Dual influence of aging and vitamin B6 deficiency on delta-6-desaturation of essential fatty acids in rat liver microsomes.
Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids
; 58(6): 417-20, 1998 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
Delta-6-desaturase (D6D) activity is influenced by many nutritional and non-nutritional factors, among which one of the most important is aging. D6D activity could be susceptible to the dual influence of aging itself and of nutritional deficiencies, due to the reduced intake and/or absorption of essential nutrients. Particularly, vitamin B6 deficiency might be a crucial factor for D6D activity in aged people. Using 20 month old Sprague-Dawley rats fed a diet with a subnormal level of vitamin B6, we evaluated D6D activity for linoleic acid (LA) and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) in liver microsomes, and the fatty acid composition of microsomal total lipids. We observed a diminished D6D activity for LA and also for ALA in vitamin B6-deficient animals, being approximately 63% and 81% respectively of the corresponding activity in control rats. As a consequence, significant modifications in the relative molar content of microsomal fatty acids were observed. The content of arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acid, the main products of the conversion of LA and ALA respectively, decreased, LA content increased and a decrease in the unsaturation index was observed in liver microsomes of B6-deficient rats. The foregoing results suggest that the impairment of D6D activity by vitamin B6 deficiency might be an important factor in decreasing the synthesis of n-6 and n-3 PUFAs. This may be particularly important in aging, where D6D activity is already impaired.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Deficiência de Vitamina B 6
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Envelhecimento
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Microssomos Hepáticos
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Ácidos Graxos Dessaturases
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Ácidos Graxos
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids
Assunto da revista:
ENDOCRINOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália