Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 14, 138-144, March 1973
Copyright © 1973 by Lipid Research, Inc.
Use of the isolated perfused rat lung in studies on lung lipid metabolism
Rodolfo I. Godinez and William J. Longmore
Department of Biochemistry, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104
A procedure for the use of the isolated perfused rat lung in studies on metabolic regulation has been developed. The procedure, reasonably uncomplicated, yet physiological, maintains the lung so that edema is not observed. The phospholipid content remains normal, and incorporation of [1-14C]-palmitate, [2-14C]acetate, and [U-14C]glucose is linear with time for a minimum of 2 hr. The incorporation of [1-14C]-palmitate and [2-14C]acetate into the total lung phospholipid fraction and into the phosphatidylcholine and phospatidylethanolamine fractions has been studied. Increasing the concentration of palmitate in the medium from 0.14 to 0.51 mm increased by 60% the incorporation of [1-14C]palmitate into the total lung phospholipid fraction at 2 hr. When the palmitate concentration of the medium was 0.14 mm, addition of 0.11 and 0.79 mm oleate to the medium decreased [1-14C]palmitate incorporation into the total lung phospholipid fraction at 2 hr by 37 and 49%, respectively.
The results suggest that the incorporation of exogenous fatty acids, present in the medium perfusing the lung, into lung phospholipids may depend upon the fatty acid composition of the medium. Known specific acyltransferase activities may be responsible for the ordered incorporation of available fatty acids into lung phospholipids.
Supplementary key words [1-14C]palmitate • [2-14C]acetate • [U-14C]glucose • phosphatidylcholine • phosphatidylethanolamine
Submitted on June 20, 1972
Accepted on October 30, 1972
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