Trienoic fatty acids, namely -linolenic acid and hexadecatrienoic acid, present in leaf lipids are produced by -3 fatty acid desaturases located in the endoplasmic reticulum and plastid membranes. The changes in the level of trienoic fatty acids during leaf maturation were investigated in wild-type plants of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. and in the fad7 mutant deficient in the activity of a plastid -3 desaturase. The levels of trienoic fatty acids increased in 26 °C- and 15 °C-grown wild-type plants with maturation of leaves. The increase in trienoic fatty acids was mainly due to galactolipids enriched in plastid membranes. In addition, the relative levels of trienoic fatty acids in major glycerolipids, including phospholipids enriched in the endoplasmic reticulum membranes, also increased with leaf maturation. By contrast, when the fad7 mutant was grown at 26 °C, the relative levels of trienoic fatty acids in individual lipids decreased with leaf maturation. The decreases in the levels of trienoic fatty acids, however, were alleviated when the fad7 mutant was grown at 15 °C. These results suggest that the plastid -3 desaturase plays a major role in increasing the levels of trienoic fatty acids with leaf maturation.Abbreviations 163
hexadecatrienoic acid
- 183
-linolenic acid
- DGD
digalactosyldiacylglycerol
- MGD
monogalactosyldiacylglycerol
- PC
phosphatidylcholine
- PE
phosphatidylethanolamine
- TA
trienoic fatty acid
- WT
wild type
- -3
refers to the position of the double bond from the methyl end of a fatty acid
This research was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific research (#07251214 and #06804050 to K.I.) from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan, and by the research grant from Shorai Foundation. 相似文献
An oleaginous hydrocarbon-degrading Rhodococcus opacus strain (PD630) was isolated from a soil sample. The cells were able to grow on a variety of substrates and to produce large
amounts of three different types of intracellular inclusions during growth on alkanes, phenylalkanes, or non-hydrocarbon substrates.
Electron microscopy revealed large numbers of electron-transparent inclusions with a sphere-like structure. In addition, electron-dense
inclusions representing polyphosphate and electron-transparent inclusions with an elongated disc-shaped morphology occurred
in small amounts. The electron-transparent inclusions of alkane- or gluconate-grown cells were composed of neutral lipids
(98%, w/w), phospholipids (1.2%, w/w), and protein (0.8%, w/w). The major component of the cellular inclusions was triacylglycerols;
minor amounts of diacylglycerols and probably also some free fatty acids were also present. Free fatty acids and/or fatty
acids in acylglycerols in cells of R. opacus amounted up to 76 or 87% of the cellular dry weight in gluconate- or olive-oil-grown cells, respectively. The fatty acid composition
of the inclusions depended on the substrate used for cultivation. In cells cultivated on n-alkanes, the composition of the
fatty acids was related to the substrate, and intermediates of the β-oxidation pathway, such as hexadecanoic or pentadecanoic
acid, were among the acylglycerols. Hexadecanoic acid was also the major fatty acid (up 36% of total fatty acids) occurring
in the lipid inclusions of gluconate-grown cells. This indicated that strain PD630 utilized β-oxidation and de novo fatty
acid biosynthesis for the synthesis of storage lipids. Inclusions isolated from phenyldecane-grown cells contained mainly
the non-modified substrate and phenylalkanoic acids derived from the hydrocarbon oxidation, such as phenyldecanoic acid, phenyloctanoic
acid, and phenylhexanoic acid, and approximately 5% (w/w) of diacylglycerols. The lipid inclusions seemed to have definite
structures, probably with membranes at their surfaces, which allow them to maintain their shape, and with some associated
proteins, probably involved in the inclusion formation.
