Abstract
In the presence of ATP, MgCl2 and CoASH, different subcellular membrane fractions isolated from rat cerebral cortex exhibited characteristic profiles for the incorporation of [1-14C]arachidonic acid into phospholipids and triacylglycerols. In general, uptake of label by phosphatidylcholines was higher in the synaptic membranes, and that by phosphatidylinositols was higher in the microsomes and somal plasma membranes. A substantial amount of the labeled arachidonate was also incorporated into triacylglycerols, especially in the somal plasma membranes and microsomes. Enzymes mediating the transfer of arachidonic acid to phospholipids were unstable with respect to sample storage and exposure to elevated temperatures. In contrast, the acyltransferase for triacylglycerols was more stable to these factors. Washing the membranes with bovine serum albumin resulted in an enhancement of the incorporation of label into phosphatidylinositols without affecting that of phosphatidylcholines, but the incorporation into triacylglycerols was inhibited. Treatment of synaptosomes and plasma membranes with saponin resulted in an enhancement in the labeling of phospholipids, but the labeling of triacylglycerols was inhibited. Thus, although labeled arachidonic acid was incorporated into phospholipids and triacylglycerols in brain subcellular membranes, these two types of acyltransferases exhibited different properties and responded differently to membrane perturbing agents.
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Abbreviations
- BSA:
-
bovine serum albumin
- DG:
-
diacylglycerol(s)
- PC:
-
phosphatidylcholine(s)
- PI:
-
phosphatidylinositol(s)
- PM:
-
somal plasma membrane(s)
- SPM:
-
synaptic plasma membrane(s)
- TG:
-
triacylglycerol(s)
- HPLC:
-
high performance liquid chromatograph(ic,y)
- TLC:
-
thin layer chromatograph(ic,y)
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Lin, TN., MacQuarrie, R. & Sun, G.Y. Arachidonic acid uptake by phospholipids and triacylglycerols of rat brain subcellular membranes. Lipids 23, 942–947 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02536341
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