scholarly journals Some Structural and Chemical Changes in Endocardial Endothelium of Rats in Emotional and Pain Stress Complicated by Hypercholesterolemia

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor M Luchko ◽  
T V Guranych ◽  
N M Voronych-Semchenko ◽  
O O Shlyakhovenko ◽  
L S Storozhuk
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Free Fatty Acids ◽  
Free Cholesterol ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Neutral Lipids ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Membrane Structures ◽  
Radiochemical Method ◽  
Stress Changes ◽  
Endocardial Endothelium

The objective of the research was to study the content of some neutral lipids of endocardial endothelium in rats in relation to structural changes occurring in it, in the co-existence of emotional and pain stress, as well as alimentary hypercholesterolemia. Materials and methods. The electric-impulse model was used for stress modeling. Alimentary hypercholesterolemia was modeled feeding animals an atherogenic diet. The concentration of triacylglycerols, free and esterified cholesterol were examined using the method of thin-layer chromatography performed on silica gel. The concentration of free fatty acids was determined using the radiochemical method. The state of endocardial endothelium was studied with the help of light microscopy; the impression smears obtained from macro preparations of ventricle were analyzed.Results. In co-existence of stress and hypercholesterolemia, significant increase in free cholesterol as well as free fatty acid concentration was noticed. This essentially exceeded the analogical indices under the action of stress only. Structural changes in the endocardium followed by desquamation of separate endotheliocytes were the result of stress reaction. In the action of both pathogenic factors, this process was intensified; layer-by-layer exfoliation of endotheliocytes was observed. Conclusions. In acute emotional and pain stress, changes in lipid spectrum of membrane structures of endocardial endotheliocytes the main manifestation of which is the accumulation of free cholesterol in cells and increase in the levels of free fatty acids take place. The increase in the number of desquamated endothelial cells is the result of stress action as well. Alimentary hypercholesterolemia significantly increases such pathological changes.  

Improved 63Ni radiochemical assay of free fatty acids in plasma.

1987 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Barash ◽  
S Akov
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Free Fatty Acids ◽  
Silicic Acid ◽  
Organic Phase ◽  
Sodium Sulfate ◽  
Anhydrous Sodium Sulfate ◽  
Lipid Phosphorus ◽  
Radiochemical Method ◽  
Centrifugation Step

Abstract We have modified the 63Ni radiochemical method of Ho (Anal Biochem 1970;36:105) for determination of free fatty acids (FFA) in plasma. Extracting 1 or 0.1 mL of plasma with Dole's mixture (J Biol Chem 1960;235:2595) and washing the "heptane" layer with two volumes of isopropanol/water/dilute (0.5 mol/L) H2SO4 (25/25/1, by vol) removes about 90% of the lipid phosphorus from the "heptane" layer without removing any FFA and is more convenient than treatment with silicic acid. The following modifications decrease background radioactivity and improve separation of the organic phase from the water phase containing the uncomplexed 63Ni: (a) use glassware instead of plastic test tubes; (b) evaporate the organic phase to dryness before adding the 63Ni (this removes the isopropanol, which interferes with the 63Ni assay); and (c) add anhydrous sodium sulfate before the final centrifugation step.

Chemical Alterations in Fish Tissue During Storage at Low Temperatures

1969 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 904-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garnett Wood ◽  
Lane Hintz ◽  
Harold Salwin
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Free Fatty Acids ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Unsaturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Storage Temperature ◽  
Neutral Lipids ◽  
Fish Tissue ◽  
Protective Mechanism ◽  
Polyunsaturated Acids

