Lipogenesis during the development of the rat ventral prostate

1. The relative proportions of fatty acids, both in total lipids and in the different classes of lipids of the ventral prostate, have been determined during the rat development. 2. Based on the degree of unsaturation, a remarkable variation in the distribution of fatty acids within the different groups of lipids was observed. 3. Incorporation studies of [1-14C]acetate into triacylglycerols and phospholipids during the development showed a crossing zone coincident with the puberty. 4. Storing lipids (triacylglycerols) and structural lipids such as phospholipids were mostly synthesized before and after sexual maturation respectively.