| Abstract: | The metabolic fate of the geometrical isomers of 6-, 9-, and 11-octadecenoic acids was studied in isolated perfused rat livers. Although the ketogenicities of these monounsaturated fatty acids generally decreased as the double bond was moved away from the carboxyl group, a dependence on the geometrical difference was found only for 9-octadecenoate, the rate being significantly lower in the cis-isomer. Very low density lipoprotein lipid secretion was distinctly and specifically decreased when trans-9-octadecenoic acid was perfused, but no such difference was observed with other isomers. Various trans-isomers were actively incorporated into the hepatic lipids and secreted apparently at the expense of preexisting endogenous cis-octadecenoate. The trans-isomers were all incorporated exclusively at the 1-position of hepatic phosphatidylcholine. Concentrations of the cis-octadecenoate in the glycerolipids secreted and remaining in the liver were characteristically modified depending on the location of the ethylenic bond of the cis-octadecenoate. Thus, both the location of the double bond in the acyl-chain and the geometrical configuration specifically influence the rate of oxidation and esterification of octadecenoic acid in perfused rat liver. |
