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Barboza TK, Susta L, zur Linden A, Gardhouse S, Beaufrère H. Association of plasma metabolites and diagnostic imaging findings with hepatic lipidosis in bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps) and effects of gemfibrozil therapy. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0274060. [PMID: 36735707 PMCID: PMC9897564 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the association between plasma metabolites, biochemical analytes, diagnostic imaging findings, and the histologic diagnosis of hepatic lipidosis in bearded dragons. To assess the effects of gemfibrozil therapy on hepatic lipid accumulation and associated diagnostic tests. ANIMALS Fourteen bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps) with varying severity of hepatic lipid accumulation (with and without hepatic lipidosis) were included. PROCEDURES Animals underwent coelomic ultrasound, computed tomography (CT) scans, and coelioscopic hepatic biopsies. Clinical pathology tests included lipidologic tests, hepatic biomarkers, and mass spectrometry-based metabolomics. Animals were medicated with gemfibrozil 6mg/kg orally once a day for 2 months in a randomized blinded clinical trial prior to repeating previous diagnostic testing. RESULTS Hounsfield units on CT were negatively associated with increased hepatic vacuolation, while ultrasound and gross evaluation of the liver were not reliable. Beta-hydroxybutyric-acid (BHBA) concentrations were significantly associated with hepatic lipidosis. Metabolomics and lipidomics data found BHBA and succinic acid to be potential biomarkers for diagnosing hepatic lipidosis in bearded dragons. Succinic acid concentrations were significantly lower in the gemfibrozil treatment group. There was a tendency for improvement in the biomarkers and reduced hepatic fat in bearded dragons with hepatic lipidosis when treated with gemfibrozil, though the improvement was not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS These findings provide information on the antemortem assessment of hepatic lipidosis in bearded dragons and paves the way for further research in diagnosis and treatment of this disease.
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- Trinita K. Barboza
- Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Health Sciences Center, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Martin N, Hulbert AJ, Mitchell TW, Else PL. Regulation of membrane phospholipids during the adult life of worker honey bee. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 136:104310. [PMID: 34530044 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Two female castes that are genetically identical are found in honey bees: workers and queens. Adult female honey bees differ in their morphology and behaviors, but the most intriguing difference between the castes is the difference in their longevity. Queens live for years while workers live generally for weeks. The mechanisms that mediate this extraordinary difference in lifespan remain mostly unknown. Both castes share similar developmental stages and are fed liquid food (i.e. a jelly) during development. However, after emergence, workers begin to feed on pollen while queens are fed the same larval food for their entire life. Pollen has a high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) while royal jelly has negligible amounts. The difference in food during adult life leads to drastic changes in membrane phospholipids of female honey bees, and those changes have been proposed as mechanisms that could explain the difference in lifespan. To provide further details on those mechanisms, we characterized the membrane phospholipids of adult workers at seven different ages covering all life-history stages. Our results suggest that the majority of changes in worker membranes occur in the first four days of adult life. Shortly after emergence, workers increase their level of total phospholipids by producing phospholipids that contained saturated (SFA) and monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA). From the second day, workers start replacing fatty acid chains from those pre-synthesized molecules with PUFA acquired from pollen. After four days, worker membranes are set and appear to be maintained for the rest of adult life, suggesting that damaged PUFA are replaced effectively. Plasmalogen phospholipids increase continuously throughout worker adult life, suggesting that plasmalogen might help to reduce lipid peroxidation in worker membranes. We postulate that the diet-induced increase in PUFA in worker membranes makes them far more prone to lipid-based oxidative damage compared to queens.
