Involvement of gut microbial fermentation in the metabolic alterations occurring in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids-depleted mice

Table 2 Adipose tissue weight

	n-3/+	n-3/+ FOS	n-3/-	n-3/- FOS
VAT (g/100 g body weight)	0.66 ± 0.11	0.76 ± 0.06	0.66 ± 0.02	0.80 ± 0.02^#
OAT (g/100 g body weight)	0.81 ± 0.14	1.13 ± 0.07	1.02 ± 0.08	0.99 ± 0.08
SAT (g/100 g body weight)	1.21 ± 0.16	1.27 ± 0.08	1.41 ± 0.06	1.45 ± 0.12
Total AT (g/100 g body weight)	2.69 ± 0.38	3.06 ± 0.22	3.09 ± 0.13	3.17 ± 0.22

VAT; visceral adipose tissue, OAT; ovarian adipose tissue, SAT; subcutaneous adipose tissue, AT; adipose tissue
Data are the mean ± SEM.
*: mean values significantly different from n-3/+ mice (P < 0.05, Student's t-test).
^#: mean values significantly different from n-3/- mice (P < 0.05, Student's t-test).
-3/+: mice fed with a control diet (n = 9), n-3/+ FOS: mice fed a control diet and supplemented with a prebiotic for 24 days (n = 10), n-3/-: mice fed an n-3 PUFA-depleted diet (n = 12), n-3/- FOS: mice fed an n-3 PUFA-depleted diet and supplemented with a prebiotic for 24 days (n = 12).
The results have been partly reported in reference 20.

ISSN: 1743-7075