Phospholipid composition of liver in rats fed high levels of 13-cis retinoic acid |
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Authors: | Bassima S. Alam Syed Q. Alam |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Biochemistry, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1100 Florida Avenue, 70119, New Orleans, LA
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Abstract: | The composition of liver phospholipids was studied in rats fed for 4 weeks diets containing 0, 100 or 300 mg 13-cis retinoic acid per kg diet. There was a significant decrease in phosphatidylcholine content, whereas the levels of phosphatidylethanolamine were slightly increased in liver phospholipids of rats fed 13-cis retinoic acid. The fatty acid composition of total phospholipids, PC, PE, and PI+PS fractions revealed a general increase in the levels of 18∶2 and 20∶3ω6, whereas the levels of 20∶4ω6 and C22 fatty acids were reduced in most of the hepatic phospholipids isolated from rats fed 13-cis retinoic acid containing diets. A decrease in the double-bond index of fatty acids was also observed in phospholipids of rats fed 13-cis retinoic acid. The data suggest that high levels of 13-cis retinoic acid may possibly be influencing the activities of microsomal desaturating and chain-elongating enzymes in the liver. |
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