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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 10.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2013 Apr 10;113(4):2733–2811. doi: 10.1021/cr300354g

Table 11.

Lipid composition of mitochondria from rat brain and cell cultures

In vivo (Tissue) In vitro (Cell Culture)
Lipid Brain CT-2A EPEN Astrocyte CT-2A EPEN
EtnGpl 187.4±12.1 245.9±13.7** 368.4±46.4* 171.4±18.6 163.0±6.5 211.0±16.7
PtdEtn 164.9±10.0 137.3±6.0* 259.4±45.7 85.9±3.4 69.7±3.0** 98.9±2.3*
PlsEtn 22.5±2.2 99.3±7.1** 147.8±21.4** 80.5±15.0 87.5±9.4 106.9±14.4
PakEtn N.D. 9.3±0.7** 12.4±3.0* 5.0±0.3 5.7±0.1* 5.1±1.1
ChoGpl 129.9±7.7 121.2±3.6 160.0±29.5 168.5±14.2 127.4±13.2* 194.4±15.7
PtdCho 119.6±5.3 81.4±3.4** 127.4±25.4 124.6±10.5 98.1±12.4* 174.3±13.9**
PlsCho 1.2±0.1 19.4±2.1*** 11.6±4.8 22.4±4.0 15.8±0.8 9.3±0.8*
PakCho 9.1±3.2 20.4±2.6** 17.0±6.2 21.5±2.1 13.5±0.4* 10.8±l.l**
Cardiolipin 52.7±4.5 26.1±1.0** 13.5±2.7*** 28.3±4.3 24.6±3.7 31.1±4.2
Ptdlns 9.4±0.8 9.5±2.6 19.4±2.5* 18.5±2.4 18.4±1.6 20.5±3.3
PtdGro 7.1±0.5 9.8±0.5** 16.4±3.6* 7.7±2.6 7.6±1.5 4.7±0.3
CerPCho 5.3±1.2 4.6±0.2 5.8±1.8 9.7±1.4 15.9±3.4 22.1±1.3**
PtdSer 4.6±1.5 9.1±0.6* 10.4±2.0* 17.8±0.4 28.7±5.7 24.1±3.6
LysoPtdCho 2.7±0.6 6.3±0.6** 2.8±0.4 1.5±0.1 2.2±0.4 2.4±0.6
Cer 0.7±0.2 2.3±0.2*** 1.7±0.2** 0.9±0.1 1.0±0.5 2.0±0.2**

Healthy brain tissue was isolated from brain C57BL/6J mice. Cancerous tumors were developed by implantation of CT-2A astrocytoma or ependymoblastoma (EPEN) cells in the brain of C57BL/6J mice. Lipid contents are given in nmol/mg of protein (mean ± S.D. n=3. Statistically different values are compared to either brain or astrocyte.

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01, and

***

p <0.001.) EtnGpl = ethanolamine glycerosphingolipids, PtdEtn = phosphatidylethanolamine, PlsEtn = plasmenylethanolamine, ChoGpl = choline glycerosphingolipids, PtdCho = phosphatidylcholine, PlsCho = plasmenylcholine, PakCho = plasmanylcholine, Ptdlns = phosphatidylinositol, PtdGro = phosphatidylglycerol, CerPCho = sphingomyelin, PtdSer = phosphatidylserine, LysoPtdCho = lysophosphatidylcholine, Cer = ceramide. For additional information, please see Table 1 from reference 360c. Reprinted with permission from reference 360c. Copyright 2009 Portland Press Limited.