Received: 22 December 1995 / Accepted: 12 March 1996 相似文献
Dietary treatment with three diets differing in vitamin E, Low E (15 mg of vitamin E/kg diet), Medium E (150 mg/kg), or High E (1,500 mg/kg), resulted in guinea pigs with low (but nondeficient), intermediate, or high heart a-tocopherol concentration. Neither the antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and reductase, nor the nonenzymatic antioxidants, GSH, ascorbate, and uric acid were homeostatically depressed by increases in heart a-tocopherol. Protection from both enzymatic (NADPH dependent) and nonenzymatic (ascorbate-Fe2+) lipid peroxidation was strongly increased by vitamin E supplementation from Low to Medium E Whereas no additional gain was obtained from the Medium E to the High E group. The GSH/GSSG and GSH/total glutathione ratios increased as a function of the vitamin E dietary concentration closely resembling the shape of the dependence of heart a-tocopherol on dietary vitamin E. The results show the capacity of dietary vitamin E to increase the global antioxidant capacity of the heart and to improve the heart redox status in both the lipid and water-soluble compartments. This capacity occurred at levels six times higher than the minimum daily requirement of vitamin E, even in the presence of optimum dietary vitamin C concentrations and basal unstressed conditions. The need for vitamin E dietary supplementation seems specially important in this tissue due to the low constitutive levels of endogenous enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants present of the mammalian heart in comparison with those of other internal organs. 相似文献
Rebamipide, a novel antipeptic ulcer drug, 2-(4-chlorobenzoylamino)-3-[2(1H)-quinolinone-4-yl]-propionic acid, was studied for its inhibitory effect on gastric xanthine oxidase activity and type conversion of the enzyme that has a profound role in free radical generation. Intraperitoneal administration of rebamipide at 60 mg/kg body weight reduced gastric mucosal hemorrhagic lesions and lipid peroxidation, which was proportional to the inhibitory effect of rebamipide on alcohol-induced xanthine oxidase-type conversion and enzyme activity. It was also observed that the activity of xanthine oxidase was significantly inhibited by administration of rebamipide at 60 mg/kg body weight, leading to a significant reduction of lipid peroxide content in alcohol-treated rats. The results suggest that alcohol-induced gastric mucosal lesions might be, in part, due to the increased activity of xanthine oxidase and type conversion rate of the enzyme and the protective effect of rebamipide on gastric mucosal lesions would result from its ability to protect against oxidative stress on gastric mucosal lesions of alcohol-treated rats. 相似文献
Mammary metabolism in multiparous lactating ewes fed either lucerne chaff:barley grain (L:B; 70:30) or lucerne chaff:lupin grain (L:Lu; 70:30) diets was measured while at rest, during exercise on a treadmill at 0.7 m s−1 on a 10 ° slope for 60 min, and during 30 min recovery from exercise. The effects of these treatments on plasma glucose, lactate, alpha-amino nitrogen (-amino N), non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) and acetate were measured. Net mammary uptake of oxygen and metabolites was calculated from mammary blood flow and arteriovenous concentration (A − V) differences.
Mammary blood flow was reduced by 25% during exercise. Arterial concentrations of oxygen, glucose, lactate, -amino N and NEFA increased during exercise, whereas acetate concentration either remained unchanged or declined. Mammary A − V differences were significantly higher for oxygen, glucose, lactate and NEFA, and tended to be higher for -amino N and lower for acetate during exercise. The mammary uptakes of oxygen, glucose, lactate and -amino N were unaffected by exercise, whereas the uptake of NEFA was significantly increased and that of acetate was significantly reduced. The changes in arterial concentrations and mammary uptakes in response to exercise were not significantly affected by the diet. The responses in acetate and NEFA fluxes across the mammary gland might bring a change in the utilization of other metabolites as well as in the fatty acid composition of milk fat. 相似文献
The activity of some enzymes of intermediary metabolism, including enzymes of glycolysis, the hexose monophosphate shunt, and polyol cryoprotectant synthesis, were measured in freeze-tolerant Eurosta solidaginis larvae over a winter season and upon entry into pupation. Flexible metabolic rearrangement was observed concurrently with acclimatization and development. Profiles of enzyme activities related to the metabolism of the cryoprotectant glycerol indicated that fall biosynthesis may occur from two possible pathways: 1. glyceraldehyde-phosphate glyceraldehyde glycerol, using glyceraldehyde phosphatase and NADPH-linked polyol dehydrogenase, or 2. dihydroxyacetonephosphate glycerol-3-phosphate glycerol, using glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and glycerol-3-phosphatase. Clearance of glycerol in the spring appeared to occur by a novel route through the action of polyol dehydrogenase and glyceraldehyde kinase. Profiles of enzyme activities associated with sorbitol metabolism suggested that this polyol cryoprotectant was synthesized from glucose-6-phosphate through the action of glucose-6-phosphatase and NADPH-linked polyol dehydrogenase. Removal of sorbitol in the spring appeared to occur through the action of sorbitol dehydrogenase and hexokinase. Glycogen phosphorylase activation ensured the required flow of carbon into the synthesis of both glycerol and sorbitol. Little change was seen in the activity of glycolytic or hexose monophosphate shunt enzymes over the winter. Increased activity of the -glycerophosphate shuttle in the spring, indicated by greatly increased glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity, may be key to removal and oxidation of reducing equivalents generated from polyol cryoprotectan catabolism.Abbreviations 6PGDH
