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. 2011 Jul;52(7):1420–1428. doi: 10.1194/jlr.D014993

TABLE 2.

Incorporation of Hydrogen (Deuterium) During Lipid Synthesis

Incorporation of Label per Newly Made Molecule
Reference Condition Palmitate Cholesterol
(44) Isolated adipose tissue ∼23 ND
(45) Isolated perfused livers ∼22 ND
(9) Sprague-Dawley rats in vivo (∼80-104 h) ∼20-23 ∼26-28
(12) HRS hairless mice in vivo (∼5 days) ∼20-24 m2/m1 ND
∼22-24 m3/m2
(11) Hep G2 and MCA cells ∼16-18 ∼18-21
(10) Sprague-Dawley rats in vivo (∼1-8 weeks) ∼22-23 (liver) ∼30-31 (liver)
∼20-22 (brain, cord, nerve) ∼25-29 (brain, cord, nerve)
(46) Chinese hamster ovary cells ND ∼22
(47) Human fibroblasts, Hep G2 cells ND ∼20, ∼25
(48) Mice in vivo (∼98 days) ND ∼23
(3) Rodents in vivo ND ∼21-24
Perfused organs, cultured cells in vitro ND ∼22-27
(7) Sprague-Dawley rats in vivo (∼2 h) ND ∼22

Palmitate and cholesterol are typically made from the same precursor units (i.e., water, NADPH, and acetyl-CoA), although the absolute contribution of the different hydrogen sources varies. Different approaches were used to estimate the number of deuterium atoms incorporated per lipid molecule.

ND, not determined.