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Lipid and fatty acid variations in Ciona intestinalis ovary after tri‐ n ‐butyltin(IV)chloride exposure
Author(s) -
Puccia E.,
Messina C.M.,
Cangialosi M.V.,
D'Agati P.,
Mansueto C.,
Pellerito C.,
Nagy L.,
Mansueto V.,
Scopelliti M.,
Fiore T.,
Pellerito L.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
applied organometallic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1099-0739
pISSN - 0268-2605
DOI - 10.1002/aoc.765
Subject(s) - chemistry , phospholipid , polyunsaturated fatty acid , ciona intestinalis , ovary , chloride , fatty acid , triglyceride , biochemistry , membrane fluidity , food science , membrane , cholesterol , organic chemistry , endocrinology , gene , medicine
Abstract Reduction of total lipids (TL) content and significant variations of triglyceride (TG) and phospholipid (PL) fractions were observed as a consequence of exposure of Ciona intestinalis ovaries to tributyltin chloride (TBTCL) solutions. In particular, an evident TG decrease and a PL increase were observed, which probably provoked an increment in membrane fluidity, because of the high concentration of long chain fatty acids and, as a consequence, PL. This could be a cell adaptive standing mechanism towards the pollutants, as observed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Also the increase in the content of the polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), important in the synthesis of compounds such as prostaglandine which are present in the ovary in a stress situation, was probably a consequence of a defense mechanism to the stress provoked by the presence of TBTCI. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.