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Essential fatty acid pattern of glycerolipids in rat hepatocytes in primary culture and in coculture with rat liver epithelial cells

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The linoleic acid content of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylcholine (PC) and triglyceride (TG) rapidly fell in rat hepatocytes in primary culture up to four days and in coculture with liver epithelial cells up to eight days. At the same time, the level of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), especially arachidonic acid, remained constant in PE, slightly decreased in PC and dropped in TG. There was no variation of the nonessential PUFA, 20∶3n−9.

Linoleic acid supplementation of cultures 24 hr before the harvest induced a rise in the linoleic acid level of the three lipid classes. Arachidonic acid remained constant in TG and only slightly decreased in PE and PC at day 4 of primary culture and day 8 of coculture. The level of 20∶3n−9 increased in PE and PC and much more in TG. This net increase in the arachidonic acid and 20∶3n−9 levels in TG could not be explained only by a transfer from the phospholipid pools of PUFA because the phospholipid content of hepatocytes and PUFA levels of phospholipids did not vary under linoleic supplementation. The low percentage of arachidonic acid in epithelial cells rules out any participation of these cells in the increase of arachidonic acid in supplemented cocultures.

Triglycerides may act as a storage pool for plasma PUFA up to four days of primary culture and eight days of coculture. Besides, coculture seems more potent than primary culture to maintain the phospholipid level, to spare the essential PUFA in PE and to increase the TG synthesis in response to linoleic acid supplementation.

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Abbreviations

EFA:

essential fatty acids

PC:

phosphatidylcholine

PE:

phosphatidylethanolamine

PI:

phosphatidylinositol

PS:

phosphatidylserine

PUFA:

polyunsaturated fatty acids

TG:

triglycerides

MEM:

minimum essential medium

RLEC:

rat liver epithelial cells

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  1. U.A. 524, C.N.R.S., CHU Saint Antoine, 27 rue Chaligny, 75571, Paris Cedex 12, France

    D. Pepin, J. Chambaz & G. Bereziat

  2. U.A. 49, INSERM, CHU PONCHAILLOU, 35O11, RENNES Cedex, France

    M. Y. Rissel & A. Guillouzo

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Pepin, D., Chambaz, J., Rissel, M.Y. et al. Essential fatty acid pattern of glycerolipids in rat hepatocytes in primary culture and in coculture with rat liver epithelial cells. Lipids 23, 784–790 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02536222

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