COPPER DEFICIENCY INCREASES IN-VIVO HEPATIC SYNTHESIS OF FATTY-ACIDS, TRIACYLGLYCEROLS, AND PHOSPHOLIPIDS IN RATS
COPPER DEFICIENCY INCREASES IN-VIVO HEPATIC SYNTHESIS OF FATTY-ACIDS, TRIACYLGLYCEROLS, AND PHOSPHOLIPIDS IN RATS
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DOI:
10.3181/00379727-204-43640
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发表时间:
1993-10-01
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LEI, KY
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ALOTHMAN, AA;ROSENSTEIN, F;LEI, KY
This study examined the influence of dietary copper status on the in vivo hepatic fatty acid synthesis and the incorporation of nascent fatty acids into various hepatic lipid classes. Fifty weanling male Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to two dietary treatments, copper deficient (5.4 nmol/g of diet) and copper adequate (102 nmol/g of diet). After 7 weeks of treatment, rats were injected with 0.111 MBq of [1-C-14] acetate (1.85 GBq/mM)/100 g body wt through the femoral vein. Five rats from each treatments were sacrificed at 3, 6, 9, 12, and 24 min after injection. Radioactivities of nascent fatty acid samples were used to determine relative rates of fatty acid synthesis and their assembly into triacylglycerols and phospholipids. Linear increases were observed up to 12 min after injection for total hepatic fatty acid synthesis and their assembly into triacylglycerols and phospholipids for both treatments. In addition, 46% and 30% of total fatty acid synthesized were assembled into triacylglycerols and phospholipids, respectively, for both groups. Furthermore, hepatic fatty acid synthesis and assembly into triacylglycerols and phospholipids were enhanced more than 2-fold by copper deficiency when the data were expressed as per liver per 100 g body weight.