Threshold protective effect of deuterated polyunsaturated fatty acids on peroxidation of lipid bilayers
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Abstract
Autoxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) damages lipid membranes and generates numerous toxic by‐products implicated in neurodegeneration, aging, and other pathologies. Abstraction of bis‐allylic hydrogen atoms is the rate‐limiting step of PUFA autoxidation, which is inhibited by replacing bis‐allylic hydrogens with deuterium atoms (D‐PUFAs). In cells, the presence of a relatively small fraction of D‐PUFAs among natural PUFAs is sufficient to effectively inhibit lipid peroxidation (LPO). Here, we investigate the effect of various D‐PUFAs on the stability of liposomes under oxidative stress conditions. The permeability of vesicle membranes to fluorescent dyes was measured as a proxy for bilayer integrity, and the formation of conjugated dienes was monitored as a proxy for LPO. Remarkably, both approaches reveal a similar threshold for the protective effect of D‐PUFAs in liposomes. We show that protection rendered by D‐PUFAs depends on the structure of the deuterated fatty acid. Our findings suggest that protection of PUFAs against autoxidation depends on the total level of deuterated bi‐sallylic (CD2) groups present in the lipid bilayer. However, the phospholipid containing 6,6,9,9,12,12,15,15,18,18‐d10‐docosahexaenoic acid exerts a stronger protective effect than should be expected from its deuteration level. These findings further support the application of D‐PUFAs as preventive/therapeutic agents in numerous pathologies that involve LPO.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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