C19 odd-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUfas) are metabolized to C21-PUfas in a rat liver cell line, and curcumin, gallic acid, and their related compounds inhibit their desaturation.
It was demonstrated that the rat liver cell line BRL-3A converted exogenous C19 odd chain-polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) into the corresponding C21- and C23-PUFAs as follows: 21:3n-8, 21:4n-8, 23:3n-8, and 23:4n-8 (from 19:3n-8); 21:4n-5, 21:5n-5, 23:4n-5, and 23:5n-5 (from 19:4n-5); 21:5n-2, 21:6n-2, 23:5n-2, and 23:6n-2 (from 19:5n-2). It presumed that these C19 PUFAs were converted through the mimic route to docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3) from eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n-3). In addition, the characterization of the change of fatty acid composition of cellular lipids in rat liver cells were examined, using 19:4n-5 and several fatty acid desaturation inhibitors. Curcumin related compounds, curcumin, capsaicin, isoeugenol, 4-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-3-buten-2-one, and gallic acid esters with near five carbon numbered alcohol had great changes of fatty acid composition of cellular lipids based on inhibition of the A6 desaturation of C24-PUFAs in rat liver cells.
Nakano
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Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nara, Japan.
Shirasaka
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Koyama
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Hino
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Murakami
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Shimizu
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Yoshizumi
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D000478:Alkylation; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003474:Curcumin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism*; D005707:Gallic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D051381:Rats; D011915:Rats, Inbred BUF
D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D005707:Gallic Acid; D003474:Curcumin