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- N Martin
- School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia; School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia; Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia; Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia; Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
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Mammals to membranes: A reductionist story. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2020; 253:110552. [PMID: 33359769 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2020.110552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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This is the story of a series of reductionist studies that started with an attempt to explain what underpins the high-level of aerobic metabolism in mammals (i.e. associated with the evolution of endothermy) and almost forty years later had led to investigations into the role of membrane lipids in determining metabolism. Initial studies showed that the increase in aerobic metabolism in mammals was driven by a combination of increases in mitochondrial volume and membrane densities, organ size and changes in the molecular activity of enzymes. The increase in the capacity to produce energy was matched by an increase in energy use, notably driven by increases in H+, Na+ and K+ fluxes. In the case of increased Na+ flux, it was found this was matched by increases in Na+-dependent metabolism at the tissue level and increases in enzyme activity at a cellular level but not by an increase in the number of sodium pumps. To maintain Na+ gradient across cell membranes, increased Na+ flux is not controlled by an increase in sodium pump number but rather by an increase in sodium pump molecular activity (i.e. an increase the substrate turnover rate of each sodium pump) in tissues of endotherms. This increase in molecular activity is coupled to an increase in the level of highly unsaturated polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in membranes, a mechanism similar to that used by ectotherms to ameliorate decreasing activities of metabolic processes in the cold. Determination of how changes in membrane fatty acid composition can change the activities of proteins in membranes will be the next step in this story.
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Neijat M, Zacek P, Picklo MJ, House JD. Lipidomic characterization of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine species of egg yolk lipid derived from hens fed flaxseed oil and marine algal biomass. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2020; 161:102178. [PMID: 32980739 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2020.102178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Membrane phospholipids, including phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), consist of distinct fatty acids occupying the sn-1 and sn-2 positions, reflecting the highly regulated nature of lipid biosynthesis. However, little is known about the influence of dietary lipids on the positional nature of fatty acids in tissues, including the enrichment of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) in chicken egg yolk phospholipids. This study was undertaken to characterize the PC and PE species in egg lipids derived from Lohmann hens (n=10/treatment) randomly allocated to either a control (no supplementation), a flaxseed oil (FO) or a marine algal oil (MA) diet. Each of the FO or MA diets supplied three levels of total omega-3 PUFA (0.20, 0.40 and 0.60% of diet) that were provided for 6 weeks. A combination of multiplexed mass spectrometry (MS) experiments are used to determine total, isobaric, and position molecules for PC and PE in egg yolk. The distribution of phospholipids in the yolk was predominantly PC over PE (~72 vs. 23%, respectively) across treatments. The longer chain PUFA existed in the sn-2 position in the PC and PE. Although docosahexaenoic acid (22:6) formed isomers with fatty acids 16:0, 18:0 and 18:1; it was preferentially enriched in the egg in combination with 16:0 with both the FO and MA-fed groups in both lipid pools. All 22:6-containing isomers were enriched by ~2-fold more (P < 0.0001) with MA than FO, however, all isomers exhibited a plateau with the FO-fed group. In addition, the MS analyses of PCs revealed several isobaric species containing eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5), however, in the PE, EPA formed only one isomer (i.e. in combination with 16:0). These results may assist to elucidate potential aspects regulating the limited enrichment of omega-3 PUFA, particularly EPA and docosahexaenoic acid (22:6) in chicken eggs.
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- M Neijat
- Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University in Prague, Průmyslová 595, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- USDA-ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, ND 58203-9034
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- Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada; Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2E1, Canada; Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine, St. Boniface Research Centre, Winnipeg, MB, R2H 2A6, Canada.
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Viennet T, Bungert-Plümke S, Elter S, Viegas A, Fahlke C, Etzkorn M. Reconstitution and NMR Characterization of the Ion-Channel Accessory Subunit Barttin in Detergents and Lipid-Bilayer Nanodiscs. Front Mol Biosci 2019; 6:13. [PMID: 30931313 PMCID: PMC6427064 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2019.00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Barttin is an accessory subunit of ClC-K chloride channels expressed in the kidney and the inner ear. Main functions of ClC-K/barttin channels are the generation of the cortico-medullary osmotic gradients in the kidney and the endocochlear potential in the inner ear. Mutations in the gene encoding barttin, BSND, result in impaired urinary concentration and sensory deafness. Barttin is predicted to be a two helical integral membrane protein that directly interacts with its ion channel in the membrane bilayer where it stabilizes the channel complex, promotes its incorporation into the surface membrane and leads to channel activation. It therefore is an attractive target to address fundamental questions of intermolecular communication within the membrane. However, so far inherent challenges in protein expression and stabilization prevented comprehensive in vitro studies and structural characterization. Here we demonstrate that cell-free expression enables production of sufficient quantities of an isotope-labeled barttin variant (I72X Barttin, capable to promote surface membrane insertion and channel activation) for NMR-based structural studies. Additionally, we established purification protocols as well as reconstitution strategies in detergent micelles and phospholipid bilayer nanodiscs. Stability, folding, and NMR data quality are reported as well as a suitable assignment strategy, paving the way to its structural characterization.
