Fatty acid synthesis from 2-14C-acetate in rat testis mitochondrial and cytosol fractions in vitro

An in vitro system for acetate incorporation into fatty acids by the mitochondrial and the cytosol fractions of rat testis is described. The rate of incorporation of acetate into fatty acids was twice as fast with the mitochondrial as with the cytosol fraction; both systems were stimulated in the presence of adenosine triphosphate, reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, coenzyme A, and MgC1(2). The optimum pH was between 7.0-7.5 for the mitochondrial fraction and between 6.5-8.0 for the cytosol fraction. Radio gas chromatography showed that palmitic acid was the most highly labeled acid, followed by stearic acid, in the mitochondrial fraction in accord with the pathway of de novo fatty acid synthesis. Some of the labeled acetate was also incorporated into the 16:1 and 18:1 fatty acids of this fraction. Distribution of radioactivity among the mitochondrial lipid classes was highest in the phospholipids and monoglycerides, followed by diglycerides and cholesterol; little radioactivity was present in the triglyceride fraction. These observations are in accord with studies of the incorporation of labeled metabolites into testicular lipids following intratesticular injection and indicate the validity of the in vitro system for studies of specific reactions occurring in vivo.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1975

Erschienen:

1975

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Lipids - 10(1975), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 814-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Haeffner, E W [VerfasserIn]
Privett, O S [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

53-59-8
8L70Q75FXE
Acetates
Adenosine Triphosphate
Coenzyme A
Fatty Acids
I38ZP9992A
Journal Article
Lipids
Magnesium
NADP
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
SAA04E81UX

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.03.1976

Date Revised 14.08.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM000020664