouabain binding to membrane-bound Na+/K+-ATPase. Of the monoglycerides studied mono-11-eicosenoin was found to cross-react in the digoxin immunoassay, inhibit red cell 86Rb uptake and displace 3H-ouabain from its receptor, membrane-bound Na+/K+-ATPase. Two other monoglycerides, 1-monolinoleoyl and 1-monolinolenoyl glycerides, were able to displace 3H-ouabain from membrane-bound Na+/K+-ATPase, but had no effect on the digoxin immunoassay or on red cell 86Rb uptake.

Animals↗
PubMed2002

Acylglycerol and fatty acid components of pulp, seed, and whole olive fruit oils. Their use to characterize fruit variety by chemometrics.

The contents of triacylglycerols and diacylglycerols in three kinds of olive fruit oils (pulp, seed, and whole fruit) were determined. The fatty acid composition and the quality ratios 1,2-diacylglycerols/1,3-diacylglycerols and 1,2-diacylglycerols/total diacylglycerols were also assessed. Seven major Italian olive varieties were considered. Results of univariate statistical analyses indicated that the above analytical parameters (glyceridic ratios excepted) were effective in discriminating between pulp and seed oils. The seed oil fraction did not determine any change in the glyceridic indices and the acylglycerol or fatty acid composition concerning the whole fruit oil (mixture of pulp and seed oil fractions), the weight (%) of seed ( approximately 2%) being by far lower than the weight (%) of pulp ( approximately 85%) (fruit weight basis). Based on the data of triacylglycerol or fatty acid composition, and using appropriate parametric or nonparametric multivariate statistics, the genetic origins (olive variety) of the three fruit oil kinds were characterized.

Diglycerides↗
PubMed2002

Influence of thermal treatments simulating cooking processes on the polyphenol content in virgin olive oil.

Virgin olive oils were subjected to simulated common domestic processing, including frying, microwave heating, and boiling with water in a pressure cooker. The impact of these processes on polyphenol content and physicochemical characteristics of oils was assessed. Thermal oxidation of oils at 180 degrees C caused a significant decrease in hydroxytyrosol- and tyrosol-like substances. In contrast, oils heated for 25 h still retained a high proportion of the lignans 1-acetoxypinoresinol and pinoresinol. Thermal oxidation also resulted in a rapid degradation of alpha-tocopherol and the glyceridic fraction of oils. Microwave heating of oils for 10 min caused only minor losses in polyphenols, and the oil degradation was lower than that in thermoxidation assays. Again, lignans were the least affected polyphenols and did not change during microwave heating. Boiling a mixture of virgin olive oil and water in a pressure cooker for 30 min provoked the hydrolysis of the secoiridoid aglycons and the diffusion of the free phenolics hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol from the oil to the water phase. Losses of polyphenols were detected only at pH lower than 6. Moreover, alpha-tocopherol and the glyceridic fraction of oils were not modified during this process. It is worth noting that all the heating methods assayed resulted in more severe polyphenols losses and oil degradation for Arbequina than for Picual oil, which could be related to the lower content in polyunsaturated fatty acids of the latter olive cultivar. These findings may be relevant to the choice of cooking method and olive oil cultivar to increase the intake of olive polyphenols.

Chemical Phenomena↗
PubMed1972

Interrelationship and control of glucose metabolism and lipogenesis in isolated fat-cells. Effect of the amount of glucose uptake on the rates of the pentose phosphate cycle and of fatty acid synthesis.

In order to study the quantitative relationship between fatty acid synthesis and pentose phosphate-cycle activity under different hormonal and dietary conditions affecting the extent of glucose uptake, cells isolated from rat epididymal adipose tissue were incubated in bicarbonate buffer containing [U-(14)C]-, [1-(14)C]- or [6-(14)C]-glucose. From the amount of glucose taken up, the production of lactate and pyruvate, and the incorporation of (14)C from differently labelled [(14)C]glucose into CO(2), fatty acids and glyceride glycerol, the rates of glucose metabolism via different pathways and the extent of lipogenesis under various experimental conditions were determined. The contribution of the pentose phosphate-cycle to glucose metabolism under normal conditions was calculated to be 8%. Starvation and re-feeding, and the presence of insulin, caused an enhancement of glucose uptake, pentose phosphate-cycle activity and fatty acid synthesis. Plots of both pentose phosphate-cycle activity and fatty acid synthesis versus glucose uptake revealed that the extent of glucose uptake, over a wide range, determines the rates of fatty acid synthesis and glucose metabolism via the pentose phosphate cycle. A balance of formation and production of nicotinamide nucleotides in the cytoplasm was established. The total amount of cytoplasmic NADH and NADPH formed was only in slight excess over the hydrogen equivalents required for the synthesis of fatty acids, glyceride glycerol and lactate. Except in cells from starved animals, the pentose phosphate cycle was found to provide only about 60% of the NADPH required for fatty acid synthesis. The results are discussed with respect to an overall control of the different metabolic and biosynthetic reactions in the fat-cells by the amount of glucose transported into the cell.

