Previous studies have noted the presence of an early postprandial peak in plasma triacylglycerol concentrations following successive fat-rich meals. An earlier study has shown that the triacylglycerol in this early peak originates from a previous meal. The present study was performed to investigate the effects of different second meals on the plasma triacylglycerol response. Six healthy subject...

(S)-(Hydroxymethyl)glutamic acid was successfully synthesized in total 12 % yield over eight steps from tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane hydrochloride (Tris·HCl), employing lipase TL-induced enantioselective acetylation of a prochiral 1,3-diol as the key step.

BACKGROUND Although there is considerable interest in the postprandial events involved in the absorption of dietary fats and the subsequent metabolism of diet-derived triacylglycerol-rich lipoproteins, little is known about the effects of meal fatty acids on the composition of these particles. OBJECTIVE We examined the effect of meal fatty acids on the lipid and apolipoprotein contents of tri...

DNA, RNA, and proteins get a lot of attention, but without lipids, a cell is just a soup. Cellular membranes have a remarkable variety of lipids, and different organelles have different lipid compositions that must be maintained despite changes caused by vesicular trafficking among organelles (reviewed in Holthuis and Menon, 2014). Lipids move via vesicular trafficking, direct membrane contact ...

Rats were subjected to laparotomy, or laparotomy and partial hepatectomy, at 0-48 h before administration of water or medium-chain-length triacylglycerol, having been starved post-operatively. Functional hepatectomies were performed at intervals after the intragastric load. Blood ketone-body concentrations after medium-chain triacylglycerol administration and/or functional hepatectomy of these ...

BACKGROUND A high fructose intake can lead to postprandial hypertriacylglycerolemia. The underlying mechanism is unclear. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to investigate the mechanisms involved in fructose-induced hypertriacylglycerolemia and the contribution of de novo lipogenesis in an acute setting. DESIGN In a randomized, crossover study, 14 subjects were given a fructose or glu...

The effects of native and oxidized chylomicron remnants on the synthesis of cholesteryl ester and triacylglycerol in macrophages, and the way that this is influenced by exposure of the cells to oestrogen, was investigated using the human monocyte cell line THP-1 and chylomicron-remnant-like particles containing human apolipoprotein E (CRLPs). Synthesis of the lipids was measured by the incorpor...