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The role of glucose in the lipid metabolism of the rat tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta

International Journal for Parasitology, ISSN: 0020-7519, Vol: 5, Issue: 1, Page: 107-112
1975
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The composition of the neutral lipids and the phospholipids, and the role of glucose in the lipid metabolism of prepatent (12-day-old) Hymenolepis diminuta has been studied in vitro. Triglyceride was the most abundant lipid present; substantial amounts of sterol and sterol ester, diglyceride, free fatty acids and monoglycerides were also present. The phospholipids, which were qualitatively and quantitatively similar to those of other invertebrates and vertebrates, were, in order of abundance, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine, phosphoinositide, lysophosphatidylcholine, cardiclipin, phosphatidic acid, lysophosphatidic acid and phosphatidylglycerol. Small amounts of glucose carbon were incorporated into the lipids, principally the water soluble (glycerol) moiety of the triglycerides; only traces were incorporated into the phospholipids. Small amounts of glucose were converted to inositol and galactose. The principal pathway of triglyceride synthesis is suggested to be via the α-glycerophosphate-phosphatidic acid-diglyceride pathway.

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