title: Energy consumption by phospholipid metabolism in mammalian brain.
abstract: Until recently, brain phospholipid metabolism was thought to consume only 2% of the ATP consumed by the mammalian brain as a whole. In this paper, however, we calculate that 1.4% of total brain ATP consumption is consumed for the de novo synthesis of ether phospholipids and that another 5% is allocated to the phosphatidylinositide cycle. When added to previous estimates that fatty acid recycling within brain phospholipids and maintenance of membrane lipid asymmetries of acidic phospholipids consume, respectively, 5% and 8% of net brain ATP consumption, it appears that phospholipid metabolism can consume up to 20% of net brain ATP consumption. This new estimate is consistent with recent evidence that phospholipids actively participate in brain signaling and membrane remodeling, among other processes.
authors.affiliation: Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Purdon
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Rosenberger
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Rapoport
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D010743:Phospholipids; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate