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Table 2 Composition of polyunsaturated FAs in major tissues

From: Correction to: The effect of western diet on mice brain lipid composition

 

Chow [mg/g]

Serum [mg/L]

Brain [%]

Liver [%]

Retroperitoneal adipose tissue [%]

Epididymal adipose tissue [%]

Subcutaneous adipose tissue [%]

       
 

10%

60%

SD

HFD

SD

HFD

SD

HFD

SD

HFD

SD

HFD

SD

HFD

SFA

17.9 ± 0.64

136 ± 8.00 **

1049 ± 286

1855 ± 397 **

46.13 ± 1.06

46.82 ± 2.14

37.41 ± 0.86

38.03 ± 4.72

33.75 ± 2.46

29.73 ± 1.64 *

29.08 ± 1.53

29.28 ± 1.63

31.99 ±1.39

28.80 ±.29 *

MUFA

10.7 ± 0.12

87.9 ± 4.15 #

1164 ± 389

1289 ± 274

32.35 ± 2.64

30.99 ± 2.75

41.26 ± 2.56

39.15 ± 11.23

62.51 ± 2.16

62.06 ± 1.73

66.86 ± 1.29

62.58 ± 1.43 *

64.19 ± 1.44

63.03 ±2.17

16:2 n-6

0.067 ± 0.003

0.51 ± 0.02#

0.04 ± 0.06

0.40 ± 0.17**

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.01

0.003 ± 0.000

0.020 ± 0.010*

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00*

0.003 ± 0.000

0.02 ±0.01#

LA

2.04 ± 0.04

18.6 ± 0.70#

356 ± 29.1

915 ± 114#

0.38 ± 0.08

0.72 ± 0.08#

6.40 ± 0.46

11.56 ± 2.34*

3.02 ± 0.28

7.46 ± 0.10#

3.42 ± 0.51

7.51 ± 0.31#

3.16 ± 0.17

7.51 ± 0.15#

20:2 n-6

0.058 ± 0.009

0.57 ± 0.07**

3.78 ± 0.63

9.22 ± 2.37**

0.08 ± 0.02

0.15 ± 0.03*

0.09 ± 0.01

0.17 ± 0.05*

0.07 ± 0.01

0.14 ± 0.03#

0.05 ± 0.01

0.11 ± 0.02#

0.05 ± 0.01

0.11 ± 0.02#

DGLA

0.012 ± 0.0002

0.11 ± 0.01**

32.4 ± 6.83

36.0 ± 16.2

0.35 ± 0.04

0.38 ± 0.01

1.35 ± 0.11

0.65 ± 0.17#

0.08 ± 0.02

0.06 ± 0.00*

0.05 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.02*

0.07 ± 0.01

0.04 ± 0.01*

ARA

0.037 ± 0.004

0.36 ± 0.01#

152 ± 37.4

330 ± 59.2#

7.93 ± 0.61

8.11 ± 0.64

8.19 ± 0.87

6.28 ± 2.83

0.10 ± 0.03

0.10 ± 0.02

0.06 ± 0.02

0.04 ± 0.03

0.11 ± 0.02

0.07 ± 0.02*

AdA

0.008 ± 0.002

0.11 ± 0.02*

1.48 ± 0.35

2.81 ± 0.60#

2.06 ± 0.25

2.01 ± 0.25

0.14 ± 0.02

0.17 ± 0.05

0.02 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.00*

0.01 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.00

PUFA n-6

2.16 ± 0.03

19.7 ± 0.64 #

552 ± 63.9

1295 ± 105 #

11.22 ± 0.96

11.52 ± 0.64

16.62 ± 1.38

18.93 ± 5.24

3.30 ± 0.32

7.79 ± 0.09 #

3.61 ± 0.53

7.72 ± 0.23 #

3.42 ± 0.18

7.77 ± 0.19 #

ALA

0.005 ± 0.002

0.049 ± 0.002#

5.74 ± 2.18

9.97 ± 2.55*

0.02 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.01

0.10 ± 0.03

0.18 ± 0.06*

0.01 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.00

ETA

0.002 ± 0.001

0.01 ± 0.01

2.87 ± 0.56

3.44 ± 0.89

–

–

0.06 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.01*

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

EPA

0.008 ± 0.002

0.074 ± 0.004#

42.9 ± 11.7

20.1 ± 2.77**

0.33 ± 0.03

0.15 ± 0.02 #

1.71 ± 0.12

0.31 ± 0.11#

0.12 ± 0.02

0.03 ± 0.00#

0.13 ± 0.02

0.05 ± 0.04#

0.12 ± 0.02

0.02 ± 0.01#

DPA

0.016 ± 0.003

0.15 ± 0.007#

2.81 ± 0.53

7.87 ± 2.28**

0.36 ± 0.05

0.31 ± 0.06

0.23 ± 0.04

0.32 ± 0.09

0.03 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.00

0.03 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.00#

DHA

0.006 ± 0.003

0.06 ± 0.02

30.9 ± 8.24

72.1 ± 8.81

8.91 ± 0.57

9.71 ± 0.78

2.36 ± 0.29

2.85 ± 1.28

0.03 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.01*

0.02 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

PUFA n-3

0.04 ± 0.01

0.35 ± 0.007 #

85.2 ± 21.7

114 ± 9.01 *

9.62 ± 0.60

10.19 ± 0.79

4.46 ± 0.37

3.69 ± 1.50

0.20 ± 0.04

0.08 ± 0.01 #

0.19 ± 0.01

0.10 ± 0.06 *

0.18 ± 0.02

0.06 ± 0.02 #

  1. p-value from paired t-test: * < 0.05, # < 0.001, AdA – adrenic acid (22:4 n-6), ALA – α-linolenic acid (18:3 n-3), ARA – arachidonic acid (20:4 n-6), DGLA –dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (20:3 n-6), DHA – docosahexaenoic acid (22:6 n-3), DPA – docosapentaenoic acid (22:5 n-3), EPA – eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5 n-3), ETA – eicosatetraenoic acid (20:4 n-3), LA – linoleic acid (18:2 n-6), MUFA – monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA – polyunsaturated fatty acids, SFA – saturated fatty acid
  2. Boldface, major groups of fatty acid