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Unbound free fatty acid profiles in human plasma and the unexpected absence of unbound palmitoleate

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Huber, Andrew H., Kleinfeld, Alan M.·2017·Journal of Lipid Research

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We determined for the first time the profiles of the nine most abundant unbound FFAs (FFAus) in human plasma. Profiles were determined for a standard reference plasma of pooled healthy adults for which the Lipid MAPSMAPS Consortium had determined the total FFA profiles. Measurements were performed by using 20 different acrylodan-labeled fatty acid binding protein mutants (probes), which have complementary specificities for the nine FFAs that comprise more than 96% of long-chain plasma FFA. The acrylodan fluorescence emission for each probe changes upon binding a FFAu. The plasma concentrations of each of the nine FFAus were determined by combining the measured fluorescence ratios of the 20 probes. The total molar FFAu concentration accounted for <10 −5 of the total FFA concentration, and the mole fractions of the FFAu profiles were substantially different than the total FFA profiles. Myristic acid, for example, comprises 22% of the unbound versus 2.8% of the total. The most surprising difference is our finding of zero unbound cis -9-palmitoleic acid (POA), whereas the total POA was 7.2%. An unidentified plasma component appears to specifically prevent the release of POA. FFAus are the physiologically active FFAs, and plasma FFAu profiles may provide novel information about human health.

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  • Under physiological conditions, FFAs circulate in the blood primarily in an albumin-bound state, but only the unbound fraction is biologically active and amounts to just 1.6 nM, which is less than 10−5 of total FFAs.

    “Under physiological conditions, FFAs circulate in the blood primarily in an albumin-bound state [138,141,142]. However, only the unbound fraction is biologically active and amounts to just 1.6 nM, which is less than 10−5 of total FFAs [141].”

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Authors
Huber, A. H., & Kleinfeld, A. M.
Corresponding author
Kleinfeld, Alan M.
Venue
Journal of Lipid Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-03
Volume
58
Issue
3
Pages
578-585
ISSN
0022-2275 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2572908265
Cited by
53
References
29
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2026: 8 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4
FWCI
1.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Lipid Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Lipid metabolism and disorders
Keywords
myristic acid, long-chain fatty acids, fatty acid binding protein, human plasma
MeSH terms
Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated, Fatty Acids, Nonesterified, Fluorescence, Humans, 2-Naphthylamine, Myristic Acid, Lipid Metabolism, Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Healthy Volunteers

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