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Title: Metabolic fate of sphingomyelin of high-density lipoprotein in rat plasma

Journal Article · · Lipids; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02536017· OSTI ID:5801717

The metabolic fate of high density lipoprotein (HDL) sphingomyelin in plasma was studied in rats over a 24-hr period after injection of HDL containing sphingomyelin which was {sup 14}C-labeled in the stearic (18:0) or lignoceric acid (24:0) moiety and {sup 3}H-labeled in the choline methyl groups. Decay of label in plasma followed three phases. The first two phases were similar for both isotopes and both types of sphingomyelin (t1/2 approximately 10 and 110 min). However, during the third phase (from 10 hr after injection), {sup 3}H label disappeared more slowly than {sup 14}C label from 18:0 sphingomyelin, whereas the {sup 3}H/{sup 14}C ratio remained relatively constant when 24:0 sphingomyelin was used. Intact, doubly-labeled 18:0 sphingomyelin disappeared from HDL rapidly (t1/2 = 38 min) by tissue uptake and by transfer to very low density lipoprotein (VLDL). VLDL contained up to 12% of the sphingomyelin 1 hr after injection. This is the first demonstration of a transfer in vivo of sphingomyelin from HDL to VLDL. A similarly rapid transfer was also observed in vitro. Some nontritiated, ({sup 14}C)18:0 or ({sup 14}C)24:0 sphingomyelin was redistributed more slowly into HDL. Doubly-labeled phosphatidylcholine appeared in VLDL and HDL within 1 hr after injection and reached 1.8 and 2.1% of the injected {sup 14}C and {sup 3}H in VLDL at 1 hr, and 4.8 and 6.9% in HDL at 3 hr, respectively.

OSTI ID:
5801717
Journal Information:
Lipids; (USA), Vol. 25:10; ISSN 0024-4201
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English