When cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells are supplemented with linoleic acid, the arachidonic acid content of the cellular phospholipids is reduced approximately 35%. Most of the fatty acid compositional change occurs during the first 24 h. One factor responsible for this effect is the inability of the endothelial cells to convert appreciable amounts of linoleic to arachidonic acid, due to a fatty acid delta 6-desaturase deficiency. By contrast, these endothelial cultures contain delta 5- and delta 9-desaturase activity and are able to elongate long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. The other factor that contributes to the decrease in arachidonic acid is that high concentrations of linoleic acid reduce the incorporation of arachidonate into cellular phospholipids. Stearic acid, a long-chain saturate, does not produce any reduction, whereas eicosatrienoic acid is an even more effective inhibitor than linoleic acid. In spite of the fact that high concentrations of these polyunsaturates produced inhibition, the endothelial cells were found to efficiently incorporate exogenous arachidonic acid into cellular phospholipids and triglycerides. This may serve to compensate for the inability of these cells to synthesize arachidonic acid from linoleic acid. These findings suggest that the endothelium obtains arachidonic acid from an extracellular source, that this cannot be provided in the form of linoleic acid and, in fact, that high concentrations of linoleic acid actually may interfere with the ability of the endothelium to maintain an adequate supply of intracellular arachidonic acid.
A A Spector, T L Kaduce, J C Hoak, G L Fry
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