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LIPID COMPOSITION OF GLIAL CELLS ISOLATED FROM BOVINE WHITE MATTER
Author(s) -
Fewster Mona E.,
Mead J. F.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of neurochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.75
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1471-4159
pISSN - 0022-3042
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1968.tb11647.x
Subject(s) - cerebroside , sphingomyelin , choline , biochemistry , cholesterol , composition (language) , ganglioside , white matter , chemistry , biology , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , linguistics , philosophy
— —Glial cells were isolated from bovine white matter by differential centrifugation with‘Ficoll’and their lipid composition was analysed. The preparations contained 20.8 per cent lipid and 792 per cent protein. The major lipid components were cholesterol, ethanolamine glycerophosphatides (EGP), cerebroside and serine glycerophosphatides (SGP). Sphingomyelin, cerebroside sulphate and inositol glycerophosphatide were present in lower proportions. EGP contained the largest proportion of aldehydes (17 per cent) and SGP contained 12 per cent. Choline glycerophosphatides contained only a trace of aldehyde. No gangliosides were present in the filial cell preparations.