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  • Title: Effects of prenatal ethanol and long-chain n-3 fatty acid supplementation on development in mice. 2. Fatty acid composition of brain membrane phospholipids.
    Author: Wainwright PE, Huang YS, Simmons V, Mills DE, Ward RP, Ward GR, Winfield D, McCutcheon D.
    Journal: Alcohol Clin Exp Res; 1990 Jun; 14(3):413-20. PubMed ID: 2143055.
    Abstract:
    Pregnant mice were fed equivalent daily amounts of a liquid diet containing 25% (kcal) ethanol, or with maltose dextrin substituted isocalorically for ethanol. The diet also contained 20% oil; this was either of two mixtures, one comprised of predominantly n-6 (18:2n-6) fatty acids, and the other containing an equivalent amount of n-6, but supplemented with a source of long chain n-3 (20:5n-3, 22:6n-3) fatty acids. An additional control group was fed lab chow ad libitum. The treatment was implemented from day 7 to 17 of gestation, whereafter all groups were fed lab chow. Birth occurred on day 19, and the fatty acid composition of the brain membrane phospholipids was determined in the pups 3 days after birth (day 22 postconception) and again, 10 days later (day 32 postconception). On day 22 the polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) composition of the brain phospholipids reflected dietary availability, with the n-3/n-6 ratio higher in the n-3 groups; this was decreased by ethanol in the phosphatidylcholine (PC) fraction. The dietary effect was still apparent on day 32; again ethanol reduced this in both the PC and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) fractions. The n-3 oil, but not ethanol, increased the 20:3n-6/20:4n-6 ratio, indicative of an inhibition of the activity of delta-5 desaturase. With respect to the 22:C compounds, the n-3 oil decreased the levels of 22:5n-6, while increasing those of 22:6n-3, but generally the sum of these two fatty acids remained unchanged.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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