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- Thibault Viennet
- Institute of Physical Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute of Complex Systems 6, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Strasse, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems 4, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Strasse, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems 4, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Strasse, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute of Complex Systems 6, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Strasse, Jülich, Germany
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Becher S, Esch P, Heiles S. Relative Quantification of Phosphatidylcholine sn-Isomers Using Positive Doubly Charged Lipid–Metal Ion Complexes. Anal Chem 2018; 90:11486-11494. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Simon Becher
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Malcolm DW, Freeberg MAT, Wang Y, Sims KR, Awad HA, Benoit DSW. Diblock Copolymer Hydrophobicity Facilitates Efficient Gene Silencing and Cytocompatible Nanoparticle-Mediated siRNA Delivery to Musculoskeletal Cell Types. Biomacromolecules 2017; 18:3753-3765. [PMID: 28960967 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b01349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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pH-responsive diblock copolymers provide tailorable nanoparticle (NP) architecture and chemistry critical for siRNA delivery. Here, diblock polymers varying in first (corona) and second (core) block molecular weight (Mn), corona/core ratio, and core hydrophobicity (%BMA) were synthesized to determine their effect on siRNA delivery in murine tenocytes (mTenocyte) and murine and human mesenchymal stem cells (mMSC and hMSCs, respectively). NP-mediated siRNA uptake, gene silencing, and cytocompatibility were quantified. Uptake is positively correlated with first block Mn in mTenocytes and hMSCs (p ≤ 0.0005). All NP resulted in significant gene silencing that was positively correlated with %BMA (p < 0.05) in all cell types. Cytocompatibility was reduced in mTenocytes compared to MSCs (p < 0.0001). %BMA was positively correlated with cytocompatibility in MSCs (p < 0.05), suggesting stable NP are more cytocompatible. Overall, this study shows that NP-siRNA cytocompatibility is cell type dependent, and hydrophobicity (%BMA) is the critical diblock copolymer property for efficient gene silencing in musculoskeletal cell types.
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- Translational Biomedical Science, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry , Rochester, New York, United States
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- Department of Orthopedics, University of Rochester Medical Center , Rochester, New York, United States
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- Department of Orthopedics, University of Rochester Medical Center , Rochester, New York, United States
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Sukhotin A, Fokina N, Ruokolainen T, Bock C, Pörtner HO, Lannig G. Does the membrane pacemaker theory of metabolism explain the size dependence of metabolic rate in marine mussels? J Exp Biol 2017; 220:1423-1434. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.147108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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According to the Membrane Pacemaker Theory of metabolism (MPT) allometric scaling of metabolic rate in animals is determined by the composition of cellular and mitochondrial membranes that changes with body size in a predictable manner. MPT has been elaborated from interspecific comparisons in mammals. It projects that the degree of unsaturation of membrane phospholipids decreases in larger organisms, thereby lowering ion permeability of the membranes and making cellular and thus whole animal metabolism more efficient. Here we tested the applicability of the MPT to a marine ectotherm, the mussel Mytilus edulis at the intraspecific level. We determined effects of body mass on whole organism, tissue and cellular oxygen consumption rates, on heart rate, metabolic enzyme activities and on the lipid composition of membranes. In line with allometric patterns the organismal functions and processes such as heart rate, whole animal respiration rate and phospholipid contents showed a mass-dependent decline. However, the allometry of tissue and cellular respiration and activity of metabolic enzymes was poor; fatty acid unsaturation of membrane phospholipids of gill tissue was independent of animal size. It is thus conceivable that most of the metabolic allometry observed at the organismal level is determined by systemic functions. These whole organism patterns may be supported by energy savings associated with growing cell size but not by structural changes in membranes. Overall, the set of processes contributing to metabolic allometry in ectotherms may differ from that operative in mammals and birds, with a reduced involvement of the mechanisms proposed by the MPT.
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- Alexey Sukhotin
- White Sea Biological Station, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, 199034, Russia
- Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, Russia
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- Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, Russia
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- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
- University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
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Peng B, Ding XY, Sun C, Yang YN, Gao YJ, Zhao X. The chain order of binary unsaturated lipid bilayers modulated by aromatic-residue-containing peptides: an ATR-FTIR spectroscopy study. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra01145h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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It highlights the importance of aromatic residues in influencing peptide binding to the membrane, demonstrates that the stability of the membranes depends on the lipid composition and the sequence, structural context, and orientation of the peptides.
