Table 4 Brain phospholipid fatty acid composition of male rats fed DEF, SUF-S or SUF-SL diets

From: Hypothalamic gene expression in ω-3 PUFA-deficient male rats before, and following, development of hypertension

 

10 weeks old

36 weeks old

Fatty acid

DEF

SUF-S

SUF-SL

DEF

SUF-S

SUF-SL

16:0

16.7±1.3

17.8±1.0

18.9±0.6

16.3±0.6

16.3±0.4

16.0±1.0

18:0

17.9±0.9

17.4±0.3

19.7±1.5

19.5±0.5

19.4±0.5

18.9±0.7

20:0

1.1±1.1

1.0±0.1

1.0±0.1

0.6±0.1

0.6±0.1

0.6±0.2

18:1

19.7±1.4

21.2±0.3

21.4±1.6

14.7±0.8

15.3±0.4

15.8±0.5

20:1

3.2±0.3

2.9±0.2

2.9±0.5

1.5±0.2

1.6±0.1

1.9±0.8

24:1

4.8±0.4

4.8±0.5

3.6±0.7

3.8±0.5

3.6±0.4

3.7±0.6

18:2ω6

0.9±0.1

1.0±0.1

1.1±0.1

0.8±0.1

0.8±0.1

0.8±0.1

20:4ω6

8.0±0.4

7.2±0.3

7.8±0.1

9.6±0.4

8.9±0.4

8.7±0.7

22:4ω6

3.4±0.2

2.4±0.3*

2.6±0.1*

3.7±0.2

3.1±0.1*

2.9±0.2*

22:5ω6

6.3±0.3

0.1±0.1*

0.1±0.1*

7.2±0.4

0.3±0.1*

0.3±0.1*

22:6ω3

5.3±0.9

11.4±0.6*

12.4±0.1*

5.3±0.3

12.8±0.2*

12.9±0.9*

  1. Abbreviations: DEF, ω-3 fatty acid deficient animals; SUF-S, short-chain ω-3 fatty acids; SUF-SL, short- and long-chain ω-3 fatty acids.
  2. Results are displayed as % of total phospholipid fatty acids and are means±s.e.m. (n=10 per group).
  3. *P<0.05 vs. DEF.
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