Essential fatty acid deficiency and renewal of rod outer segments in the albino rat.

摘要: Biochemical studies in albino rats fed a lab chow diet (control) showed 9 to 10 day turnover time for rhodopsin rod photoreceptor membranes, whereas the animals raised on fat-free (experimental) was not easily measurable. The number of phagosomes pigment epithelium control group three times that found experimetals. These support earlier autoradiographic data which suggested renewal new discs rat retina is controlled by availability polyunsaturated fatty acids.