Fatty Acid Uptake and Incorporation into Phospholipids in the Rat Lens | Zendy

Jessica Nealon | Zendy; Stephen J. Blanksby | Zendy; Paul J. Donaldson | Zendy; Roger J.W. Truscott | Zendy; Todd W. Mitchell | Zendy

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Fatty Acid Uptake and Incorporation into Phospholipids in the Rat Lens

Author(s) -

Jessica Nealon,

Stephen J. Blanksby,

Paul J. Donaldson,

Roger J.W. Truscott,

Todd W. Mitchell

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

investigative ophthalmology and visual science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935

H-Index - 218

eISSN - 1552-5783

pISSN - 0146-0404

DOI - 10.1167/iovs.10-5830

Subject(s) - palmitic acid , oleic acid , chemistry , phosphatidylethanolamine , biochemistry , fatty acid , lens (geology) , chromatography , lens fiber , membrane , phospholipid , biology , phosphatidylcholine , paleontology

Phospholipids are a major component of lens fiber cells and influence the activity of membrane proteins. Previous investigations of fatty acid uptake by the lens are limited. The purpose of the present study was thus to determine whether exogenous fatty acids could be taken up by the rat lens and incorporated into molecular phospholipids.

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