Abstract
The incorporation of [1-14C]linoleic acid (LA) into lipids ofMortierella ramanniana var.angulispora was studied to determine which lipid classes participated in the δ6-desaturation of [1-14C]LA. [1-14C]LA was rapidly taken up into fungal cells and esterified into various lipids. Comparison of the profile of [1-14C]LA incorporation between fungal cells at the exponential growth phase and the stationary growth phase showed that [1-14C]LA incorporation into most lipids—except for triacylglycerol (TG) and phosphatidylcholine (PC)—were greatly reduced at the stationary growth phase. Desaturation of [1-14C]LA into λ-linolenic acid (GLA) readily occurred at the exponential growth phase, but was greatly decreased at the stationary growth phase. Moreover, pulse-chase experiments revealed that the radiolabel incorporated into phosphatidylserine (PS) and PC rapidly turned over, while that in TG and diacylglycerol (DG) accumulated after the 4 hr chase. In addition to the change of the radiolabel in individual lipids, the content of radiolabeled GLA converted from [1-14C]LA varied with individual lipids. In phospholipids such as PC, phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and PS, radiolabeled GLA rapidly increased after 1 hr and then decreased after 4 hr. On the other hand, a gradual increase in radiolabeled GLA until 4 hr was observed in TG. These results suggest that LA, which has been esterified into phospholipids such as PC, PE and PS, is readily desaturated to GLA, which is then transferred to TG. These differences in the fate of GLA derived from LA between phospholipids and neutral lipids may be reflected in the GLA content in the individual lipids.
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Abbreviations
- DG:
-
diacylglycerol
- MG:
-
monoacylglycerol
- FFA:
-
free fatty acid
- GL:
-
glycolipid
- GLA:
-
λ-linolenic acid
- LA:
-
linoleic acid
- PA:
-
phosphatidic acid
- PC:
-
phosphatidylcholine
- PE:
-
phosphatidylethanolamine
- PI:
-
phosphatidylinositol
- PS:
-
phosphatidylserine
- SE:
-
sterol ester
- TG:
-
triacylglycerol
- TLC:
-
thin-layer chromatography
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Kamisaka, Y., Yokochi, T., Nakahara, T. et al. Incorporation of linoleic acid and its conversion to λ-linolenic acid in fungi. Lipids 25, 54–60 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02562428
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