Novel method to administer radiolabeled lipid to juvenile oysters

• Published in: Lipids
• Main Authors: Erickson, Marilyn C., Selivonchick, Daniel P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1988
• Subjects: Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02535299; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1007/BF02535299

Abstract Particles prepared from egg yolk were shown to encapsulate protein and to be in a size range that would be filtered by the oyster. A radiotracer study involving the addition of radiolabeled phosphatidylcholine to egg yolk demonstrated that the egg yolk particles were taken up and metabolized by juvenile oysters ( Crassostrea gigas ). Catabolism of the radiolabeled lipid and subsequent resynthesis into non‐lipid components occurred to a slight extent. The main factor responsible for the distribution of radioactivity amongst the lipids in the stomach tissue was believed to be transacylation.