Incorporation and metabolic conversion of erucic acid in various tissues of the rat in short term experiments
Incorporation and metabolic conversion of erucic acid in various tissues of the rat in short term experiments
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短期实验中芥酸在大鼠各组织中的掺入和代谢转化
作者:
N. Ong;J. Bézard;J. Lecerf
Rats were intravenously injected with a mixture of free (14-14C) erucic acid (22∶1) and (9–103H) oleic acid (18∶1). After 2, 4, 8, 16, and 30 min, radioactivity was examined in blood, liver, heart, kidneys, and spleen. Free (14C) 22∶1 disappeared from the blood more rapidly than free (14C) 18∶1 between 0 and 8 min. Incorporation of label into triglycerides only appeared after 16 min and at 30 min they represented 4% of the injected radioactivity. In this fraction, 63% of14C radioactivity was present as 18∶1 and not as the original 22∶1, while almost all3H radioactivity was recovered as unchanged 18∶1. At all times studied, the majority of radioactivity was found in the liver, primarily as triglycerides (60% of radioactivity in total lipids) and as phospholipids (20–30%).14C was present in nearly the same proportion as3H (13% of injected radioactivity after only 2 min, 11% at 30 min).14C radioactivity was contained in 18∶1 in higher proportion than 22∶1 (45% in triglycerides, 65% in phospholipids). Since labeled triglycerides of blood, rich in (14C) 18∶1, mainly originate from the liver triglycerides, it appears that 18∶1 is the major form of utilization of 22∶1 in the tissues after its conversion in liver. In the other organs tested, radioactivity was found 10–15 times lower than in liver. In the heart,14C was 3 to 4 times higher than3H. More than 80% was recovered as 22∶1 in triglycerides. In spleen and kidneys, the14C:3H ratio was particularly high in free fatty acids and monoglycerides. In kidneys, 60% of14C was present as nervonic acid (24∶1) in monoglycerides and 40% in phospholipids, suggesting that the mononervonin formed was used for phospholipid biosynthesis.