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The effects of temperature- and oxygen-acclimation on phospholipids of goldfish (Carassius auratus L.) brain microsomes

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    Brain microsome phospholipids and their acyl groups, from temperature and oxygen acclimated goldfish, were investigated.

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    At the lower acclimation temperature (5C) the proportion of ethanolamine- to choline-glycerophosphatides (GPE/GPC) was increased, and the proportion of phosphatidal ethanolamine value decreased.

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    A rise in then-6/n-3 fatty acyl group also occurred in cold acclimation.

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    Irrespective of acclimation temperature, 25°C or 5°C, a partial replacement of GPC by GPE occurred when the concentration of oxygen was increased; conversely the GPE/GPC ratio decreased at the hypoxic level. The plasmalogen GPE content increased as the oxygen concentration was raised.

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    A rise in the n-6/n-3 ratio, for ethanolamine glycerophosphatides and phosphatidyl choline, occured when the oxygen concentration was increased (hypoxia to hyperoxia).

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    It is concluded that the lipid alterations associated with thermal acclimation are, in part, attributable to the concomitant change in oxygen concentration.

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Chang, M.C.J., Roots, B.I. The effects of temperature- and oxygen-acclimation on phospholipids of goldfish (Carassius auratus L.) brain microsomes. Neurochem Res 10, 355–375 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00964605

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