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Hepatocyte plasma membranes were isolated from the livers of mice fed either a low fat diet or high fat diets containing polyunsaturated or saturated fat. The combined rate and isopycnic ultracentrifugation technique which was used produced highly purified hepatocyte plasma membrane fractions. The efficacy of the procedure was checked by electron microscopy and the assay of marker enzymes for the different subcellular organelles. Mice were maintained on a low fat diet until 60–70 days of age, when they were fed high fat diets containing polyunsaturated or saturated fat. The hepatocyte plasma membrane lipids of mice fed the polyunsaturated fat diet for 4 wk contained increased proportions of the major dietary unsaturated fatty acid, linoleic acid, and increased proportions of arachidonic acid. The proportion of linoleic and arachidonic acids decreased with continued feeding of the polyunsaturated fat diet. The hepatocyte plasma membrane lipids of mice fed the saturated fat diet contained increased proportions of oleic acid.
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Hopkins, G.J., West, C.E. Diet-induced changes in the fatty acid composition of mouse hepatocyte plasma membranes. Lipids 12, 327–334 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02533634
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