Molecular species of choline and ethanolamine glycerophospholipids in rat brain myelin during development

Lipids ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Leray ◽  
L. L. Sarliève ◽  
H. Dreyfus ◽  
R. Massarelli ◽  
L. Binaglia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rat Brain ◽  
Molecular Species ◽  
Ethanolamine Glycerophospholipids

Turnover Rates of the Molecular Species of Ethanolamine Plasmalogen of Rat Brain

1984 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 961-968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuo Masuzawa ◽  
Takayuki Sugiura ◽  
Yoshio Ishima ◽  
Keizo Waku
Keyword(s):  
Rat Brain ◽  
Molecular Species ◽  
Turnover Rates ◽  
Ethanolamine Plasmalogen

scholarly journals Oestradiol-induced changes in the composition of phospholipid classes of quail oviduct: specific replacement of arachidonic acid by docosahexaenoic acid in alkenylacyl-glycerophosphoethanolamine

1994 ◽  
Vol 301 (2) ◽  
pp. 361-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
B E Felouati ◽  
J F Pageaux ◽  
J M Fayard ◽  
M Lagarde ◽  
C Laugier
Keyword(s):  
Cell Proliferation ◽  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Molecular Species ◽  
Phospholipid Composition ◽  
Oestrogen Treatment ◽  
Ethanolamine Glycerophospholipids ◽  
Striking Result ◽  
Choline Glycerophospholipids ◽  
Phospholipid Classes ◽  
Induced Changes

The phospholipid composition and the molecular species of the major subclasses of ethanolamine and choline glycerophospholipids were determined during the natural or oestradiol-induced development of the quail oviduct. The phospholipid concentration increased significantly during oviduct development, and the proportion of ethanolamine glycerophospholipids (EPL) remained constant while that of choline glycerophospholipids increased. The immature oviduct contained the majority of its endogenous arachidonic acid mass (71%) in EPL, mainly in alkenylacyl-glycerophosphoethanolamine (alkenylacyl-GPE) (49% of the total). Oestrogen treatment induced the depletion of 20:4,n-6 specifically from this pool, which indicates the biological importance of 20:4,n-6 molecular species in alkenylacyl-GPE as substrates for the oviduct phospholipases activated by oestradiol, and suggests that this EPL subclass is involved in the oestrogen-induced cell proliferation. Another striking result was the marked increase in 22:6,n-3 EPL molecular species following the oestradiol treatment and more particularly the strict substitution of 20:4,n-6 by 22:6,n-3 in alkenylacyl-GPE. We speculate that alkenylacyl-GPE molecular species containing 22:6,n-3 may participate in the arrest of oestrogen-induced proliferation.

scholarly journals Unique molecular species of phosphatidylcholine containing very-long-chain (C24-C38) polyenoic fatty acids in rat brain

1990 ◽  
Vol 265 (3) ◽  
pp. 763-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
B S Robinson ◽  
D W Johnson ◽  
A Poulos
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Rat Brain ◽  
Molecular Species ◽  
Carbon Chain ◽  
Neonatal Rat ◽  
Adult Rat ◽  
Adult Rat Brain ◽  
Chain Lengths ◽  
Neonatal Rat Brain ◽  
Long Chain

Rat brain has been shown to contain polyenoic very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFA) belonging to the n-3 and n-6 series with four, five and six double bonds and even-carbon chain lengths from 24 to 38. These fatty acids are almost exclusively located in unusual molecular species of phosphatidylcholine at the sn-1 position of the glycerol backbone, whereas saturated, monoenoic and polyenoic fatty acids with less than 24 carbon atoms are present at the sn-2 position. Polyenoic VLCFA phosphatidylcholine in neonatal rat brain is enriched with n-6 pentaenoic and n-3 hexaenoic VLCFA with up to 36 carbon atoms, whereas the corresponding phospholipid in adult rat brain mainly contains n-6 tetraenoic and n-3 pentaenoic VLCFA with up to 38 carbon atoms. The total amount of polyenoic VLCFA associated with phosphatidylcholine is highest in the brain of immature animals. Polyenoic VLCFA phosphatidylcholine appears to be predominantly confined to nervous tissue in rats, and it is envisaged that this phospholipid is of physiological significance.

scholarly journals UDP-galactose:ceramide galactosyltransferase of rat central-nervous-system myelin

1981 ◽  
Vol 194 (2) ◽  
pp. 633-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
O Koul ◽  
F B Jungalwala
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Rat Brain ◽  
Molecular Species ◽  
Turnover Rate ◽  
Enzyme Protein

The properties of ceramide galactosyltransferase associated with myelin and microsomal fractions of rat brain were studied. The enzyme from both the fractions had similar properties during development and synthesized the same molecular species of the product cerebroside. The results suggested that during myelination the turnover rate of enzyme protein is altered instead of regulatory modulation of the enzyme protein.

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