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- Bo Peng
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance
- Department of Physics
- School of Physics and Materials Science
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai 200062
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance
- Department of Physics
- School of Physics and Materials Science
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai 200062
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance
- Department of Physics
- School of Physics and Materials Science
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai 200062
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance
- Department of Physics
- School of Physics and Materials Science
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai 200062
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance
- Department of Physics
- School of Physics and Materials Science
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai 200062
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance
- Department of Physics
- School of Physics and Materials Science
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai 200062
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Morita Y, Sakaguchi T, Ikegami K, Goto-Inoue N, Hayasaka T, Hang VT, Tanaka H, Harada T, Shibasaki Y, Suzuki A, Fukumoto K, Inaba K, Murakami M, Setou M, Konno H. Lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1 altered phospholipid composition and regulated hepatoma progression. J Hepatol 2013; 59:292-9. [PMID: 23567080 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2012] [Revised: 02/08/2013] [Accepted: 02/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Several lipid synthesis pathways play important roles in the development and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), although the precise molecular mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Here, we show the relationship between HCC progression and alteration of phospholipid composition regulated by lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase (LPCAT). METHODS Molecular lipidomic screening was performed by imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) in 37 resected HCC specimens. RT-PCR and Western blotting were carried out to examine the mRNA and protein levels of LPCATs, which catalyze the conversion of lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) into phosphatidylcholine (PC) and have substrate specificity for some kinds of fatty acids. We examined the effect of LPCAT1 overexpression or knockdown on cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in HCC cell lines. RESULTS IMS revealed the increase of PC species with palmitoleic acid or oleic acid at the sn-2-position and the reduction of LPC with palmitic acid at the sn-1-position in HCC tissues. mRNA and protein of LPCAT1, responsible for LPC to PC conversion, were more abundant in HCCs than in the surrounding parenchyma. In cell line experiments, LPCAT1 overexpression enriched PCs observed in IMS and promoted cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. LPCAT1 knockdown did viceversa. CONCLUSIONS Enrichment or depletion of some specific PCs, was found in HCC by IMS. Alteration of phospholipid composition in HCC would affect tumor character. LPCAT1 modulates phospholipid composition to create favorable conditions to HCC cells. LPCAT1 is a potent target molecule to inhibit HCC progression.
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- Yoshifumi Morita
- Second Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
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Konarzewski M, Książek A. Determinants of intra-specific variation in basal metabolic rate. J Comp Physiol B 2012; 183:27-41. [PMID: 22847501 PMCID: PMC3536993 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-012-0698-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2011] [Revised: 06/10/2012] [Accepted: 07/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Basal metabolic rate (BMR) provides a widely accepted benchmark of metabolic expenditure for endotherms under laboratory and natural conditions. While most studies examining BMR have concentrated on inter-specific variation, relatively less attention has been paid to the determinants of within-species variation. Even fewer studies have analysed the determinants of within-species BMR variation corrected for the strong influence of body mass by appropriate means (e.g. ANCOVA). Here, we review recent advancements in studies on the quantitative genetics of BMR and organ mass variation, along with their molecular genetics. Next, we decompose BMR variation at the organ, tissue and molecular level. We conclude that within-species variation in BMR and its components have a clear genetic signature, and are functionally linked to key metabolic process at all levels of biological organization. We highlight the need to integrate molecular genetics with conventional metabolic field studies to reveal the adaptive significance of metabolic variation. Since comparing gene expressions inter-specifically is problematic, within-species studies are more likely to inform us about the genetic underpinnings of BMR. We also urge for better integration of animal and medical research on BMR; the latter is quickly advancing thanks to the application of imaging technologies and ‘omics’ studies. We also suggest that much insight on the biochemical and molecular underpinnings of BMR variation can be gained from integrating studies on the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), which appears to be the major regulatory pathway influencing the key molecular components of BMR.
