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Rat intestinal glycolipids. II. Distribution and biosynthesis of glycolipids and ceramide in villus and crypt cells. 1976

J F Bouhours, and R M Glickman

Intestinal epithelial cells were isolated from rat intestine and grouped into villus and crypt cell fractions. Glycolipids were purified from each cell fraction and quantitated by fluorimetric determination of glycolipid sphingosine. Significant quantities of ceramide were found in all cell fractions and accounted for approximately 15% of total glycolipid sphingosine. While villus and crypt cell fractions quantitatively contained differing amounts of sphingosine, all cell fractions contained proportionally similar quantities of sphingosine when compared to cellular cholesterol or phospholipid. Individual glycolipids, however, showed significant differences in distribution between villus and crypt cells. Hematoside and glucosylceramide were proportionally increased in villus cells, while crypt cells showed an increase in trihexosylceramide and ceramide content. The rate of UDPglucose : hydroxy fatty acid ceramide glucosyltransferase was higher in villus cells while the rate of UDPgalactose : lactosylceramide galactosyltransferase was 3--4 times increased in crypt cells. These studies demonstrate that significant differences in both the distribution and biosynthesis of individual glycolipids occur in crypt and villus cells of rat intestine and are of possible importance in the process of intestinal cell differentiation.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007413	Intestinal Mucosa	Lining of the INTESTINES, consisting of an inner EPITHELIUM, a middle LAMINA PROPRIA, and an outer MUSCULARIS MUCOSAE. In the SMALL INTESTINE, the mucosa is characterized by a series of folds and abundance of absorptive cells (ENTEROCYTES) with MICROVILLI.	Intestinal Epithelium,Intestinal Glands,Epithelium, Intestinal,Gland, Intestinal,Glands, Intestinal,Intestinal Gland,Mucosa, Intestinal
D007421	Intestine, Small	The portion of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT between the PYLORUS of the STOMACH and the ILEOCECAL VALVE of the LARGE INTESTINE. It is divisible into three portions: the DUODENUM, the JEJUNUM, and the ILEUM.	Small Intestine,Intestines, Small,Small Intestines
D007700	Kinetics	The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D002518	Ceramides	Members of the class of neutral glycosphingolipids. They are the basic units of SPHINGOLIPIDS. They are sphingoids attached via their amino groups to a long chain fatty acyl group. They abnormally accumulate in FABRY DISEASE.	Ceramide
D002784	Cholesterol	The principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils.	Epicholesterol
D002855	Chromatography, Thin Layer	Chromatography on thin layers of adsorbents rather than in columns. The adsorbent can be alumina, silica gel, silicates, charcoals, or cellulose. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)	Chromatography, Thin-Layer,Thin Layer Chromatography,Chromatographies, Thin Layer,Chromatographies, Thin-Layer,Thin Layer Chromatographies,Thin-Layer Chromatographies,Thin-Layer Chromatography
D006017	Glycolipids	Any compound containing one or more monosaccharide residues bound by a glycosidic linkage to a hydrophobic moiety such as an acylglycerol (see GLYCERIDES), a sphingoid, a ceramide (CERAMIDES) (N-acylsphingoid) or a prenyl phosphate. (From IUPAC's webpage)	Glycolipid
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013107	Sphingolipids	A class of membrane lipids that have a polar head and two nonpolar tails. They are composed of one molecule of the long-chain amino alcohol sphingosine (4-sphingenine) or one of its derivatives, one molecule of a long-chain acid, a polar head alcohol and sometimes phosphoric acid in diester linkage at the polar head group. (Lehninger et al, Principles of Biochemistry, 2nd ed)	Lysosphingolipids,Sphingolipid
D014531	Uridine Diphosphate Galactose	A nucleoside diphosphate sugar which can be epimerized into UDPglucose for entry into the mainstream of carbohydrate metabolism. Serves as a source of galactose in the synthesis of lipopolysaccharides, cerebrosides, and lactose.	UDP Galactose,UDPGal,Uridine Diphosphogalactose,Uridine Pyrophosphogalactose,Diphosphate Galactose, Uridine,Diphosphogalactose, Uridine,Galactose, UDP,Galactose, Uridine Diphosphate,Pyrophosphogalactose, Uridine