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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-12-15
pubmed:abstractText
The positioning of acyl chains in both 1-O-alkyl-2-acyl- and 1,2-diacyl-phospholipids was analyzed at various time intervals for a thermotolerant strain (NT-1) of Tetrahymena pyriformis cells during cold acclimation. During the 10 h period of adaptation, cells were not able to grow but maintained the ability to divide. The content of palmitate (16 : 0) in phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine was decreased after temperature-shift, with a concurrent increase of palmitoleate (16 : 1 delta 9) and gamma-linolenate (18 : 3 delta 6,9,12). An increase in gamma-linolenate at the 1-position and linoleate at the 2-position was observed in diacyl-phospholipids (phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine and 2-aminoethylphosphonolipid). The 2-position of 1-O-alkyl-2-acyl-phosphatidylcholine and 1-O-alkyl-2-acyl-(2-aminoethyl)phosphonolipid was occupied mainly by gamma-linolenate together with cilienate (18 : 2 delta 6,11) and linoleate (18 : 2 delta 9,12). Cilienate and gamma-linolenate at the 2-position of 1-O-alkyl-2-acyl-phosphatidylcholine were increased after temperature shift, with a small decrease of linoleate. There are little significant changes in alkyl ether lipid content of phosphatidylcholine and 2-aminoethylphosphonolipid after temperature shift. The results indicate that phosphatidylethanolamine, which is most abundant and present only in the diacyl form, would play a crucial role in thermal adaptation of membrane lipids, by replacing palmitate with gamma-linolenate at its 1-position, and also that hexadecyl/gamma-linolenoyl phosphatidylcholine would be an important molecular species in the acclimation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
665
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
66-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Studies on thermal adaptation in Tetrahymena membrane lipids. Changes in positional distribution of fatty acids in diacyl-phospholipids and alkyl-acyl-phospholipids during temperature acclimation.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't