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Merlino A, Vitiello G, Grimaldi M, Sica F, Busi E, Basosi R, D’Ursi AM, Fragneto G, Paduano L, D’Errico G. Destabilization of Lipid Membranes by a Peptide Derived from Glycoprotein gp36 of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus: A Combined Molecular Dynamics/Experimental Study. J Phys Chem B 2011; 116:401-12. [DOI: 10.1021/jp204781a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Antonello Merlino
- Department of Chemistry, University of Naples ‘‘Federico II’’, Complesso di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia, I-80126 Naples, Italy
- Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, CNR, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Naples ‘‘Federico II’’, Complesso di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia, I-80126 Naples, Italy
- CSGI (Consorzio per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase), Florence, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Naples ‘‘Federico II’’, Complesso di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia, I-80126 Naples, Italy
- Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, CNR, Naples, Italy
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- CSGI (Consorzio per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase), Florence, Italy
- Department of Chemistry, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- CSGI (Consorzio per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase), Florence, Italy
- Department of Chemistry, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Naples ‘‘Federico II’’, Complesso di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia, I-80126 Naples, Italy
- CSGI (Consorzio per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase), Florence, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Naples ‘‘Federico II’’, Complesso di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia, I-80126 Naples, Italy
- CSGI (Consorzio per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase), Florence, Italy
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Orsi M, Essex JW. The ELBA force field for coarse-grain modeling of lipid membranes. PLoS One 2011; 6:e28637. [PMID: 22194874 PMCID: PMC3241685 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2011] [Accepted: 11/11/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A new coarse-grain model for molecular dynamics simulation of lipid membranes is presented. Following a simple and conventional approach, lipid molecules are modeled by spherical sites, each representing a group of several atoms. In contrast to common coarse-grain methods, two original (interdependent) features are here adopted. First, the main electrostatics are modeled explicitly by charges and dipoles, which interact realistically through a relative dielectric constant of unity (ε(r) = 1). Second, water molecules are represented individually through a new parametrization of the simple Stockmayer potential for polar fluids; each water molecule is therefore described by a single spherical site embedded with a point dipole. The force field is shown to accurately reproduce the main physical properties of single-species phospholipid bilayers comprising dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) and dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE) in the liquid crystal phase, as well as distearoylphosphatidylcholine (DSPC) in the liquid crystal and gel phases. Insights are presented into fundamental properties and phenomena that can be difficult or impossible to study with alternative computational or experimental methods. For example, we investigate the internal pressure distribution, dipole potential, lipid diffusion, and spontaneous self-assembly. Simulations lasting up to 1.5 microseconds were conducted for systems of different sizes (128, 512 and 1058 lipids); this also allowed us to identify size-dependent artifacts that are expected to affect membrane simulations in general. Future extensions and applications are discussed, particularly in relation to the methodology's inherent multiscale capabilities.
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- Mario Orsi
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
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Lassek WD, Gaulin SJC. Sex differences in the relationship of dietary Fatty acids to cognitive measures in american children. FRONTIERS IN EVOLUTIONARY NEUROSCIENCE 2011; 3:5. [PMID: 22065957 PMCID: PMC3206402 DOI: 10.3389/fnevo.2011.00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2011] [Accepted: 10/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Because the first neurons evolved in an environment high in the n−3 (omega-3) fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), this fatty acid became a major component of neural structure and function and makes up 10% of the dry weight of the human brain. Since n−3 fatty acids must come from the diet, this suggests a possible positive role for dietary n−3 fatty acids in cognition and a possible negative role for n−6 fatty acids, which compete with n−3 for access to critical enzymes. Because human females must provide DHA for the growth of the unusually large brains of their offspring from maternal fat stored during childhood, their need for DHA is especially great. We used stepwise regression to determine whether particular dietary fatty acids and other nutrients were related to cognitive performance in over 4000 American children aged 6–16 from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; a variety of possible biological, social, and environmental risk factors were statistically controlled. In this context the only dietary factors related to cognitive performance were n−3 and n−6 fatty acids. Dietary n−3 fatty acids were positively related to cognitive test scores in male and female children, while n−6 showed the reverse relationship, significantly so in females. In female children the positive effects of n−3 intake were twice as strong as in males and exceeded the negative effects of lead exposure. This suggests that increasing dietary intake of n−3 and decreasing n−6 fatty acids may have cognitive benefits in children, especially in females.
