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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-7-6
pubmed:abstractText
The structure of mucosal triacylglycerols was studied in rat intestinal mucosa in vivo during the absorption of a low molecular weight fraction of butter oil and of the corresponding free fatty acids of medium and long chain length. The mucosal lipids were isolated by solvent extraction and the acylglycerol structures were determined by combined AgNO3- thin-layer chromatography and gas-liquid chromatography techniques and stereospecific analysis. Evidence was obtained for a rapid biosynthesis of triacylglycerols from diacylglycerols arising from the operation of both the monoacylglycerol and the phosphatidic acid biosynthetic pathways. Both sn-1,2- and sn-2,3-diacylglycerols appeared to be converted to triacylglycerols at significant rates, but a preferential utilization of sn-1,2-diacylglycerols could not be excluded. Endogenous dilution varied from a miniumum of 5% during triacylglycerol biosynthesis from monoacylglycerols to 15% during their synthesis from free fatty acids, and was characterized by a preferential placement of the endogenous acids in the sn-3 and 2 positions of the triacylglycerol molecules. Exogenous myristic acid was preferentially associated with the sn-3 position, and stearic acid became preferentially bound to the sn-1 position. The complexity of the triacylglycerol end products prevented an exact estimate of the contribution of the phosphatidic acid pathway, but the acylglycerol structures were compatible with a minimum of 20% of total triacylglycerol yield at all times.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0008-4018
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
145-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Biosynthesis of triacylglycerols by rat intestinal mucosa in vivo.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article