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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 52, 110-119, Copyright © 1990 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Changes in dietary lipid saturation modify fatty acid composition and high-density-lipoprotein binding of adipocyte plasma membrane

E Zsigmond, C Parrish, B Fong and A Angel
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Binding of rat high-density lipoprotein (HDL) to adipocyte plasma membranes appears to be mediated by specific protein-recognition sites, but membrane lipids may also affect these interactions. To study the effect of dietary fatty acid composition on adipocyte-membrane phospholipid composition and HDL binding, male Wistar rats (250 +/- 10 g) were fed diets high in polyunsaturated (20% wt:wt sunflowerseed oil) or saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids (20% lard, by weight). Sunflower-oil vs lard feeding significantly increased the polyunsaturated fatty acid content of membrane diacylglycerophospholipids and the (22:0 and 24:0) content of long- chain fatty acids of sphingomyelin (p less than 0.05) from epididymal and perirenal adipocyte plasma membranes. Concomitant with these changes in membrane phospholipid composition, sunflower-oil vs lard treatment significantly increased the maximum binding capacity (Bmax) of 125I-labeled HDL2 (p less than 0.05). These results show that feeding polyunsaturated fatty acids enhanced HDL2 Bmax of adipocyte plasma membranes, possibly as a consequence of altering the fatty acid composition of membrane phospholipids.


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