6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase
- DHAP
dihydroxy acetone phosphate
- F6P
fructose-6-phosphate
- F6Pase
fructose-6-phospha-tase
- FBPase
fructose-bisphosphatase
- G3P
glycerol-3-phosphate
- G3Pase
glycerol-3-phosphate phophatase
- G3PDH
glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
- G6P
glucose-6-phosphate
- G6Pase
glucose-6-phosphatase
- G6PDH
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
- GAK
glyceraldehyde kinase
- GAP
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
- GAPase
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphatase
- GAPDH
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
- GDH
glycerol dehydrogenase
- GPase
glycogen phosphorylase
- HMS
hexose monophosphate shunt
- LDH
lactate dehydrogenase
- NADP-IDH
NADP+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase
- PDHald
polyol dehydrogenase, glyceraldehyde activity
- PDHgluc
polyol dehydrogenase, glucose activity
- PFK
phosphofructokinase
- PGI
phosphoglucoisomerase
- PGK
phosphoglycerate kinase
- PGM
phosphoglucomutase
- PK
pyruvate kinase
- PMSF
phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride
- SoDH
sorbitol dehydrogenase
-
Vmax
maximal enzyme activity
- ww
wet weight 相似文献
The expression of three classes of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs), Alpha, Mu, and Pi was investigated in the nasal mucosae of rats during development using immunohistochemical methods. GST Alpha and Mu were first detected in the supranuclear region of sustentacular cells on embryonic days 16. The Bowman's glands expressed differential patterns of immunoreactivity during development, beginning at postnatal day (P) 2 and P6 for Alpha and Mu classes, respectively and being greatest at P11 for both. The acinar cells of vomeronasal glands in the vomeronasal organ expressed Alpha and Mu classes of GSTs from P11 onwards. In the septal organ of Masera, the supranuclear region of sustentacular cells expressed GSTs from P11 with little or no variation during development. In the respiratory mucosa, Alpha and Mu classes of GSTs were detected at the brush borders of ciliated cells and in the acinar cells of posterior septal glands, but not in anterior septal or respiratory glands located on the turbinates. Compared to olfactory mucosa, the changes in immunoreactivity for GSTs were less pronounced in the respiratory mucosa during development. Specific GST Pi immunoreactivity was not detected in the nasal mucosae at any stage of development studied. The occurrence of GSTs in the nasal mucosa, including olfactory, vomeronasal, septal, and respiratory epithelia, suggests that the GSTs are actively involved in the biotransformation of xenobiotics including odorants and pheromones, and may also participate in perireceptor processes such as odorant clearance. In addition, we have developed a working model describing the cellular localization of certain phase I (e.g., cytochrome P-450s) and phase II (e.g., GSTs, -glutamyl transpeptidase) biotransformation enzymes in the olfactory mucosa and their proposed roles in xenobiotic metabolism. 相似文献
The degree to which the y-intercept (Y-int) of the linear regression of maximal work output on exercise duration represented anaerobic capacity was determined in ten well-trained male cyclists [peak oxygen uptake (
= 69.8 (SD 4.2) ml · kg –1 · min –1). Each cyclist performed three exhausting cycle sessions on separate occasions; the mean exercise durations were 312, 243 and 141 s for the low (approximately 104%
, medium (approximately 108%
and high (approximately 113%
intensities respectively, and Y-int (kilojoules; joules per kilogram was derived from the regression of work output on exercise duration. The muscle anaerobic adenosine 5-triphosphate (ATP) yield (ATP) and anaerobic capacity (AC) were estimated from changes in metabolites in the vastus lateralis muscle and blood lactate concentration during the high intensity cycling session. The activities of glycogen phosphorylase, phosphofructokinase and citrate synthase, as well as muscle buffer value (in vitro ) were also determined. The Y-int (kilojoules) was positively correlated (P0.05) with AC (r=0.73), ATP (r=0.70) and in vitro (r=0.71); similar correlations (P0.05) were observed for Y-int (joules per kilogram). The Y-int was not correlated (P>0.05) with any enzyme activity. When the Y-int was transformed into oxygen equivalents [litres of oxygen equivalent (1 O2 Eq)] it was, on average, 0.92 1 O2 Eq lower than AC (P0.05); however, an alternative method of establishing the work-duration regression yielded a mean Y-int which was only 0.19 1 O2 Eq less than AC (P0.05). These findings support the validity of Y-int as a work estimate of anaerobic capacity in well-trained cyclists. 相似文献
Abstract: Effects of ascorbic acid (AA) on 125I-SCH 23982 binding to D1 dopaminergic receptors in membrane preparations from rat striatum were investigated. AA in the range of 0.03 µ M –0.33 m M inhibited 75% of specific binding of 125I-SCH 23982 in a dose-dependent manner. At higher concentrations, this inhibition of binding activity by AA was less potent, and 3.3 m M AA inhibited only 30% of specific binding. Reduced glutathione did not alter the inhibition of binding by 0.33 m M AA, but reduced the inhibition by 3.3 m M AA to 8% of specific binding. The loss of specific binding by AA was rescued by 1 m M EDTA, an inhibitor of lipid peroxidation. In the absence of AA, competition experiments with the agonist, dopamine, revealed the presence of high-affinity ( K h = 224.9 ± 48.9 n M ) and low-affinity ( K l = 21,100 ± 2,400 n M ) binding sites. Although the maximum binding of 125I-SCH 23982 decreased to 40% without affecting the K D value in the presence of 1.67 m M AA, the value of the high-affinity site for dopamine was increased ( K h = 23.3 ± 9.4 n M ) and that of the low-affinity site was decreased ( K l = 136,800 ± 40,900 n M ). These results suggest that AA may affect D1 dopamine receptor function by lipid peroxidation, competition with dopamine for low-affinity sites, and reduced oxidation of dopamine. 相似文献