A a BONS a8 oh Lipids and Lipid Metabolism BBIOCHIBMICA ETI BIOPHWYSICA A CTA > b2 ey ‘ be> nT RS SW) including Lipids in Signalling and Recognition 5 wy pve a) y ’ Vol. 1304, 1996 ELSEVIER Cumulative Contents Regular section Oleate 6-hydroxylase activity in the membrane frac- tion from an oleaginous fungus, Mortierella ra- manniana var. angulispora Announcement: Subsection of Lipids & Lipid M. Certik, T. Nakahara and Y. Kamisaka (Japan) 56 Metabolism vi Editorial Subsection Changes in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta — a new Review elan P.C. van der Vliet vii The molecular biology of mammalian lipoxygenases and the quest for eicosanoid functions using Information for Contributors xi lipoxygenase-deficient mice C.D. Funk (USA) 65 Regular papers Regular section Tissue-specific differences in antioxidant distribution and susceptibility to lipid peroxidation during de- velopment of the chick embryo Announcement: Subsection of Lipids & Lipid P.F. Surai, R.C. Noble and B.K. Speake (UK, Metabolism vi Ukraine) Bezafibrate and clofibric acid are novel inhibitors of Information for Contributors phosphatidylcholine synthesis via the methylation of phosphatidylethanolamine Rapid report T. Nishimaki-Mogami, K. Suzuki, E. Okochi and A. Takahashi (Japan) 11 Differential expression of hepatic stearoyl-CoA de- The role of phosphatidylethanolamine methylation in saturase gene | in male and female mice the secretion of very low density lipoproteins by K.N. Lee, M.W. Pariza and J.M. Ntambi (USA) 85 cultured rat hepatocytes: rapid inhibition of phos- phatidylethanolamine methylation by bezafibrate Regular papers increases the density of apolipoprotein B48-con- taining lipoproteins T. Nishimaki-Mogami, K. Suzuki and A. Taka- Stimulation of phospholipid synthesis in HeLa cells hashi (Japan) 21 by epidermal growth factor and insulin: activation Human apolipoprotein A-II inhibits the formation of of choline kinase and glycerophosphate acyltrans- pre-B high density lipoproteins ferase L. Calabresi, A. Lucchini, G. Vecchio, C.R. Sir- T. Uchida (Japan) 89 tori and G. Franceschini (Italy) 32 Activity of hepatic fatty acid oxidation enzymes in Covalent complexes between serum albumin and rats fed a-linolenic acid 7-hydroxycoumarin-4-acetic acid: synthesis and Y. Kabir and T. Ide (Japan) 105 applications in the spectrophotometric detection Effect of grafted PEG-2000 on the size and perme- of long-chain fatty acids ability of vesicles E.J.F. Demant (Denmark) 43 A.N. Nikolova and M.N. Jones (UK, Bulgaria) 120 274 Cumulative contents Relation between accumulation of phospholipase A , Effect of fumonisin B, on phosphatidylethanolamine reaction products and Ca** release in isolated biosynthesis in Chinese hamster ovary cells liver mitochondria K. Badiani, D.M. Byers, H.W. Cook and N.D. I. Rustenbeck, W. Miinster and S. Lenzen Ridgway (Canada) 190 (Germany) 129 Bilirubin sensitized photooxidation of human plasma Effect of vitamin E on expression of cyclooxy- low density lipoprotein genase-2 in_ lipopolysaccharide-stimulated rat S.A. Hulea, T.L. Smith, E. Wasowicz and F.A. macrophages Kummerow (USA, Poland) 197 W. Sakamoto, K. Fujie, J. Nishihira, H. Handa, Studies on protective mechanisms of four compo- N. Ueda and S. Yamamoto (Japan) 139 nents of green tea polyphenols against lipid per- Inhibition of cholesteryl ester transfer protein by oxidation in synaptosomes apolipoproteins, lipopolysaccharides, and Q. Guo, B. Zhao, M. Li, S. Shen and W. Xin cholesteryl sulfate (People’s Republic of China) 210 D.T. Connolly, E.S. Krul, D. Heuvelman and K.C. Ascorbate promotes low density lipoprotein oxida- Glenn (USA) 145 tion in the presence of ferritin L. Dai, P.G. Winyard, Z. Zhang, D.R. Blake and Subsection C.J. Morris (UK) 223 Inhibition of microbial lipases with stereoisomeric Regular paper triradylglycerol analog phosphonates P. Stadler, G. Zandonella, L. Haalck, F. Spener, A. Hermetter and F. Paltauf (Austria, Germany) 229 Protein kinase C plays a key role in the cross-talk Association of lipid A disaccharide synthase with between intracellular signalings via prostanoid re- aerobic glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in ceptors in a megakaryoblastic cell line, MEG-OIs extracts of Escherichia coli T. Watanabe, S. Sunaga, M. Togo, H. Satoh, M. M.E. Milla and C.R.H. Raetz (USA) 245 Higashihara, Y. Hashimoto and K. Kurokawa Sulfatide is expressed in both erythrocytes and (Japan) 161 platelets of bovine origin Y. Kushi, M. Arita, I. Ishizuka, T. Kasama, P. Regular section Fredman and §S. Handa (Japan, Sweden) 254 Announcement: Subsection of Lipids & Lipid Subsection Metabolism vi Information for Contributors vil Regular paper Rapid report Progesterone triggers the rapid activation of phos- pholipase D in the amphibian oocyte plasma Apoptosis is associated with an increase in saturated membrane when initiating the G,/M transition fatty acid containing phospholipids in the neu- A.B. Kostellow, G.-Y. Ma and G.A. Morrill (USA) 263 ronal cell line, HN2-5 Cumulative contents, Vol. 1304 273 J.K. Singh, A. Dasgupta, T. Adayev, S.A. Shahme- hdi, D. Hammond and P. Banerjee (USA) 171] Author index 275 Regular papers Interaction of liposomes with human skin in vitro — the influence of lipid composition and structure M. Kirjavainen, A. Urtti, I. Jadaskelainen, T.M. Suhonen, P. Paronen, R. Valjakka-Koskela, J. Kiesvaara and J. Ménkkénen (Finland) 179