Abstract Chemical changes that occur in the proteins, nucleotides, and lipids of fish tissue during storage at low temperatures were investigated. Homogenized tissue, prepared from fresh rock-fish (striped hass, Roccus species), was stored up to six days at temperatures from -10° to 4°C and then analyzed. At 0°C and below, the solubility of myofibrillar proteins decreased. There were also changes in polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic patterns of protein extracts. The total nucleotide content decreased rapidly at all temperatures. The lipids were extracted from each sample and separated into neutral lipids, phospholipids, and free fatty acids by column chromatography. The fatty acid composition of each fraction was determined by gas chromatography. In the fresh tissue, polyunsaturated acids occurred in greatest proportion in the free fatty acid and phospholipid fractions, whereas inono-unsaturated acids were inofe highly concentrated in the neutral lipids. The percentages of saturated acids were approximately the same in all fractions. During storage, there were considerably larger losses of individual acids from phospholipids than from neutral lipids. The polyunsaturated acids of the phospholipid fraction were affected most. Over 10% of these aeids were lost in six days at ice temperature, but only a small proportion of the losses was accounted for by increases in free fatty acids. Oxidative proo esses may account for the imbalance because the rate of oxidation, as measured by the thio-barbituric acid test, increased with storage temperature in the same manner as the rale at which unsaturated fatty acids were lost from the pliospliolipuls. Losses of polyunsaturated acids from the neutral lipids were much smaller, suggesting a selectively protective mechanism or environment in that fraction. The changes in the phospholipid fatty acids may provide the basis for useful objective tests of fish lecomposilion.

scholarly journals Identification and Quantification of Fatty Acids in T. viridissima, C. biguttulus, and C. brunneus by GC-MS

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Alexander M. Wathne ◽  
Hanne Devle ◽  
Carl Fredrik Naess-Andresen ◽  
Dag Ekeberg
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Solid Phase Extraction ◽  
Free Fatty Acids ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Neutral Lipids ◽  
Methyl Esters ◽  
Phase Extraction ◽  
Chorthippus Biguttulus

Fatty acid (FA) profiles of the species Tettigonia viridissima, Chorthippus biguttulus, and Chorthippus brunneus were determined and quantitated. Extracted lipids were derivatized into FA methyl esters (FAMEs) prior to analysis by GC-MS. A total of 37 different FAs were identified in T. viridissima, yielding a total FA content of 10.4 g/100 g of dry matter. The contents of saturated FAs, monounsaturated FAs, and polyunsaturated FAs were 31.1, 35.9, and 33.0%, respectively. Lipids from T. viridissima were also fractioned into neutral lipids, free fatty acids, and polar lipids by offline solid phase extraction. For C. brunneus and C. biguttulus, 33 FAs were identified, yielding a total FA content of 6.14 g/100 g of dry matter. SFAs, MUFAs, and PUFAs, respectively, constituted 32.7, 25.1, and 42.1% of the total FA content. The contents of MUFAs, PUFAs, n-3 FAs, and n-6 FAs of each species, and the n-6/n-3 ratio, were subsequently discussed.

Skin reaction to lipids from avirulent strain Shibaura of Leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni

1989 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 1009-1014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiko Arimitsu ◽  
Atsuko Moribayashi ◽  
Norihisa Goto
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Free Fatty Acids ◽  
Skin Reaction ◽  
Neutral Lipids ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Polar Lipids ◽  
Avirulent Strain ◽  
Chloroform Fraction ◽  
Leptospira Interrogans ◽  
Skin Reactions

Sonically disrupted cells from avirulent strain Shibaura of Leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni induced a skin reaction characterized by infiltration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) associated with some edema in guinea pigs. To determine the substance inducing infiltration of PMN, lipids of avirulent strain Shibaura were extracted with chloroform – methanol – water after washing with acetone. The lipids comprised 28% of the dry weight of the cell. When the lipids were further separated into water–methanol and chloroform fractions, the most severe PMN infiltration of all samples was seen in the skin inoculated with extract recovered from the chloroform fraction. Neutral and polar lipids were detected after thin-layer chromatography of the chloroform extract. Neutral lipids were detected as free fatty acids (FFA). Fatty acids contained in polar lipids were mainly palmitic acid and palmitoleic acid, whereas FFA comprised 66.5% oleic acid. Skin reactions consisting of marked edema with mild infiltration of PMN were elicited by FFA. There was no obvious difference between a commercially available FFA mixture and the FFA from avirulent strain Shibaura. These observations suggest that FFA may play some role in the pathogenesis of leptospirosis.Key words: Leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni avirulent strain Shibaura, polar lipids, free fatty acids, skin reaction.

