title: Dietary alpha-linolenic acid suppresses the formation of lysophosphatidic acid, a lipid mediator, in rat platelets compared with linoleic acid.
abstract: Rats fed a high linoleic acid (LA, 18:2n-6) diet or a high alpha-linolenic acid (ALA, 18:3n-3) diet for 4 months after weaning. Platelets from the high-LA group contained more arachidonic acid (AA, 20:4n-6) and less eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5n-3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6n-3) compared with those from the high-ALA group. Incorporation of [32P]orthophosphate into platelet phospholipids was increased by thrombin-treatment, and was greater by ca. 30% in the high-LA group than in the high-ALA group both in the presence and absence of thrombin. The formation of [32P]lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), a lipid messenger, in [32P]orthophosphate-labeled platelets was increased 6.6-fold in the high-LA group and 4.1-fold in the high-ALA-group by thrombin-treatment. The formation of [32P] LPA in activated platelets was reduced by 35% in the high-ALA group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Nutraceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabedori, Mizuhoku, 467-8603 Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Miyazawa
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ikemoto
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Harumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okuyama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D004032:Diet; D004281:Docosahexaenoic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D019787:Linoleic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013917:Thrombin / Q000494:pharmacology; D017962:alpha-Linolenic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D008246:Lysophospholipids; D010710:Phosphates; D017962:alpha-Linolenic Acid; D004281:Docosahexaenoic Acids; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid; D013917:Thrombin