Previous studies from our laboratory have shown that male C57BL/6J mice excrete into the urine multilamellar lysosomal bodies that contain specific neutral glycosphingolipids. These mice excrete approximately 20-30% of their kidney glycolipids each day. The significance and function of this secretion of multilamellar lysosomal organelles is unknown. To characterize these excreted bodies further, we report here their neutral lipid and phospholipid composition. The bodies were collected by differential centrifugation, extracted with chloroform-methanol, and lipids were fractionated into neutral lipids, glycolipids, and phospholipids. The neutral lipids consisted primarily of cholesterol, dolichol, and ubiquinone. The phospholipid fraction consisted primarily of a single molecular species of phosphatidylcholine. This lipid which comprises more than 90% of the total phospholipids was found to contain 16:0 ether and C22:6 n-3 fatty acid as determined by gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. The glycosphingolipids as reported previously consisted primarily of galabiosylceramides and globotriaosylceramides. This membrane lipid composition is different from any previously reported cellular organelle.
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