Polyphosphoinositides are derived from ether-linked inositol glycerophospholipids in rat brain

Sun H. Shin, Jong S. Kim, Hak R. Kim, Jin K. Lim, Byung K. Choi, Young K. Yeo

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Abstract

Membrane inositol glycerophospholipid (IGP) is metabolized to phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate (PIP), phosphatidylinositol-4, 5-bisphosphate (PIP2), and inositol triphosphate (IP3) in signaling transduction. This study was carried out to determine the subclasses of IGP involved in signaling pathway. The acyl chain moieties of the phospholipids are easily modulated by dietary fatty acids. We analyzed acyl chain composition of IGP 3-subclasses, PIP and PIP2 from rat brain after feeding sunflower seed oil enriched with linoleic acid or fish oil high in eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid. Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) as eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid were not incorporated into ether-linked IGP (alkenylacyl-glycerophosphoinositol and alkylacyl- glycerophosphoinositol), PIP and PIP2, while diacyl- glycerophosphoinositol (GPI) contained high LCPUFA. These results suggest that PIP might be phosphorylated from only the ether-linked IGP (alkenylacyl- and alkylacyl species) but not from diacyl subclass for signals to intracellular responses in the plasma membrane of rat brain.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)360-365
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Volume38
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005

Keywords

  • Docosahexaenoic acid
  • Docosapentaenoic acid
  • Ether-linked inositol glycerophospholipids
  • Phosphatidylinositol-4,5- bisphosphate
  • Phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate
  • Polyphosphoinositides

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