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. 1965 Mar;94(3):751–754. doi: 10.1042/bj0940751

Liver lipids of choline-deficient rats

J Tinoco 1, Angela Shannon 1, Peter Miljanich 1, Ruth Babcock 1, Richard L Lyman 1
PMCID: PMC1206611  PMID: 14345885

Abstract

1. Four-week-old male and female rats were given choline-deficient diets for 2 weeks. Deficient animals gained nearly as much weight as normal controls of the same sex. 2. The amounts of triglyceride and esterified cholesterol in liver lipids were increased threefold or more by the deficiency. The amounts of the major phosphatides and of unesterified cholesterol were unaffected. 3. In males, deficiency significantly increased the proportion of stearic acid in triglycerides, and, in females, the proportion of arachidonic acid was significantly decreased. 4. In the phospholipids of male rats, choline deficiency produced decreases in the amounts of linoleic acid and arachidonic acid and increased the amount of stearic acid. In the phospholipids of female rats, choline deficiency decreased the amount of arachidonic acid and increased that of linoleic acid. 5. The liver phospholipids of normal male rats had higher proportions of palmitic acid and lower proportions of stearic acid than were found in normal females. These sex differences became statistically insignificant in deficient animals.

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