title: Utilization of ketone bodies by chick brain and spinal cord during embryonic and postnatal development.
abstract: Lipid synthesis from acetoacetate and 3-hydroxybutyrate was studied in chick embryo from 15 to 21 days and in chick neonate from 1 to 21 days. Embryonic spinal cord showed higher ability than brain to incorporate acetoacetate into total lipids, although a sharp decrease was found at hatching. 3-Hydroxybutyrate incorporation into total lipids was also higher in spinal cord than in brain, especially during the embryonic period. Phospholipids were the main lipids formed in both tissues from both precursors. An appreciable percentage of radioactivity was also recovered as free cholesterol, especially during the embryonic phase. The developmental patterns of amino acid synthesis from acetoacetate and 3-hydroxybutyrate were similar in both tissues: a clear increase after hatching was followed by a decrease at day 4 of neonatal life. Acetoacetate was a better substrate for amino acid synthesis than 3-hydroxybutyrate during the embryonic development in both tissues. Oxidation of both precursors to CO2 strongly decreased between 15 and 21 days of embryonic development both in brain and spinal cord.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Linares
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Caamaño
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garcia-Peregrin
mesh_terms: D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid; D000090:Acetoacetates / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D002642:Chick Embryo; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000378:metabolism; D007657:Ketone Bodies / Q000378:metabolism*; D008055:Lipids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000090:Acetoacetates; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D007657:Ketone Bodies; D008055:Lipids; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; C016635:acetoacetic acid; D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid