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A study was made of the diurnal changes in liver microsomal desaturation of labeled stearic, linoleic and α-linolenic acids to oleic, γ-linolenic and octadeca-6,9,12,15-tetraenoic acids, respectively. C3H-S mice were used and were exposed to light-dark cycles. A circadian rhythm was observed for stearic acid desaturation, and a different one for linoleic acid. Linoleic and α-linolenic desaturation had similar responses in the day cycle. This would indicate that different mechanisms control the oxidative desaturations of the fatty acids in the 9 and 6 carbons. The fatty acid composition of the whole liver and liver microsomes also showed variations. Remarkable oscillations were observed for stearic and oleic acids. Neither the total protein synthesis nor the free fatty acid concentration in the microsomes followed a rhythm parallel to the desaturation of the studied fatty acids. The injection of cycloheximide 4 hr before measuring the desaturation modified the circadian variation of both the 9 and 6 desaturations. The modification induced by cycloheximide was considered to indicate that both variations are related to the synthesis of specific proteins but not to that of a degradative or inhibitory protein.
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Actis Dato, S.M., Catala, A. & Brenner, R.R. Circadian rhythm of fatty acid desaturation in mouse liver. Lipids 8, 1–6 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02533231
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