scholarly journals SOME ALKALOID-CONTAINING PLANTS GROWING IN GEORGIA

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bela Kikalishvili ◽  
Tsitsana Sulakvelidze ◽  
Nina Vachnadze ◽  
Manana Malania ◽  
Durmishkhan Turabelidze
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Free Fatty Acids ◽  
Neutral Lipids ◽  
Qualitative Composition ◽  
Aerial Parts ◽  
Vinca Minor

Crude neutral lipids were obtained from aerial parts of alkaloid-containing plants Chelidoniummayus L, VincaherbaceaWaldts. et.kit, Vinca minor L. Physalisalkekengi L var. franchetii, growing in Georgia and their qualitative composition was established. As well free fatty acids were identified quantitatively and qualitatively using HPLC.

Évolution de la teneur en lipides de Leptosphaeria typhae en fonction de sa croissance et de sa reproduction sexuée : activité de synthèse et étude des lipides neutres et polaires

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (12) ◽  
pp. 2460-2467
Author(s):  
Gérard Vidal
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Free Fatty Acids ◽  
Lipid Content ◽  
Neutral Lipids ◽  
Fatty Acid Synthetase ◽  
Polar Lipids ◽  
Synthetase Activity ◽  
Lipid Turnover ◽  
Fatty Acid Synthetase Activity

When perithecia appear (on the 7th day of growth), the mycelial lipid content falls and the degree of fat insaturation increases; fatty acid synthetase activity greatly increases. Lipid turnover is therefore accelerated. Among neutral lipids, triglycerides constitute the largest pool and their proportion increases when perithecia appear. Free fatty acids also increase, confirming the lipid turnover's acceleration. Polar lipids especially disappear; the phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidylethanolamine ratio increases when the fungus ascosporulates.

scholarly journals Rapid Accumulation of Total Lipid inRhizoclonium africanumKutzing as Biodiesel Feedstock under Nutrient Limitations and the Associated Changes at Cellular Level

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gour Gopal Satpati ◽  
Sanjit Kanjilal ◽  
Rachapudi Badari Narayana Prasad ◽  
Ruma Pal
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Total Lipid ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Neutral Lipids ◽  
Lipid Production ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Phosphate Limitation ◽  
Growth Media ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
High Accumulation

Increase of total lipid and the proportion of the favorable fatty acids in marine green filamentous macroalgaRhizoclonium africanum(Chlorophyceae) was studied under nitrate and phosphate limitations. These stresses were given by both eliminating and doubling the required amounts of nitrate and phosphate salts in the growth media. A significant twofold increase in total lipid (193.03 mg/g) was achieved in cells in absence of nitrate in the culture medium, followed by phosphate limitation (142.65 mg/g). The intracellular accumulation of neutral lipids was observed by fluorescence microscopy. The scanning electron microscopic study showed the major structural changes under nutrient starvation. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) revealed the presence of ester (C-O-C stretching), ketone (C-C stretching), carboxylic acid (O-H bending), phosphine (P-H stretching), aromatic (C-H stretching and bending), and alcohol (O-H stretching and bending) groups in the treated cells indicating the high accumulation of lipid hydrocarbons in the treated cells. Elevated levels of fatty acids favorable for biodiesel production, that is, C16:0, C16:1, C18:1, and C20:1, were identified under nitrate- and phosphate-deficient conditions. This study shows that the manipulation of cultural conditions could affect the biosynthetic pathways leading to increased lipid production while increasing the proportion of fatty acids suitable for biodiesel production.

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