Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 28, 130-137, Copyright © 1987 by Lipid Research, Inc.
Characterization of the phospholipid and fatty acid composition of Sendai virus
JA Barnes, DJ Pehowich and TM Allen
The lipid composition of Sendai virus, propagated in chicken eggs, was
analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), thin-layer
chromatography (TLC), and gas-liquid chromatography (GLC).
Phosphatidylcholine was found to be the dominant phospholipid (37.3%) with
phosphatidylethanolamine (26.8%) and phosphatidylserine (12.0%) also
present in significant amounts. Analysis of the fatty acid methyl esters
revealed that the dominant fatty acids in total phospholipid were: C16:0
(17.6%), C18:0 (15.4%), C18:1 (n-9) (22.0%), and C24:0 (6.0%). Cardiolipin,
phosphatidylserine, and sphingomyelin contained higher levels of saturated
fatty acids relative to phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylethanolamine, and
phosphatidylcholine.