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- William D Lassek
- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Hammad LA, Cooper BS, Fisher NP, Montooth KL, Karty JA. Profiling and quantification of Drosophila melanogaster lipids using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2011; 25:2959-2968. [PMID: 21913275 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.5187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We present here the findings of global profiling of Drosophila lipids using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) on an LTQ-Orbitrap instrument. In addition, we present a multiple reaction monitoring (LC-MRM) method for the absolute quantification of the major phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylcholine (PC) lipids of Drosophila. Using both normal- and reversed-phase LC followed by accurate mass analysis and MS/MS on an LTQ-Orbitrap instrument, we evaluated the lipid composition of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. A total of 74 lipid species were identified consisting of glycerphospholipids belonging to the PE, PC, phosphatidylglycerol (PG), phosphatidylinositol (PI) and phosphatidylserine (PS) classes including several plasmanyl PE species, as well as triacylglycerides, cardiolipins, ceramides, and PE ceramides. Individual PE and PC phospholipids were then quantified using an LC-MRM approach. Reversed-phase chromatography followed by monitoring on a QTrap 4000 instrument of 21 MRM transitions combined with calibration curves constructed using internal standards enabled the absolute quantification of 28 PE and PC lipid species with limits of quantification of 3 and 5 pg/μL, respectively. Internal standards accounted for the differences in ionization efficiencies of PE and PC phospholipids, facilitating more accurate lipid abundance measurements. The method presented here builds on previous Drosophila work by making the quantification of absolute lipid abundance possible and will be of interest to scientists who study variation and changes in the degree of unsaturation, fatty acid carbon length, and head-group concentration among individuals of different genotypes in response to environmental, genetic, or physiological perturbation in small insects. It will also be particularly useful to biologists interested in adaptation and acclimation of cellular membranes in response to thermal heterogeneity.
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- Loubna A Hammad
- METACyt Biochemical Analysis Center, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
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Yoo HJ, Håkansson K. Determination of Phospholipid Regiochemistry by Ag(I) Adduction and Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2011; 83:1275-83. [DOI: 10.1021/ac102167q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hyun Ju Yoo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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Seebacher F, Brand MD, Else PL, Guderley H, Hulbert AJ, Moyes CD. Plasticity of oxidative metabolism in variable climates: molecular mechanisms. Physiol Biochem Zool 2010; 83:721-32. [PMID: 20586603 DOI: 10.1086/649964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Converting food to chemical energy (ATP) that is usable by cells is a principal requirement to sustain life. The rate of ATP production has to be sufficient for housekeeping functions, such as protein synthesis and maintaining membrane potentials, as well as for growth and locomotion. Energy metabolism is temperature sensitive, and animals respond to environmental variability at different temporal levels, from within-individual to evolutionary timescales. Here we review principal molecular mechanisms that underlie control of oxidative ATP production in response to climate variability. Nuclear transcription factors and coactivators control expression of mitochondrial proteins and abundance of mitochondria. Fatty acid and phospholipid concentrations of membranes influence the activity of membrane-bound proteins as well as the passive leak of protons across the mitochondrial membrane. Passive proton leak as well as protein-mediated proton leak across the inner mitochondrial membrane determine the efficacy of ATP production but are also instrumental in endothermic heat production and as a defense against reactive oxygen species. Both transcriptional mechanisms and membrane composition interact with environmental temperature and diet, and this interaction between diet and temperature in determining mitochondrial function links the two major environmental variables that are affected by changing climates. The limits to metabolic plasticity could be set by the production of reactive oxygen species leading to cellular damage, limits to substrate availability in mitochondria, and a disproportionally large increase in proton leak over ATP production.
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- Frank Seebacher
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
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Hübner G, Crone C, Lindner B. lipID--a software tool for automated assignment of lipids in mass spectra. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2009; 44:1676-1683. [PMID: 19816875 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A new software tool called lipID is reported, which supports the identification of glycerophospholipids, glycosphingolipids, fatty acids and small oligosaccharides in mass spectra. The user-extendable software is a Microsoft (MS) Excel Add-In developed using Visual Basic for Applications and is compatible with all Versions of MS Excel since MS Excel 97. It processes singly given mass-to-charge values as well as mass lists considering a number of user-defined options. The software's mode of operation, usage and options are explained and the benefits and limitations of the tool are illustrated by means of three typical analytical examples of lipid analyses.
