The pathway from arachidonic to docosapentaenoic acid (20:4n-6 to 22:5n-6) and from eicosapentaenoic to docosahexaenoic acid (20:5n-3 to 22:6n-3) studied in testicular cells from immature rats |
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Authors: | Kjetil Retterstøl Trine B. Haugen Bjørn O. Christophersen |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, National Hospital, University of Oslo, N-0027 Oslo, Norway;2. Andrology Laboratory, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, National Hospital, University of Oslo, N-0027 Oslo, Norway |
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Abstract: | The concentration-dependent metabolism of 1-14C-labelled precursors of 22:5n-6 and 22:6n-3 was compared in rat testis cells. The amounts of [14C]22- and 24-carbon metabolites were measured by HPLC. The conversion of [1-14C]20:5n-3 to [3-14C]22:6n-3 was more efficient than that of [1-14C]20:4n-6 to [3-14C]22:5n-6. At low substrate concentration (4 μM) it was 3.4 times more efficient, reduced to 2.3 times at high substrate concentration (40 μM). The conversion of [1-14C]22:5n-3 to [1-14C]22:6n-3 was 1.7 times more efficient than that of [1-14C]22:4n-6 to [1-14C]22:5n-6 using a low, but almost equally efficient using a high substrate concentration. When unlabelled 20:5n-3 was added to a cell suspension incubated with [1-14C]20:4n-6 or unlabelled 22:5n-3 to a cell suspension incubated with [1-14C]22:4n-6, the unlabelled n-3 fatty acids strongly inhibited the conversion of [1-14C]20:4n-6 or [1-14C]22:4n-6 to [14C]22:5n-6. In the reciprocal experiment, unlabelled 20:4n-6 and 22:4n-6 only weakly inhibited the conversion of [1-14C]20:5n-3 and [1-14C]22:5n-3 to [14C]22:6n-3. The results indicate that if both n-6 and n-3 fatty acids are present, the n-3 fatty acids are preferred over the n-6 fatty acids in the elongation from 20- to 22- and from 22- to 24-carbon atom fatty acids. In vivo the demand for 22-carbon fatty acids for spermatogenesis in the rat may exceed the supply of n-3 precursors and thus facilitate the formation of 22:5n-6 from the more abundant n-6 precursors. |
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Keywords: | Docosahexaenoic acid Docosapentaenoic acid Essential fatty acid Rat Sertoli cells Testicular cells AUC, area under the curve PtdCho, phosphatidylcholine PtdEtn, phosphatidylethanolamine PtdIns, phosphatidylinositol PtdSer, phosphatidylserine PL, phospholipid TAG, triacylglycerol |
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