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  • Title: The interrelationships between circulating maternal esterified and non-esterified fatty acids in pregnant guinea pigs and their relative contributions to the fetal circulation.
    Author: Thomas CR, Lowy C.
    Journal: J Dev Physiol; 1987 Jun; 9(3):203-14. PubMed ID: 3611637.
    Abstract:
    The relative contributions of esterified and non-esterified fatty acids to placental lipid transfer were estimated in 7 pregnant guinea-pigs. The fetal side of the placenta was perfused in situ whilst a constant infusion of a mixture of [3H]triacylglycerol emulsion (Intralipid) and [14C]non-esterified fatty acid was given i.v. to the anaesthetised mother. Considerable interconversion of the lipid moieties circulating in the mother was observed. Metabolic turnover rates of triacylglycerol and non-esterified fatty acid were found to be 14.6 mmol/day and 55 mmol/day respectively. No intact triacylglycerol was found to cross the placenta from the mother. Relatively more [3H]non-esterified fatty acid than [14C]non-esterified fatty acid was found in the perfusion fluid when compared with simultaneous circulating maternal levels of these non-esterified fatty acids indicating hydrolysis and direct transfer of [3H]triacylglycerol within the placental tissue. This hydrolysis resulted in the transfer of approximately 0.2 mmol non-esterified fatty acid/day across each placenta at this gestational age (53 days). This is in contrast to the transfer of circulating maternal non-esterified fatty acids, these can be calculated to give a mother to fetus unidirectional transport value of 3.62 mmol/day/placenta, but the total maternal to fetal flux taking into account back transfer to the mother is 1.26 mmol/day/placenta. Results from simultaneous carotid artery and uterine vein samples showed that approximately 40% of the maternal arterial triacylglycerol is removed during a pass through the uterine bed, but the majority of the triacylglycerol re-emerges in the uterine vein as non-esterified fatty acids, and masks the uterine vein uptake of circulating maternal non-esterified fatty acid. The uterine vein non-esterified fatty acid concentration is highly dependent upon levels of circulating maternal triacylglycerols and apparent uterine bed production of non-esterified fatty acid occurs when maternal triacylglycerols are high relative to non-esterified fatty acids.
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