title: Influence of chain length and unsaturation on the effects of fatty acids on phosphoglyceride biosynthesis in isolated rat and pig hepatocytes.
abstract: Hepatocytes isolated from rat or pig by collagenase perfusion were incubated with [3H]glcyerol and different albumin-bount fatty acids. Among C22 fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid stimulated phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis in rat hepatocytes most effectively. Addition of docosahexaenoic acid plus either palmitic or stearic acid resulted almost in the same stimulation whereas combinations of this acid with lauric or myristic acid had no effect. Lauric acid and myristic acid alone inhibited phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis. The chain length specificity for monoenoic fatty acids was similar, the hexadecenoic and octadecenoic acids (both cis and trans) being most stimulatory. The addition of 0.2 mM ethanolamine markedly stimulated phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis, but most effects of fatty acids were similar in its presence or absence.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism*; D005989:Glycerides / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D004075:Diglycerides; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D005989:Glycerides; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D010743:Phospholipids