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. 1979 Oct 15;184(1):73–81. doi: 10.1042/bj1840073

Metabolism of palmitate in perfused rat liver. Computer models of subcellular triacylglycerol metabolism

Jens Kondrup 1,*, Stig E Damgaard 1, Peter Fleron 1
PMCID: PMC1161676  PMID: 534521

Abstract

1. In the preceding paper [Kondrup (1979) Biochem. J. 184, 63–71] the separation of two major fractions of hepatic triacylglycerol was described. One fraction contained triacylglycerol from the endoplasmic reticulum and from the Golgi apparatus. The other fraction contained triacylglycerol from the cytoplasmic lipid droplets. In the present paper possible precursor–product relationships between the two fractions were investigated by means of computer models. 2. The fatty acids present in di- and tri-acylglycerol in the fractions isolated in the time studies were analysed by gas chromatography. From this analysis the relative specific radioactivities, and contents, of palmitate in acylglycerols in the two fractions at the various time points were calculated. 3. A computer was used to predict relative specific radioactivities of pools in defined models of hepatic triacylglycerol metabolism. The acceptability of the models was evaluated by comparing predicted with measured relative specific radioactivities. 4. It is suggested that triacylglycerol in cytoplasmic lipid droplets does not originate (a) directly from triacylglycerol in the endoplasmic reticulum, (b) from a sub-pool of it or (c) directly from non-esterified fatty acids entering the cell. Rather, it is formed from diacylglycerol (and acyl-CoA) in the endoplasmic reticulum. Diacylglycerol, on the other hand, is furnished in part by hydrolysis of triacylglycerol in the endoplasmic reticulum. 5. This suggestion is discussed in relation to previous models of hepatic fatty acid metabolism.

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