Estimation of the content of lipids composing endothelial lipid droplets based on Raman imaging

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
Marta Z PaciaMalgorzata Baranska

Abstract

Lipid droplets (LDs) are dynamic organelles involved in intracellular lipid metabolism, and the biogenesis of LDs in endothelium is triggered by the excess of lipids in the environment. In this paper we present the methodology aimed to define the composition of endothelial LDs formed upon stimulation with oleic acid (OA) in two models: endothelial cells cultured in vitro and in isolated blood vessel ex vivo. The biochemical composition of LDs was determined using Raman imaging, followed by the lipid unsaturation calibration analysis and modelling of spectral bands based on individual spectra of selected lipids. Among LDs formed in response to OA in vitro or ex vivo conditions there were two types of LDs; those with more unsaturated (average number of CC bonds equalled 1.40) or saturated (average number of CC bonds equalled 0.95) lipids. The modelling of endothelial LDs composition revealed the OA represented a major component of LDs (80.6-91.3%) with an important content of arachidonic acid (8.7-19.4%). In conclusion, endothelial LDs consist of exogenous oleic acid uptaken from the extracellular space, and the endogenous arachidonic acid released from plasma membranes.

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