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- Göran Hübner
- Division of Immunochemistry, Research Center Borstel, Parkallee 1-40, D-23845 Borstel, Germany.
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High-throughput shotgun lipidomics by quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2009; 877:2664-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2009.02.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2008] [Revised: 02/12/2009] [Accepted: 02/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Griffitts J, Tesiram Y, Reid GE, Saunders D, Floyd RA, Towner RA. In vivo MRS assessment of altered fatty acyl unsaturation in liver tumor formation of a TGF alpha/c-myc transgenic mouse model. J Lipid Res 2008; 50:611-22. [PMID: 19065002 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m800265-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Current detection methods (computed tomography, ultrasound, and MRI) for hepatocarcinogenesis in humans rely on visual confirmation of neoplastic formations. A more effective early detection method is needed. Using in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), we show that alterations in the integral ratios of the bis-allyl to vinyl hydrogen protons in unsaturated lipid fatty acyl groups correlate with the development of neoplastic formations in vivo in a TGFalpha/c-myc mouse hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) model. HPLC analysis of the TGFalpha/c-myc mice liver tissue revealed a significant increase in the amount of oleic acid, along with alterations in linoleic and gamma-linolenic acids, as compared with control CD1 mice. Electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry analysis indicated a significant increase in the abundance of specific glycerol phosphatidylcholine (GPCho) lipids containing palmitic and oleic acids between control CD1 and TGFalpha/c-myc mice liver tissue extracts. Western blot analysis of the mice liver tissue indicates alterations in the desaturase enzyme stearoyl CoA desaturase (SCD)1, responsible for palmitic and oleic acid formation. Microarray analysis detected alterations in several genes involved with fatty acid metabolism, particularly SCD2, in transgenic mouse liver tissue. In correlation with the HPLC, mass spectrometry, Western blot, and microarray analyses, we are able to confirm the ability of in vivo MRS to detect precancerous lesions in the mouse liver before visual neoplastic formations were detectable by MRI.
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- J Griffitts
- Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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Nealon JR, Blanksby SJ, Mitchell TW, Else PL. Systematic differences in membrane acyl composition associated with varying body mass in mammals occur in all phospholipid classes: an analysis of kidney and brain. J Exp Biol 2008; 211:3195-204. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.019968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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SUMMARYThe acyl composition of membrane phospholipids in kidney and brain of mammals of different body mass was examined. It was hypothesized that reduction in unsaturation index (number of double bonds per 100 acyl chains)of membrane phospholipids with increasing body mass in mammals would be made-up of similar changes in acyl composition across all phospholipid classes and that phospholipid class distribution would be regulated and similar in the same tissues of the different-sized mammals. The results of this study supported both hypotheses. Differences in membrane phospholipid acyl composition (i.e. decreased omega-3 fats, increased monounsaturated fats and decreased unsaturation index with increasing body size) were not restricted to any specific phospholipid molecule or to any specific phospholipid class but were observed in all phospholipid classes. With increase in body mass of mammals both monounsaturates and use of less unsaturated polyunsaturates increases at the expense of the long-chain highly unsaturated omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturates, producing decreases in membrane unsaturation. The distribution of membrane phospholipid classes was essentially the same in the different-sized mammals with phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) together constituting ∼91% and ∼88% of all phospholipids in kidney and brain, respectively. The lack of sphingomyelin in the mouse tissues and higher levels in larger mammals suggests an increased presence of membrane lipid rafts in larger mammals. The results of this study support the proposal that the physical properties of membranes are likely to be involved in changing metabolic rate.
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- Jessica R. Nealon
- Metabolic Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 2522
- School of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 2522
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- School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales,Australia 2522
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- Metabolic Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 2522
- School of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 2522
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- Metabolic Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 2522
- School of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 2522
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Thomas MC, Mitchell TW, Harman DG, Deeley JM, Nealon JR, Blanksby SJ. Ozone-Induced Dissociation: Elucidation of Double Bond Position within Mass-Selected Lipid Ions. Anal Chem 2007; 80:303-11. [DOI: 10.1021/ac7017684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 267] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Michael C. Thomas
- Department of Chemistry and School of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and School of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and School of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and School of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and School of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and School of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW, 2522, Australia
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