TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterizations of Pneumocystis carinii and rat lung lipids
T2 - Glyceryl ethers and fatty alcohols
AU - Kaneshiro, Edna S.
AU - Guo, Zengkui
AU - Sul, Donggeun
AU - Kallam, Kathryn A.
AU - Jayasimhulu, Koka
AU - Beach, David H.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1998/10
Y1 - 1998/10
N2 - Pneumocystis carinii carinii and rat lung phospholipids contained 3-6% 1-alkyl-2-acyl glycerols composed of the glyceryl ether species, 1-O- octadecyl glycerol (batyl alcohol), 1-O-octadec-9-enyl glycerol (selachyl alcohol), 1-O-hexadecyl glycerol (chimyl alcohol), and 1-O-hexadec-9-enyl glycerol. Of the major phospholipid classes, phosphatidylinositol (PI) and phosphatidylserine contained the highest percentage of alkyl acyl glycerols. Methylprednisolone treatment caused an increase in alkyl acyl PI of rat lung lipids from 12% to 45%., As the PI concentration in lung phospholipids increases in rats treated with methylprednisolone, the increase in alkyl acyl PI was substantial; the proportions of alkyl acyl phosphatidylethanolamine and alkyl acyl lyso phosphatidylcholine (PC) also increased. Pneumocystis phospholipids contained higher proportions of alkyl acyl PC than the phospholipids of the lungs from normal and immunosuppressed uninfected rats. The glyceryl ether compositions of P. carinii carinii PC and lyso PC were similar, which suggests that lyso PC in the organism is derived by phospholipase A2 action on PC. This was not the case for PC and lyso PC of the lung controls. Analysis of the free fatty alcohols, precursors of glyceryl ethers identified only saturated species in P. carinii carinii and rat lung controls. Thus, the introduction of a double bond in the alcohol moiety of glyceryl ethers occurs after formation of the ether linkage between fatty alcohol and the glyceryl backbone. - Kaneshiro, E. S., Z. Guo, D. Sul, K. A. Kallam, K. Jayasimhulu, and D. H. Beach. Characterization of Pneumocystis carinii and rat lung lipids: glyceryl ethers and fatty alcohols.
AB - Pneumocystis carinii carinii and rat lung phospholipids contained 3-6% 1-alkyl-2-acyl glycerols composed of the glyceryl ether species, 1-O- octadecyl glycerol (batyl alcohol), 1-O-octadec-9-enyl glycerol (selachyl alcohol), 1-O-hexadecyl glycerol (chimyl alcohol), and 1-O-hexadec-9-enyl glycerol. Of the major phospholipid classes, phosphatidylinositol (PI) and phosphatidylserine contained the highest percentage of alkyl acyl glycerols. Methylprednisolone treatment caused an increase in alkyl acyl PI of rat lung lipids from 12% to 45%., As the PI concentration in lung phospholipids increases in rats treated with methylprednisolone, the increase in alkyl acyl PI was substantial; the proportions of alkyl acyl phosphatidylethanolamine and alkyl acyl lyso phosphatidylcholine (PC) also increased. Pneumocystis phospholipids contained higher proportions of alkyl acyl PC than the phospholipids of the lungs from normal and immunosuppressed uninfected rats. The glyceryl ether compositions of P. carinii carinii PC and lyso PC were similar, which suggests that lyso PC in the organism is derived by phospholipase A2 action on PC. This was not the case for PC and lyso PC of the lung controls. Analysis of the free fatty alcohols, precursors of glyceryl ethers identified only saturated species in P. carinii carinii and rat lung controls. Thus, the introduction of a double bond in the alcohol moiety of glyceryl ethers occurs after formation of the ether linkage between fatty alcohol and the glyceryl backbone. - Kaneshiro, E. S., Z. Guo, D. Sul, K. A. Kallam, K. Jayasimhulu, and D. H. Beach. Characterization of Pneumocystis carinii and rat lung lipids: glyceryl ethers and fatty alcohols.
KW - 1-O-hexadec-9- enyl glycerol
KW - 1-O-octadec-9-enyl glycerol
KW - AIDS
KW - Batyl alcohol
KW - Chimyl alcohol
KW - Long chain alcohols
KW - Phospholipids
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M3 - Article
C2 - 9788237
AN - SCOPUS:0031656639
SN - 0022-2275
VL - 39
SP - 1907
EP - 1917
JO - Journal of Lipid Research
JF - Journal of Lipid Research
IS - 10
ER -