TY - JOUR
T1 - Saturated dicarboxylic acids as products of unsaturated fatty acid oxidation
AU - Passi, Siro
AU - Picardo, Mauro
AU - De Luca, Chiara
AU - Nazzaro-Porro, Marcella
AU - Rossi, Luisa
AU - Rotilio, Giuseppe
PY - 1993/6/12
Y1 - 1993/6/12
N2 - Upon chemical, radiation-induced or enzymatic oxidation, cis-polyunsaturated fatty acids, i.e., C18:2(n-6), C18:3(n-3), C20:2(n-6), C20:3(n-6), C20:3(n-3), C20:4(n-6), C20:5(n-3), C22:2(n-3), C22:4(n-6), C22:6(n-3), were found to generate saturated short and medium-chain length dicarboxylic acids, which can be regarded as a distinctive feature of the particular double bonds positions in the polyunsaturated fatty acid molecule. Two different dicarboxylic acids, which were unambiguously quantified by GC-MS, were produced from a single fatty acid: one deriving from the oxidative splitting at the level of the first double bond in the molecule, the other being two-carbon-atoms lower homologous. Formation of dicarboxylic acids occurred also from triacylglycerols and phospholipids containing cis-polyunsaturated fatty acids. In this case, following oxidation, the diacids remained covalently bound to the starting molecule and transesterification was necessary for identification. Being extremely stable and easily detectable compounds, dicarboxylic acids may be considered potential markers of oxidative attack to both free and esterified unsaturated fatty acids.
AB - Upon chemical, radiation-induced or enzymatic oxidation, cis-polyunsaturated fatty acids, i.e., C18:2(n-6), C18:3(n-3), C20:2(n-6), C20:3(n-6), C20:3(n-3), C20:4(n-6), C20:5(n-3), C22:2(n-3), C22:4(n-6), C22:6(n-3), were found to generate saturated short and medium-chain length dicarboxylic acids, which can be regarded as a distinctive feature of the particular double bonds positions in the polyunsaturated fatty acid molecule. Two different dicarboxylic acids, which were unambiguously quantified by GC-MS, were produced from a single fatty acid: one deriving from the oxidative splitting at the level of the first double bond in the molecule, the other being two-carbon-atoms lower homologous. Formation of dicarboxylic acids occurred also from triacylglycerols and phospholipids containing cis-polyunsaturated fatty acids. In this case, following oxidation, the diacids remained covalently bound to the starting molecule and transesterification was necessary for identification. Being extremely stable and easily detectable compounds, dicarboxylic acids may be considered potential markers of oxidative attack to both free and esterified unsaturated fatty acids.
KW - Dicarboxylic acid
KW - GC-MS
KW - Lipid peroxidation
KW - Polyunsaturated fatty acid
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U2 - 10.1016/0005-2760(93)90124-R
DO - 10.1016/0005-2760(93)90124-R
M3 - Article
C2 - 8504154
AN - SCOPUS:0027278383
VL - 1168
SP - 190
EP - 198
JO - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism
JF - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism
SN - 0005-2760
IS - 2
ER -