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Absence of sterol biosynthesis in oyster tissue culture
Author(s) -
Holden Marcia J.,
Patterson Glenn W.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02544030
Subject(s) - oyster , lipidology , clinical chemistry , crassostrea , sterol , biology , biochemistry , eastern oyster , pacific oyster , fishery , cholesterol
An oyster heart tissue culture was used to investigate the ability of the American oyster ( Crassostrea virginica ) to synthesize sterols from [ 14 C]acetate. Lipids were extracted from cultured oyster heart cells and no label was found in the purified fatty acid fraction, 90% of which was located in the saturated and monounsaturated fractions. Although these results cannot rule out the possibility of sterol synthesis in other oyster tissues, this and previous evidence are in support of the hypothesis that the American oyster is unable to synthesize sterols.