Lipid profile of rat myelin subfractions |
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Authors: | Antonella Di Biase Serafina Salvati Giovanni Serlupi Crescenzi |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Metabolism and Pathological Biochemistry, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena n. 299, 00161 Rome, Italy |
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Abstract: | Myelin from adult rat brains was separated on a discontinuous sucrose gradient into three subfractions. Analysis of light, heavy and membrane fraction lipid classes was performed by HPTLC and densitometry while fatty acid composition was determinated by GLC. The more interesting results observed are: i) the membrane fraction resembles in its lipid and fatty acid composition other cell membranes (particulary oligodentrocytes); ii) light and heavy myelin are quite similar between them but the former has a higher content of sphingomyelin, a lower hydroxy/nohhydroxy cerebrosides ratio and a lower content of monoenoic fatty acids than the heavy subfraction. The results obtained could explain the different structures observed in each myelin subfraction since fatty acid composition, hydroxy fatty acids, sphingomyelin and cholesterol play a key role in the stability and structure of membranes. |
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Keywords: | CNS myelin subfractions lipids fatty acids rats |
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