title: Effect of oleic acid on mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in rat brain slices.
abstract: We tested the effect of oleic acid on oxidative phosphorylation and free fatty acid composition in rat brain slices simultaneously to investigate the relationship between the change in respiratory control ratio and the uptake of oleic acid in the brain mitochondria. The uncoupling of mitochondria was observed when the ratio of oleic acid to stearic acid in the free fatty acid fraction was nearly doubled, but was not recovered even by the addition of fatty acid-free bovine serum albumin. The data suggest that the intactness of oxidative phosphorylation of brain mitochondria is maintained by the precise control of the free fatty acid composition in the mitochondrial membranes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Oita, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeshita
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000032:analysis; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D009829:Oleic Acids