乳极性脂质组成及其功能性研究进展

乳中含有2％～5％的脂质,乳中的脂质由乳腺上皮细胞分泌并以乳脂肪球的形式分散在乳中.大部分乳脂(约98％)以甘油酯的形式存在于乳脂肪球内部,其余(约2％)包括甘油磷脂、鞘脂、糖脂等在内的少部分极性脂质则主要分布在乳脂肪球膜表面.乳极性脂质虽然在乳脂中占比较少,但却对哺乳动物的生长发育有着不可或缺的作用.本文首先介绍乳中...     

Oceanalin B,a Hybrid α,ω-Bifunctionalized Sphingoid Tetrahydroisoquinoline β-Glycoside from the Marine Sponge Oceanapia sp.

Oceanalin B (1), an α,ω-bipolar natural product belonging to a rare family of sphingoid tetrahydoisoquinoline β-glycosides, was isolated from the EtOH extract of the lyophilized marine sponge Oceanapia sp. as the second member of the series after oceanalin A (2) from the same animal. The compounds are of particular interest due to their biogenetically unexpected structures as well as their biological activities. The structure and absolute stereochemistry of 1 as a α,ω-bifunctionalized sphingoid tetrahydroisoquinoline β-glycoside was elucidated using NMR, CD and MS spectral analysis and chemical degradation. Oceanalin B exhibited in vitro antifungal activity against Candida glabrata with a MIC of 25 μg/mL.     

Advances on Current Techniques and Methodologies in Milk Lipidomics

Milk is a complex biological fluid containing lipids, proteins, carbohydrates and minerals, which are essential for infant growth. While the lipid portion constitutes only 3％-5％ of the total milk composition, it accounts for over 50％ of the infant's daily energy intake. The dominant portion (approximately 98％) is in the form of triacylglycerols and polar lipids, such as glycerophospholipids and sphingolipids, forming minor components. Recently, with the development of lipidomics, important progresses have been made in milk lipidomics, and the identification and quantification of several milk lipids at the group and molecular species level has become a reality, thereby providing useful information for the infant formula industry. In this review, an overview of the separation of the main components of milk lipids was presented, including glycerolipids, phospholipids and sphingolipids. The analytical methods and strategies for milk lipidomics, including gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (MS), capillary electrophoresis MS, nuclear magnetic resonance, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-MS, electrospray ionization-MS, shotgun lipidomics and liquid chromatography-MS, were reviewed. Additionally, the bioinformatics of lipidomics for milk lipid determination, including lipid classification, lipid databases and lipid analysis software, were investigated. This review would aid future investigations of the nutrition of milk lipids and refined researches on formula milk powder.     

Correlation between metabolomic profile constituents and feline pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity

BackgroundFeline pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (fPLI) is commonly used to diagnose pancreatitis in cats (FP). Untargeted metabolomics has been extensively applied in human and veterinary medicine, but no metabolomic studies regarding FP have been conducted.ObjectivesTo identify metabolites significantly associated with increased fPLI.AnimalsForty‐nine client‐owned cats: 11 clinically healthy and 38 with various clinical conditions.MethodsAnalytical cross‐sectional study with convenience sampling. A panel of 630 metabolites belonging to 26 biochemical classes was quantified in plasma using a commercial metabolomic assay. The correlation between plasma metabolite concentrations and serum fPLI was evaluated using Spearman''s rank correlation coefficient (R _s) with Bonferroni correction. Multivariable analysis then was performed to control for glomerular filtration rate, liver damage, and blood glucose concentration. The accuracy of selected metabolites in discriminating between cats with normal (≤3.5 μg/L) and increased (>5.3 μg/L) fPLI was estimated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC).ResultsFour hundred and seven of 630 metabolites (64.6%) were quantified in all cats. When controlled for potential confounders only 3 sphingolipids were significantly positively correlated with fPLI: 2 cerebrosides: HexCer(d18:1/24:0); (R _s = .56), and HexCer(d18:1/24:1); (R _s = .58) and 1 sphingomyelin: SM C18:0 (R _s = .55). Their AUROCs in identifying cats with increased fPLI were 82% (95% confidence interval [CI 95%], 70%‐94%), 84% (CI 95%, 72%‐96%), and 78% (CI 95%, 65%‐92%), respectively.Conclusions and Clinical ImportanceSelected sphingolipids are moderately positively correlated with fPLI and appear to have fair to moderate diagnostic accuracy in discriminating between cats with normal and increased fPLI.     

Sphingolipids of Asteroidea and Holothuroidea: Structures and Biological Activities

Sphingolipids are complex lipids widespread in nature as structural components of biomembranes. Commonly, the sphingolipids of marine organisms differ from those of terrestrial animals and plants. The gangliosides are the most complex sphingolipids characteristic of vertebrates that have been found in only the Echinodermata (echinoderms) phylum of invertebrates. Sphingolipids of the representatives of the Asteroidea and Holothuroidea classes are the most studied among all echinoderms. In this review, we have summarized the data on sphingolipids of these two classes of marine invertebrates over the past two decades. Recently established structures, properties, and peculiarities of biogenesis of ceramides, cerebrosides, and gangliosides from starfishes and holothurians are discussed. The purpose of this review is to provide the most complete information on the chemical structures, structural features, and biological activities of sphingolipids of the Asteroidea and Holothuroidea classes.