Glycerol incorporation into brain lipids in rat pups born to ethanol-intoxicated dams |
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Authors: | Giomimmo Custo Lanfranco Corazzi Patrizia Mastrofini Giuseppe Arienti |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Medical School, University of Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy;(2) Department of Biological Chemistry, The Medical School, University of Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy |
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Abstract: | The incorporation of labeled glycerol into glycerolipid of rat brain was influenced by the age of the animal (2-month-oldvs. newborn); indeed, 12 min after the administration, diglyceride was the most heavily labeled glycerolipid in the newborn brain, whereas the labeling of glycerophospholipid was highest in the adult. Various amounts of ethanol (0% to 36% of total energy intake) were administered to pregnant female rats, and the brains of their pups were examined for the ability to incorporate labeled glycerol into glycerolipid. The radioactivity incorporated into lipid diminished with increasing the amounts of alcohol consumed. The labeling pattern of lipid classes was also influenced; indeed, the radioactivity of diglyceride decreased markedly, whereas that of triglyceride and glycerophospholipid was affected to a lower degree. The distribution of radioactivity among different phospholipids also varied with age; on a percent basis, phosphatidylcholine was labeled less and phosphatidylinositol was labeled more in the newborn than in the adult. Ethanol influenced the pattern of glycerophospholipid labeling, increasing the radioactivity of phosphatidylserine and decreasing that of phosphatidylinositol. |
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Keywords: | Ethanol fetal alcohol syndrome brain membranes glycerolipid |
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