AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 266, Issue 5 E699-E708, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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In vivo measurement of fatty acids and cholesterol synthesis using D2O and mass isotopomer analysis

W. N. Lee, S. Bassilian, H. O. Ajie, D. A. Schoeller, J. Edmond, E. A. Bergner and L. O. Byerley
Research and Education Institute, Harbor University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance 90502.

The synthesis of palmitate, stearate, and cholesterol in liver and nervous tissues (brain, cord, and nerve) of Sprague-Dawley rats was determined using deuterated water (D2O) and mass isotopomer analysis. Rats were given 4% deuterium in their drinking water after each receiving an intraperitoneal priming dose. Animals were killed at 1, 2, 4, and 8 wk for deuterium enrichment in body water and determination of mass isotopomer distribution in lipids from various tissues. In 1 wk, the enrichment in the body water reached a plateau of 2.6%, which is 65% of that in the drinking water. We observed the maximum incorporation number (N) in all lipids to be higher than those previously observed, being 22, 24, and 30 for liver palmitate, stearate, and cholesterol, respectively, and N may vary among tissues. Using a single exponential model, we found the half-time (t1/2) and the plateau levels of the newly synthesized lipids of the nervous tissues (t1/2 values ranging from 5 to 28 days) to be different from those of the liver (t1/2 values < or = 4 days) in this relatively long-term study. Mass isotopomer distribution analysis and D2O can be used not only to quantitate the replacement rate of many lipids in various compartments but may also be used to elucidate the tissue-specific synthetic pathways from N.

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