ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF LINOLEIC-ACID ESTERIFIED IN ACYLGLUCOSYLCERAMIDE AND ACYLCERAMIDE IN MAINTAINING THE EPIDERMAL WATER PERMEABILITY BARRIER - EVIDENCE FROM FEEDING STUDIES WITH OLEATE, LINOLEATE, ARACHIDONATE, COLUMBINATE AND ALPHA-LINOLENATE
ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF LINOLEIC-ACID ESTERIFIED IN ACYLGLUCOSYLCERAMIDE AND ACYLCERAMIDE IN MAINTAINING THE EPIDERMAL WATER PERMEABILITY BARRIER - EVIDENCE FROM FEEDING STUDIES WITH OLEATE, LINOLEATE, ARACHIDONATE, COLUMBINATE AND ALPHA-LINOLENATE
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DOI:
10.1016/0005-2760(85)90009-8
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1985-01-01
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JENSEN, B
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HANSEN, HS;JENSEN, B
Essential fatty acid-deficient rats were supplemented with 300 mg per day of pure fatty acid esters: oleate (O), linoleate (L), arachidonate (A), and columbinate (C) for 10 days. During this period, the rats in groups L, A, and C all showed a decrease in their initially high transepidermal water loss, a classical essential fatty acid-deficiency symptom, to a level seen in non-deficient rats (group N). The transepidermal water loss in rats of group O was unaffected by the supplementation. Fatty acid composition of 2 epidermal sphingolipids, acylglucosylceramide and acylceramide, from the skin were determined. Reestablishment of a low transepidermal water loss may be associated with incorporation of linolenate into the 2 epidermal sphingolipids. Supplementation with columbinate resulted in relatively high amounts of this fatty acid in the investigated epidermal sphingolipids. Analysis of pooled skin specimens from a previous study in which weanling rats were fed a fat-free diet and supplemented orally with pure .alpha.-linolenate for 13 wk (Hansen et Jensen, 1983) revealed very little polyunsaturated fatty acid in the 2 sphingolipids. These rats showed increased evaporation which was comparable to that of essential fatty acid-deficient rats. These results give as strong evidence for a very specific and essential function of linoleic acid in maintaining the integrity of the epidermal water permeability barrier. This function of linoleate is independent of its role as precursor for arachidonate and icosanoids.