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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
Diabetes-associated changes in intestinal uptake of nutrients are modified by isocaloric variations in the type of dietary lipids, and are associated with alterations in the phospholipid and fatty acyl content of the intestinal brush border membrane. The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that diet- and diabetes-associated changes in enterocyte microsomal membrane phospholipids are due to variations in the activity of two phospholipid metabolizing enzymes, 1,2-diacylglycerol:CDPcholine cholinephosphotransferase (CPT) and phosphatidylethanolamine methyltransferase (PEMT). Adult female Wistar rats were fed one of four semisynthetic diets--beef tallow low in cholesterol (BT), beef tallow high in cholesterol (BTC), fish oil low in cholesterol (FO) or fish oil high in cholesterol. In half of the animals, diabetes mellitus was produced by injection of streptozotocin. Jejunal and ileal enterocyte microsomes (EMM) were isolated and analyzed for cholesterol and phospholipids, as well as for CPT and PEMT activities. In control animals, feeding FO reduced EMM total phospholipids including phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylinositol. Feeding FO resulted in a greater than 95% reduction in the activity of CPT. Diabetes was associated with increased jejunal EMM total phospholipids including sphingomyelin (SM) and PE, without associated changes in CPT or PEMT. Dietary cholesterol supplementation did not affect EMM total cholesterol or phosphlipid composition in control rats fed BT or FO, but was associated with an increase in EMM cholesterol in diabetic rats fed BT or FO. A decrease in total phospholipids due to a decline in SM, PC and PE in diabetic rats fed FO was not associated with changes in the activities of CPT or PEMT in EMM.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0024-4201
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
851-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Dietary omega 3 fatty acids and cholesterol modify enterocyte microsomal membrane phospholipids, cholesterol content and phospholipid enzyme activities in diabetic rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't