Effect of chlorpromazine on rat arterial lipid synthesis,in vitro |
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Authors: | Frank P Bell Edna V Hubert |
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Affiliation: | (1) Diabetes and Athersclerosis Research, The Upjohn Company, 49001 Kalamazoo, MI |
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Abstract: | The effect of chlorpromazine, a major tranquilizer, on arterial lipid metabolism was studied in vitro in rat aortas incubated
with 14C] acetate and 14C] mevalonate as lipid precursors. Chlorpromazine at a level of 0.25 mM in the incubation medium significantly reduced the
incorporation of 14C] acetate into free fatty acids (p<0.01) and total phospholipids (p<0.001) but not triglycerides. Chlorpromazine also altered
the pattern of arterial phospholipids synthesized from 14C] acetate by significantly increasing the relative proportion of phosphatidylinositol plus phosphatidylserine (p<0.02) and
reducing the relative proportion of sphingomyelin (p<0.001). 14C] Acetate incorporation into the combined fractions of steryl esters plus hydrocarbons and sterols plus diglycerides was
also significantly reduced (p<0.001) by 0.25 mM chlorpromazine. Studies with 14C] mevalonate showed that chlorpromazine is also an inhibitor of sterol biosynthesis in arterial tissues as evidenced by 35–40%
reductions (p<0.05) in the formation of14C-labeled squalene and C27 sterols. |
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