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Lipids of bovine enamel and dentin and human bone

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Three different materials were studied: bovine dentin, bovine enamel, and human cortical bone. Lipids extracted from pulverized tissues were analyzed qualitatively by paper chromatography and quantitatively by column chromatography. Sample materials were also demineralized and extracted a second time so that results could be compared to those obtained prior to demineralization. Fatty acids of bone lipids were investigated by vapor phase chromatography and compared to the fatty acids of trabecular bone and bone marrow.

Calcified tissues were found to contain cholesterol, cholesterol esters, monoglycerides, diglycerides, triglycerides, free fatty acids, and various phospholipids. With some exceptions, such as bovine enamel where phospholipids could not be identified, these included lecithin, lysolecithin, cephalin, lysocephalin, monophosphoinositide, sphingomyelin, and substances which might be phosphatidic acid and cardiolipin. Phosphatidylserine was extractable from bovine dentin only after demineralization, but was removable from bone both before and after EDTA treatment.

Additional lipids were obtained from sample materials if they were demineralized with EDTA and extracted a second time. The total lipids extracted from the tissues averaged 20.28 mg/100 g dentin, 1.97 mg/100 g enamel, and 2,005 mg/100 g human bone. The major portion of human cortical bone lipids was triglyceride and the fatty acid composition was similar to that of marrow and trabecular bone.

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Le but de cette étude est l'analyse des lipides des tissus calcifiés au niveau de la dentine et de l'émail bovins et de l'os cortical humain. Les lipides extraits des tissues pulvérisés sont analysés qualitativement par chromatographie sur colonne. Des échantillons ont été déminéralisés et une seconde extraction a permis de comparer les résultats obtenus avec ceux de la première analyse. Les acides gras des lipides osseux sont étudiés par chromatographie en phase gazeuse et comparés à ceux de l'os spongieux et des expaces médulaires.

Les tissus calcifiés contiennent du cholestérol et ses esters, des monoglycérides, des diglycérides, des triglycérides, des acides gras libres et divers phospholipides. A part certains cas, et en particulier l'émail bovin, où l'on n'a pas pu identifier des phospholipides, ces derniers sont constitués par de la lécithine, la lyso-lécithine, l'éthanolamine de phosphatidyle, la sphingomyéline, ainsi que par des substances qui pourraient être de l'acide phosphatidique et de la cardiolipine. La sérine de phosphatidyle a pu être isolée de la dentine bovine, seulement après déminéralisation, mais a pu être extrait de l'os à la avant et, après traitement à l'EDTA.

D'autres lipides sont recueillis après déminéralisation à l'EDTA et une seconde dé minéralisation. Les lipides totaux extraits sont d'environ 20.28 mg/100 grammes de dentine, 1.97 mg/100 grammes d'émail et 2005 mg/100 grammes, d'os humain. Le constituant lipidique principal de l'os cortical humain est le triglycéride et la composition en acide gras est identique à celle de l'os spongieux et de la moëlle.

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Drei verschiedene Materialien wurden untersucht: bovines Dentin, boviner Schmelz und menschliche Corticalis. Die aus den pulverisierten Geweben extrahierten Lipide wurden qualitativ mittels Säulenchromatographie analysiert. Die Proben wurden ebenfalls demineralisiert und ein zweites Mal extrahiert, damit die Resultate mit denjenigen vor der Demineralisation verglichen werden konnten. Die Fettsäuren der Knochenlipide wurden mittels Gaschromatographie untersucht und mit den Fettsäuren der Spongiosa und des Markes verglichen. In den verkalkten Geweben fanden sich Cholesterol, Cholesterolester, Monoglyceride, Diglyceride, Triglyceride, freie Fettsäuren und verschiedene Phospholipide. Mit einigen Ausnahmen, wie z. B. in bovinem Schmelz, wo Phospholipide nicht nachgewiesen werden konnten, bestanden diese Phospholipide aus Lecithin, Lysolecithin, Phosphatidyläthanolamin, Lysophosphatidyläthanolamin, Phosphatidylinositol, Sphingomyelin und Substanzen, welche Phosphatidsäure und Cariolipin sein könnten. Aus bovinem Dentin konnte Phosphatidylserin nur nach Demineralisation extrahiert werden; aus Knochen ließ es sich jedoch sowohl vor wie nach EDTA-Behandlung entfernen.

Zusätzliche Lipide wurden aus Proben gewonnen, wenn diese mit EDTA demineralisiert und ein zweites Mal extrahiert wurden. Die gesamte aus den Geweben extrahierte Lipidmenge betrug im Mittel 20,28 mg/100 g Dentin, 1,97 mg/100 g Schmelz und 2005 mg/100 g menschlichen Knochen. Der Hauptteil der Lipide aus menschlicher Corticalis bestand aus Triglyceriden und die Zusammensetzung der Fettsäuren entsprach jener im Mark und in der Spongiosa.

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This investigation was undertaken as part of the Dentistry and Dental Research program which is under the general direction of Dr. Erling Johansen. It was supported by United States Public Health Grant DE-003-11, National Institute for Dental Research and Grant HE 02063, National Heart Institute.

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Dirksen, T.R., Marinetti, G.V. Lipids of bovine enamel and dentin and human bone. Calc. Tis Res. 6, 1–10 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02196179

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