title: [Characteristics of lipid composition and properties of the synaptic membranes of the cerebral cortex of rats of various ages].
abstract: The content of cholesterol, total and individual phospholipids, fatty acid composition, level of lipid peroxidation, as well as viscosity of lipid phase of synaptic membranes isolated from the cerebral cortex were estimated in experiments on adult and old male rats. The content of cholesterol and cholesterol phospholipids ratio were found to increase with age. The total content of phospholipids remained unchanged during ageing, while their composition varied. An increase in the content of minor forms of phospholipids, i.e. phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylinositol, in the sphingomyelin/phosphatidyl ethanolamine ratio and, especially, in the content of lysophosphatidylcholine was found in old vs adult rats. No age-related changes were found in the viscosity of the lipid phase of synaptic membranes with purene used as a fluorescent probe.
authors: R I
authors: RI
authors: Potapenko
authors: V E
authors: VE
authors: Sabko
authors: L N
authors: LN
authors: Bogatskaia
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000737:chemistry*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D013570:Synaptic Membranes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D008055:Lipids; D010743:Phospholipids; D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Osobennosti lipidnogo sostava i svoĭstv sinapticheskikh membran kory golovnogo mozga krys raznogo vozrasta.