title: Effects of dietary choline and N,N-dimethylaminoethanol on lung phospholipid and surfactant of newborn rats.
abstract: Pups delivered by rats fed during pregnancy a choline-deficient (CD) diet containing 1% N,N-dimethylaminoethanol (DME) die within 36 hr of birth. The concentrations of sphingomyelins, phosphatidyl cholines, and disaturated phosphatidyl cholines in the lungs of these pups are lower than those in the lungs of pups delivered by dams fed a choline-supplemented diet (CS). The amount of surfactant isolated from the lung of the pups was also reduced. These changes were accompanied by alterations in the activity of enzymes (choline kinase, EC 2.7.1.32; choline phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.8.2) involved in the synthesis of lung lecithins. These results strongly suggest that pups delivered by dams fed a CD diet containg 1% DME die of respiratory distress syndrome due to altered metabolism of lung surfactant.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002796:Choline Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D003642:Deanol / Q000633:toxicity*; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000032:analysis* / Q000187:drug effects; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D004983:Ethanolamines; D010743:Phospholipids; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants; D003642:Deanol