Abstract
Feeding rats a hyperlipidic diet in which animals were offered daily a variety of high-energy food resulted in a significant increase of serum free fatty acids and a decrease of phospholipids with respect to controls. On the contrary, there were no significant differences in erythrocyte membrane total lipid composition between the two groups. Erythrocyte membranes showed a significant decrease in saturated fatty acid content and a significant increase in (n-6) polyunsaturated fatty acid content; (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids significantly decreased. Membrane fluidity, investigated by fluorescence polarization of diphenylhexatriene, significantly increased in the erythrocyte membranes of the experimental group. These results seem compatible with the decreased saturated/unsaturated fatty acid ratio. A significant decrease of (Na+-K+)ATPase activity occurred in erythrocyte membranes of the experimental group rats with respect to the controls.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 11-18 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Molecular Membrane Biology |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1989 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Fondo de Investigaciones sanitarias de la Seguridad Social (Minis-terio de Sanidad y Consumo), Spain, and by Italian Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (C.N.R.), Rome and M.P.I. 60%.
Keywords
- Erythrocyte membrane
- Hyperlipidic diet
- Lipid composition
- Membrane fluidity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology