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The incorporation of [1-14C]linoleic acid, and [1-14C]linoleic acid into cellular lipids of cultured human skin fibroblasts was studied. Cultured cells took up both labeled fatty acids at nearly the same rate and incorporated them into a variety of lipid classes. At the end of 1 hr incubation with [1-14C]linoleic acid, radioactivity was found in the triacylglycerol (TG) and choline phosphoglyceride (CPG) pools preferentially. Incorporation into the TG fraction decreased rapidly, while the uptake into CPG, serine phosphoglyceride (SPG), and ethanolamine phosphoglyceride (EPG) fractions increased progressively with longer incubation times. Similar results were obtained with [1-14C]linoleic acid as precursor. At the end of 24 hr, desaturation and chain elongation of 18∶3 n−3 was more extensive than conversion of 18∶2 n−6 to higher polyenoic acids. During pulse-chase experiments with either fatty acid precursor, the incorporated radioactivity was progressively lost from cellular lipids, particularly from the TG and CPG fractions, but continued to increase in the SPG and EPG pools. The similar labeling pattern of cellular phospholipids with linoleic or linolenic acids, and data from pulse-chase studies suggest that a direct transfer of fatty acids from CPG to EPG is a likely pathway in fibroblast cultures. Incorporation into the EPG pool during the pulse-chase experiments paralleled extensive desaturation and elongation of linoleic acid into 20∶4 n−6, and 22∶4 n−6; and of linolenic acid into 22∶5 n−3 and 22∶6 n−3.
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Aeberhard, E.E., Corbo, L. & Menkes, J.H. Polyenoic acid metabolism in cultured human skin fibroblasts. Lipids 13, 758–767 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02533473
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