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By ultracentrifugation of homogenates of rat renal papillae, a low density layer composed of small primary fluorescing lipid droplets was isolated. Probably the isolated lipid material originates mainly from the primary fluorescing lipid droplets of the renal interstitial cells. The isolated lipid droplets were mainly triglycerides, cholesterol esters and free longchain fatty acids. The long-chain fatty acid composition of the main components differed markedly from that of the analogous components of plasma and depot fat. The findings suggest that the complex lipids of the isolated lipid droplets are synthetized by the renal papilla and probably by the renal interstitial cells. The prostaglandin precursor arachidonic acid constitutes a significant fraction of the triglyceride long-chain fatty acids. Usually also small quantities of prostaglandins were present. Altogether the results suggest that the lipid droplets of the renal interstitial cells may function as a storage site for prostaglandin precursor.
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This work was supported by a grant from the Danish State Research Foundation. — The authors wish to acknowledge the support and inspiration given by E. Bojesen, M.D., Ph.D., the Institute of Experimental Medicine, Division of Endocrinology. — The authors wish to thank Dr. John E. Pike of the Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, for supplying the Prostaglandins used in this study.
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Nissen, H.M., Bojesen, I. On lipid droplets in renal interstitial cells. Z. Zellforsch. 97, 274–284 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344762
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