The lipid composition of human testis in testicular feminization syndrome.
Testicular tissues obtained from 12 cases of testicular feminization syndrome were subjected to lipid analyses. The total lipids formed 2.75% of the total wet weight of the testicular tissue. Total cholesterol represented 30%, glycerides 33% and phospholipids 37% of the total lipids, respectively. Fractionation studies revealed that free cholesterol formed 66.7% and esterified cholesterol 33.3% of the total cholesterol. Triglycerides represented 89.89% and monoglycerides 10.11% of the total glycerides. Separation of phospholipids showed that phosphatidly choline (46.54%) and phosphatidly ethanolamine (24.89%) to be the major phosphoipid classes.
D000328:Adult; D013734:Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D002788:Cholesterol Esters / Q000378:metabolism; D005989:Glycerides / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008297:Male; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D013577:Syndrome; D013737:Testis / Q000378:metabolism*
D002788:Cholesterol Esters; D005989:Glycerides; D010743:Phospholipids; D002784:Cholesterol