Docosahexaenoic acid: membrane properties of a unique fatty acid.

By W. Stillwell, S. Wassall. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 2003

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Subfields: Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics

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Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and the brain: a review of the independent and shared effects of EPA, DPA and DHA (2015, background): “…key biophysical properties such as acyl chain order, membrane fluidity, phase behavior, compression, permeability, fusion, flip-flop and protein activity (Stillwell and Wassall, 2003; Stillwell et al., 2005), and driving the creation of cholesterol-depleted domains (Wassall and Stillwell, 2008).”
Health and condition in fish: the influence of lipids on membrane competency and immune response (2009, background): “…in DHA are believed to be, at least in part, responsible for its effect on several important membrane properties including, but not limited to; membrane permeability, membrane fusion, and elasticity and vesicle formation (Stillwell and Wassall 2003 ; Wassall et al. 2004 ; and references therein).”
Dietary intakes and food sources of omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (2003, background): “Therefore, an increased supply of LC-PUFAs is of particular importance during this stage (Stillwell & Wassall, 2003; Williams & Burdge, 2006).”
Lipids and life strategy of Arctic Calanus (2009, background): “For human health, for example, DHA is linked positively to the prevention of cancer and heart disease and is essential to neurological functions (Stillwell & Wassall 2003).”
The Various Roles of Fatty Acids (2018, background): “PUFA have a strong impact on other physical properties of membranes besides fluidity that encompass membrane permeability, membrane elasticity and curvature strain [126–128] with implications for membrane fusion and vesicle formation [129,130], lateral lipid segregation [131] and flip-flop mechanism”
Perspectives on marine zooplankton lipids (2007, background): “Since the phase transition temperature of phospholipids with these highly unsaturated fatty acids is not markedly lower than that with fatty acids with fewer double bonds, the previously implied importance of these polyunsaturated fatty acids in the regulation of membrane fluidity at cold temperatur”
Omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids: Dietary sources, metabolism, and significance - A review. (2018, background): “of diverse biological properties associated with DHA, including cognitive processes [56].”
The importance of high-quality algal food sources in stream food webs - current status and future perspectives (2016, background): “Due to its high number of double bonds, DHA has a greater effect on membrane fluidity than the other longchain PUFA (i.e. EPA and ARA) (Niebylski & Salem, 1994), even at low temperatures (Stillwell & Wassall, 2003).”