Effect of chlorpromazine on rat arterial lipid synthesis, in vitro

Journal Article · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · Lipids; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02534649· OSTI ID:6253512

Bell, F P; Hubert, E V

The effect of chlorpromazine, a major tranquilizer, on arterial lipid metabolism was studied in vitro in rat aortas incubated with (/sup 14/C)acetate and (/sup 14/C)mevalonate as lipid precursors. Chlorpromazine at a level of 0.25 mM in the incubation medium significantly reduced the incorporation of (/sup 14/C)acetate into free fatty acids (p less than 0.01) and total phospholipids (p less than 0.001) but not triglycerides. Chlorpromazine also altered the pattern of arterial phospholipids synthesized from (/sup 14/C)acetate by significantly increasing the relative proportion of phosphatidylinositol plus phosphatidylserine (p less than 0.02) and reducing the relative proportion of sphingomyelin (p less than 0.001). (/sup 14/C) Acetate incorporation into the combined fractions of steryl esters plus hydrocarbons and sterols plus diglycerides was also significantly reduced (p less than 0.001) by 0.25 mM chlorpromazine. Studies with (/sup 14/C)mevalonate showed that chlorpromazine is also an inhibitor of sterol biosynthesis in arterial tissues as evidenced by 35-40% reductions (p less than 0.05) in the formation of /sup 14/C-labeled squalene and C27 sterols.

• Research Organization: Diabetes and Athersclerosis Research, The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI
• OSTI ID: 6253512
• Journal Information: Lipids; (United States), Vol. 17:10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CARBON 14 COMPOUNDS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
IN VITRO
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MAMMALS
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