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Lipid Hydroperoxides Inhibit Reacylation of Phospholipids in Neuronal Membranes

Lipid Hydroperoxides Inhibit Reacylation of Phospholipids in Neuronal Membranes Abstract: The unsaturated fatty acids that rapidly accumulate during ischemia are thought to participate in inducing irreversible brain injury, especially because they are highly susceptible to peroxidation when the tissue is reoxygenated. Our hypothesis was that peroxidation products of unsaturated fatty acids interfere with the reacylation of synaptic phospholipids, a process essential to membrane repair. To test this hypothesis, we have examined the effect of fatty acid hydroperoxides on incorporation of (1‐14C)arachidonic acid into synapto‐somal phospholipids. Rat forebrain synaptosomes were incubated with arachidonic or linoleic acid hydroperoxides and (14C)arachidonate, and then lipids were extracted and separated by TLC. Both hydroperoxides inhibited (14C)arachidonate incorporation into phospholipids in a concentration‐dependent manner, with 50% inhibition occurring at less than 25 μM hydroperoxide, in both the absence and presence of exogenous lysophospholipids. The inhibition was of the non‐competitive type. It is concluded that (a) low levels of fatty acid hydroperoxides inhibit the reacylation of synaptosomal phospholipids, and (b) this inhibition may constitute an important mechanism whereby peroxidative processes contribute to irreversible brain damage. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Neurochemistry Wiley

Lipid Hydroperoxides Inhibit Reacylation of Phospholipids in Neuronal Membranes

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Copyright © 1989 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0022-3042
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1471-4159
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10.1111/j.1471-4159.1989.tb10925.x
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Abstract: The unsaturated fatty acids that rapidly accumulate during ischemia are thought to participate in inducing irreversible brain injury, especially because they are highly susceptible to peroxidation when the tissue is reoxygenated. Our hypothesis was that peroxidation products of unsaturated fatty acids interfere with the reacylation of synaptic phospholipids, a process essential to membrane repair. To test this hypothesis, we have examined the effect of fatty acid hydroperoxides on incorporation of (1‐14C)arachidonic acid into synapto‐somal phospholipids. Rat forebrain synaptosomes were incubated with arachidonic or linoleic acid hydroperoxides and (14C)arachidonate, and then lipids were extracted and separated by TLC. Both hydroperoxides inhibited (14C)arachidonate incorporation into phospholipids in a concentration‐dependent manner, with 50% inhibition occurring at less than 25 μM hydroperoxide, in both the absence and presence of exogenous lysophospholipids. The inhibition was of the non‐competitive type. It is concluded that (a) low levels of fatty acid hydroperoxides inhibit the reacylation of synaptosomal phospholipids, and (b) this inhibition may constitute an important mechanism whereby peroxidative processes contribute to irreversible brain damage.

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Journal of Neurochemistry – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 1989

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