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  • Title: Biosynthesis of lipids during embryogenesis of Ascaris lumbricoides eggs.
    Author: Furukawa Y, Yamamoto T, Kimura S, Hayashi H, Oya H.
    Journal: Tohoku J Exp Med; 1985 Nov; 147(3):221-34. PubMed ID: 4089865.
    Abstract:
    Alteration in lipid metabolism of Ascaris lumbricoides eggs during development in either air or nitrogen gas was studied using acetate-1-14C and labeled fatty acids. It is thought that formation of 14C-lipids and 14C-palmitoleate from acetate-1-14C and palmitate-1-14C in developing eggs may be influenced by the concentration of molecular oxygen in the medium. Acetate-1-14C was incorporated into palmitate, palmitoleate and unsaturated 18-carbon acid of fatty acids in the eggs, but the incorporation into saturated 18-carbon acid was slight. Radioactive fatty acid methyl esters were major lipid component of the radioactive lipid classes in the first and second stage larvae incubated with palmitate-1-14C. Isopentadecanoic acid, which is a small component of fatty acids in Ascaris eggs, contains a high percentage of the total radioactivity in the second stage larvae incubated with acetate-1-14C under both air and nitrogen. It appears that a conversion of the fatty acid biosynthesis system may occur during development in to the second stage larvae.
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