10.
Pure cardiolipins (1,3-diphosphatidylglycerol) were prepared from mitochondria of heart, liver and kidney from 21-day-old
male Wistar rats and submitted to
Naja naja venom phospholipase A
2 (EC 3.1.1.4) action. Incubation conditions were controlled carefully, and a complete hydrolysis of cardiolipin to lysocardiolipin
{di [1 (1″) acyl
sn-glycero-3-phosphoryl] 1′, 3′-
sn-glycerol} and fatty acids from positions 2 (2″) was obtained in less than two hr practically without side reactions. Cardiolipins
from the three organs contained low levels of saturated fatty acids; stearic acid accounted for 0.4–0.7% and palmitic acid
for 1.4–3.5% of total fatty acids. These percentages apparently depended on the organ. In all three cases, linoleic acid was
the major component, but its percentage varied from 62–78% of total fatty acids. Acyl chains linked to positions 1 (1″) of
all three cardiolipin preparations exhibited a similar pattern; they were composed of linoleic acid for 85–89%. This fatty
acid also was the main component esterified at position 2 (2″), but its percentage was much more variable: from 39.8% in heart
to 51.2% in kidney and 67.8% in liver mitochondria. The remaining acids comprised octadecenoic and polyunsaturated fatty acids
with more than 18 carbon atoms in different proportions. As opposed to other phospholipids,
cis-vaccenic acid, and not oleic acid, was the main octadecenoic acid present in cardiolipins.
Octadecenoic acids were nine- to 10-fold more concentrated at positions 2 (2″) than at positions 1 (1″). The percentage of
cis-vaccenic acid was four- to five-fold higher than that of oleic acid at positions 2 (2″), whereas oleic acid dominated at
positions 1 (1″). From results presented in this study and selected literature data, it may be concluded that fatty acids
are asymmetrically distributed in cardiolipins of different origins, with linoleic acid showing a definite preference for
position 1 (1″).
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