10008202  Palmitic Acid ethyl ester

Ethyl palmitate; Ethyl hexadecanoate (CAS 628-97-7)

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Palmitic acid is a common 16-carbon saturated fat that represents 10-20% of the normal human dietary fat intake. Palmitic acid also makes up approximately 25% of the total plasma fatty acids in plasma lipoproteins.1 Saturated fatty acids induce the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and, after protein acylation, are used to confer lipid anchoring to a variety of signaling molecules.2,3,4,5,6 Palmitic acid ethyl ester is a neutral, lipid-soluble form of the free acid. It is one of the fatty acid ethyl esters that increase cytosolic Ca2+ concentration leading to pancreatic acinar cell injury due to excessive consumption of ethanol.7
1  Santos, M.J., López-Jurado, M., Llopis, J., et al. Influence of dietary supplementation with fish oil on plasma fatty acid composition in coronary heart disease patients. Ann Nutr Metab 39 52-62 (1995).
2  Dietzen, D.J., Hastings, W.R., Lublin, D.M. Caveolin is palmitoylated on multiple cysteine residues. Palmitoylation is not necessary for localization of caveolin to caveolae. J Biol Chem 270 6838-6842 (1995).
3  Robinson, L.J., Michel, T. Mutagenesis of palmitoylation sites in endothelial nitric oxide synthase identifies a novel motif for dual acylation and subcellular targeting. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 92 11776-11780 (1995).
4  Topinka, J.R., Bredt, D.S. N-terminal palmitoylation of PSD-95 regulates association with cell membranes and interaction with K+ channel Kv1.4. Neuron 20 125-134 (1998).
5  Lee, J.Y., Sohn, K.H., Rhee, S.H., et al. Saturated fatty acids, but not unsaturated fatty acids, induced the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 mediated through toll-like receptor 4. J Biol Chem 276(20) 16683-16689 (2001).
6  Miggin, S.M., Lawler, O.A., Kinsella, B.T. Palmitoylation of the human prostacyclin receptor. Functional implications of palmitoylation and isoprenylation. J Biol Chem 278(9) 6947-6958 (2003).
7  Chen, N., Appell, M., Berfield, J.L., et al. Inhibition by arachidonic acid and other fatty acids of dopamine uptake at the human dopamine transporter. Eur J Pharmacol 478 89-95 (2003).


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