title: Dietary lipid modulation of rat liver mitochondrial succinate: cytochrome c reductase.
abstract: Diets supplemented with high levels of either saturated fatty acids or unsaturated fatty acids were fed to adult rats for a period of 9 weeks and changes in the liver mitochondrial membrane phospholipid fatty acid composition and thermal behaviour of succinate: cytochrome c reductase were determined. The dietary treatment induced a change in the omega 6 to omega 3 unsaturated fatty acid ratio in the membrane lipids, with the ratio being highest with the unsaturated fatty acid and lowest with the saturated fatty acid diet. Arrhenius plots of succinate: cytochrome c reductase activity exhibited differences in both critical temperature (Tf) and Arrhenius activation energy (Ea) depending on the type of dietary treatment. The Tf was elevated from 23 degrees C in control to 32 degrees C in the saturated fatty acid-supplemented group. No significant effect on the Tf was observed in the unsaturated fatty acid-supplemented group however higher Ea values were observed due to the unsaturated fatty acid diet. The changes in succinate: cytochrome c reductase are probably due to changes in the lipid-protein interactions in the membrane, induced by the dietary lipid supplementation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013384:Succinate Cytochrome c Oxidoreductase / Q000378:metabolism*; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D005227:Fatty Acids; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D010743:Phospholipids; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D013384:Succinate Cytochrome c Oxidoreductase