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Chem Phys Lipids. 2002 Oct;119(1-2):41-9.
Transfer of orlistat through oil-water interfaces.
Tiss A, Lengsfeld H, Hadvary P, Cagna A, Verger R.
Laboratoire de Lipolyse Enzymatique, UPR 9025, du CNRS, Marseille, France.
The transfer of radiolabelled orlistat ([14C]orlistat), a potent gastrointestinal lipase inhibitor, through an oil-water interface from a single oil droplet to an aqueous phase was investigated, using an oil drop tensiometer. The absolute transfer fluxes were found to be very low, even in the presence of micellar concentrations of bile salts, which increased their values from 0.2 to 2.5 and 6.5 pmol cm(-2) min(-1) in the presence of 0, 4 and 15 mM NaTDC, respectively. Adding either a lipid emulsion or pure human pancreatic lipase (HPL) or human serum albumin or beta-lactoglobulin had no effect on the flux of transfer of orlistat. The presence of colipase or a mixture of colipase and HPL was found, however, to reduce the flux of orlistat transfer, probably because it partly covered the single oil drop surface, even in the presence of bile salts. Using a finely emulsified system, we investigated the partitioning of orlistat between the aqueous and oil phases, in the absence or presence of bile salts above their CMC (4 mM NaTDC, final concentration). Under these emulsified conditions, orlistat was found to be mostly associated with the oil phase, since more than 98.8% of the total radioactivity was recovered after decantation with the oil phase. The low transfer rates of orlistat, as well as its partitioning coefficient between the oil and the aqueous phases, should help us to better understand the inhibitory effects of orlistat on lipid digestion in humans.
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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Feb;284(2):E331-9. Epub 2002 Oct 15.
Routes of FA delivery to cardiac muscle: modulation of lipoprotein lipolysis alters uptake of TG-derived FA.
Augustus AS, Kako Y, Yagyu H, Goldberg IJ.
Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Long-chain fatty acids (FA) supply 70-80% of the energy needs for normal cardiac muscle. To determine the sources of FA that supply the heart, [(14)C]palmitate complexed to bovine serum albumin and [(3)H]triolein [triglyceride (TG)] incorporated into Intralipid were simultaneously injected into fasted male C57BL/6 mice. The ratio of TG to FA uptake was much greater for hearts than livers. Using double-labeled Intralipid with [(3)H]cholesteryl oleoyl ether (CE) and [(14)C]TG, we observed that hearts also internalize intact core lipid. Inhibition of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) with tetrahydrolipstatin or dissociation of LPL from the heart with heparin reduced cardiac uptake of TG by 82 and 64%, respectively (P < 0.01). Palmitate uptake by the heart was not changed by either treatment. Uptake of TG was 88% less in hearts from LPL knockout mice that were rescued via LPL expression in the liver. Our data suggest that the heart is especially effective in removal of circulating TG and core lipids and that this is due to LPL hydrolysis and not its bridging function.
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Cell Physiol Biochem. 2002;12(5-6):293-304.
Utilisation of fatty acid and triacylglycerol by rat macrophages: the effect of endotoxin.
Hauton D, Evans RD.
Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Infirmary, United Kingdom.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Plasma very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) concentrations are increased during sepsis/endotoxaemia and VLDL may be substrates for the activated immune system. Lipid substrate utilisation by quiescent and activated macrophages was therefore examined. METHODS: Rat R2 macrophages were incubated with oleate or rat VLDL, with or without lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation. The metabolic fate of the lipids was examined. RESULTS: Macrophages utilised both oleate and (control) VLDL-triacylglycerol (TAG) to a similar extent. Most was deposited as cellular lipid; about 10% of oleate was oxidised compared to 25% of cVLDL-TAG. LPS significantly increased oleate oxidation and its deposition as cellular lipid (mostly as TAG) at 48hrs but abolished both oxidation and storage of VLDL-TAG. VLDL produced during endotoxaemia (eVLDL) was assimilated by the unstimulated macrophage to a greater extent than oleate or cVLDL-TAG and selectively stored as cellular lipids (no oxidation); LPS decreased eVLDL utilisation. VLDL-TAG utilisation was decreased by the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) inhibitor terahydrolipstatin. LPL activity was greater in oleate than in VLDL incubations, but was increased by incubation with eVLDL. LPS had no effect (oleate, cVLDL) or increased (eVLDL) LPL activity. CONCLUSION: VLDL represented an efficient substrate for the macrophage. However under conditions of sepsis/endotoxaemia eVLDL utilisation was limited and directed away from oxidation, suggesting that the increased plasma TAG (eVLDL) concentrations resulting from sepsis is not a respiratory fuel for the macrophage but may supply cellular lipid. Copyright 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel
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