PMID: 2493807Mar 14, 1989Paper

Effects of linoleic acid and mitogenic stimulation on the fatty acid composition of human lymphocytes

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
S E ShiresL K Trejdosiewicz

Abstract

Perturbation of the fatty acid composition of human lymphocytes in vitro was investigated by addition of linoleic acid complexed to bovine serum albumin (BSA-LA) and by mitogenic stimulation with phytohaemagglutinin (PHA). BSA-LA resulted in a 45% increase in linoleic acid in phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and over 100% in phosphatidylcholine (PC) in peripheral blood cells. Supplementation with BSA-LA in PHA-stimulated lymphocytes produced even greater changes: 100% increase in linoleic acid content for PE and over 300% for PC. There was a large decrease in oleic acid: 40% for PE and almost 100% in PC. Significant decreases in arachidonic acid occurred in both phospholipid fractions. PHA alone also altered membrane phospholipid fatty acid composition, with reductions in palmitic, stearic and linoleic acid for PE and increases in oleic acid and arachidonic acid (almost 100%). For PC, there were large decreases in stearic (40%), linoleic (30%) and arachidonic (40%) acids, together with an increase in oleic acid (65%). Cells supplemented with linoleic acid grown in the presence of PHA, compared with those grown in linoleic acid-supplemented medium alone, showed a 40% decrease in palmitic acid and a 55% increase in arachidonic acid ...Continue Reading

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