title: Modification of fluidity and lipid-protein relationships in pig intestinal brush-border membrane by dietary essential fatty acid deficiency.
abstract: The effect of dietary essential fatty acid (EFA) deficiency on the dynamic molecular organization of pig intestinal brush-border membrane (BBM) was studied using purified BBM vesicles. A 6 week dietary treatment of weaning piglets induced a typical EFA-deficient pattern in the lipid composition of both plasma and epithelial membranes. In pigs fed on the EFA-deficient diet, the plasma 20:3(n - 9)/20:4(n - 6) ratio progressively increased and reached a stable value after 3 weeks of experiment, whereas it remained low (less than 0.2) in controls. In the intestinal BBM, the cholesterol/protein, phospholipid/protein and consequently the cholesterol/phospholipid ratios, as well as the phospholipid class distribution, were unchanged. In particular, the sphingomyelin/phosphatidylcholine (SM/PC) molar ratio was not affected. However, the fatty acid composition of phospholipid main classes was markedly modified, leading to decreased lipid fluidity and to a large change in membrane protein behaviour with EFA deficiency. These findings could be interpreted in terms of reduced lipid-protein interactions. Moreover, the increasing gradient of fluidity which took place within the lipidic matrix from its surface was modified by the dietary treatment, as fluidity was lowered by EFA deficiency at different depths of the layer.
authors.affiliation: Station de Recherches de Nutrition, INRA, Centre de Recherches de Jouy-en-Josas, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Christon
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Even
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Daveloose
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Léger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Viret
mesh_terms: D015126:8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential / Q000172:deficiency*; D007422:Intestines / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D008560:Membrane Fluidity; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008871:Microvilli / Q000378:metabolism*; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D013109:Sphingomyelins / Q000378:metabolism; D013113:Spin Labels / Q000378:metabolism; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential; D008041:Linoleic Acids; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010743:Phospholipids; D013109:Sphingomyelins; D013113:Spin Labels; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D002784:Cholesterol; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D015126:8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid; C010944:mead acid