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Arachidonic acid pools of rat kidney cell nuclei.
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PMID:  20838858     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
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We have assessed that nuclear lipids from rat kidney cells are not only membrane components, but they are also found within the nucleus. The most abundant nuclear and endonuclear lipids have a high proportion of unsaturated fatty acids (n-6 series: arachidonic > linoleic), mainly esterified to PtdCho. Nuclear most abundant molecular species are 16:0-20:4, 16:0-18:2, 18:0-20:4, 18:0-18:2, and 16:0-18:1. Arachidonic acid is esterified at the sn-2 position of PtdCho: 16:0-20:4(25%), 18:0-20:4(15%), 18:2-20:4(3%), 18:1-20:4(2%). Exogenous [1-(14)C]20:4n-6-CoA is esterified in vitro in GP (glycerophospholipids) > > TAG and DAG. Five PtdCho molecular species were labeled: 16:0-20:4, 18:0-20:4, 18:1-20:4, 18:2-20:4, and 20:4-20:4. In conclusion, these results demonstrated that: (1) there is an important lipid pool within kidney cell nuclei; (2) main nuclear and endonuclear lipid pools were PtdCho molecular species which contained a high proportion of unsaturated fatty acids (20:4n-6 and 18:2n-6) esterified at sn-2 position and 16:0 esterified at sn-1 position; (3) kidney cell nuclei also contained the necessary enzymes to esterify exogenous 20:4n-6-CoA to glycerolipids and to GP; (4) exogenous 20:4n-6-CoA was esterified in five PtdCho molecular species with 20:4n-6 at the sn-2 position, although the most actively synthesized PtdCho contained 20:4n-6 at both the sn-1 and sn-2 positions of the molecule; (5) we can infer that by a remodeling process, the unsaturated fatty acids at the sn-1 position of PtdCho molecular species could be replaced by 16:0 and 18:0, and thus PtdCho would achieve the physiological profile characteristic of the organ.
Authors:
Sabina M Maté; Juan P Layerenza; Ana Ves-Losada
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-09-14
Journal Detail:
Title:  Molecular and cellular biochemistry     Volume:  345     ISSN:  1573-4919     ISO Abbreviation:  Mol. Cell. Biochem.     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-05     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0364456     Medline TA:  Mol Cell Biochem     Country:  Netherlands    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  259-70     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata (INIBIOLP, CCT-La Plata, CONICET-UNLP), Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calles 60 y 120, 1900, La Plata, Argentina.
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