Adipose Tissue↗
PubMed1976

The effect of glucose, insulin and adrenaline on glycerol metabolism in vitro in rat adipose tissue.

The uptake and utilization of [1-14C]glycerol was determined in pieces of rat epididymal fat-pads incubated in Krebs--Ringer bicarbonate buffer containing albumin. Insulin (200 muunits/ml), adrenaline (epinephrine; 0.5 mug/ml) and glucose (0, 5, 15 and 20 mM) were added to the medium. Changes in the specific radioactivity of the tracer during the incubation were taken into account in calculating the rate of glycerol utilization. Adrenaline decreased glycerol uptake, whereas insulin plus adrenaline increased it. The rate of incorporation of glycerol into glycerides was decreased by adrenaline and insulin, singly or together. Insulin increased the rate of formation of CO2 and fatty acids from glycerol. The formation of CO2 and fatty acids was further enhanced by insulin plus adrenaline. The decrease in glycerol uptake induced by adrenaline, the decrease in incorporation of glycerol into glycerides induced by insulin and insulin plus adrenaline and the synthesis of fatty acids were dependent on the presence of glucose in the medium. Thus insulin and adrenaline act on glycerol utilization in adipose tissue and some of their effects are mediated by action on glucose metabolism, but others are independent of this.

Adipose Tissue↗
PubMed1990

Three different methods of inhibiting lipolysis in human chyme in vitro: efficiency and effect on phase distribution of lipids.

1. The efficiencies of three different methods of inhibiting fatty acid production in chyme have been evaluated. The effects of each method on the phase distribution of fatty acids after ultracentrifugation have been studied. 2. Chyme fatty acid concentrations were measured during a 4 h incubation (a) without an inhibitor, (b) after acid treatment, (c) after addition of p-bromophenylboronic acid and (d) after heating. 3. In a separate experiment, fresh chyme was incubated to allow equilibration of lipolysis. Aliquots were treated by each inactivation method and ultracentrifuged overnight to separate the phases. Total and micellar fatty acids and glycerides were measured. 4. In the first experiment, acid treatment completely inhibited fatty acid generation producing 4 h concentrations which were 93.4 +/- 5.6% (mean +/- SEM) of initial values compared with 398.0 +/- 54.0% (P less than 0.05) for uninhibited samples. p-Bromophenylboronic acid and heating gave significant but incomplete inhibition (132.9 +/- 6.6% and 166.1 +/- 15.2% of initial concentrations, respectively). 5. Ultracentrifugation disclosed five phases in all except the acid-treated samples, which had four. Micellar phase fatty acid concentrations were significantly higher in the acid-treated than in the untreated samples (2.6 +/- 0.7 versus 1.7 +/- 0.5 mmol/l, P = 0.05), as were glyceride concentrations (1.5 +/- 0.4 vs 0.6 +/- 0.3 mmol/l, P = 0.05). 6. It was concluded that acid treatment was the most efficient inhibitor of fatty acid production, but it disrupted the phases. p-Bromophenylboronic acid gave significant inhibition without causing phase disruption and was therefore the most useful inhibitor overall.

Bile Acids and Salts↗
PubMed1979

Effects of hypo- and hyper-thyroidism on in vivo lipogenesis in fed and fasted rats.

Thyroidectomized rats (T) daily injected with either 0, 0.1, 1.8 or 25 microgram of L-thyroxine/100 g body wt. were compared with intact controls (C). The appearance of radioactivity in fatty acids 30 min after the i.p. injection of (3-14C)pyruvate was reduced in adipose tissue and enhanced in liver of T+25, being no differences between the other groups and C. (14C)-Fatty acids are reduced with 3 h of fasting only in the adipose tissue of T+1.8 and C, while 24 h produces a reduction in liver in the T+1.8, T+25 and C, and in adipose tissue in the T+1.8 and C animals. The highest percentage of radioactivity was observed in the liver glyceride glycerol fraction, being greater in T+25 than in the other groups. Fasting produces an increment in the (14C)-glyceride glycerol fraction. Being significant only in thehypothyroid animals in both liver and adipose tissue. The most sensitive parameter to fasting was the formation of (14C)-non-saponifiable lipid in both the C and T+1.8 animals, while it does not change in T+0 or T+0.1, but is enhanced within 24 h in the adipose tissue of T+25. It is proposed that most of the observed changes are due to the other endocrine disfunction s which appear in hypo- and hyperthyroidism, as the in vivo results do not comply with in vitro effects of thyroxine onlipogenesis of others.

Animals↗