title: Post-heparin triacylglycerol lipases in ovine plasma.
abstract: Lipoprotein lipase and hepatic lipase have been shown to be present in the post-heparin plasma of sheep. Intravenous injection of heparin into sheep produced a rapid increase in the free fatty acid concentration and lipolytic enzyme activity of the plasma, both peaking within 5-15 min and then falling to pre-heparin levels within 30-60 min. Lipolytic activity was not detected in plasma before heparin treatment. Two distinct lipolytic activities were separated from the plasma by chromatography on heparin-Sepharose 6B. Lipoprotein lipase was identified on the basis that the lipolytic activity was dependent upon the addition of plasma, inhibited by 1M NaCl, and inhibited by a specific antiserum against lipoprotein lipase. The second lipolytic activity of plasma was identified as hepatic lipase, as it was not dependent upon plasma for activity, nor was it inhibited by 1M NaCl or antiserum against lipoprotein lipase. Its properties were identical to the lipase extracted from the liver of sheep. Lipoprotein-lipase activity, but not hepatic-lipase activity, was dependent upon the nutritional state of the sheep at the time of heparin injection. However, hepatic lipase comprised a significant proportion of the total lipolytic activity.
authors.affiliation: Meat Research Laboratory, Division of Food Processing, CSIRO, Cannon Hill, Qld.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Tume
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D005508:Food Deprivation; D006493:Heparin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008049:Lipase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D008066:Lipolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase / Q000097:blood; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D012756:Sheep / Q000097:blood*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D007106:Immune Sera; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D006493:Heparin; D008049:Lipase; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase