Opposing Effects of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on the Expression of Lipogenic Genes in Omental and Retroperitoneal Adipose Depots in the Rat
Table 3
Effect of dietary ALA content on content of n-6 and n-3 PUFA in red blood cell phospholipids.
0.095%en ALA
0.19%en ALA
0.38%en ALA
0.76%en ALA
1.00%en ALA
2.05%en ALA
4.1%en ALA
6.3%en ALA
ALA
0.02 ±
0.03 ±
0.04 ±
0.10 ±
0.11 ±
0.24 ± 0.
0.47 ± 0.
0.89 ± 0.
LA
4.86 ± 0.0
5.09 ± 0.0
5.21 ± 0.0
5.63 ± 0.1
5.96 ± 0.0
6.12 ± 0.0
6.87 ± 0.1
7.67 ± 0.1
AA
27.9 ± 0.
27.9 ± 0.
27.9 ± 0.
26.3 ± 0.
26.1 ± 0.7
24.6 ± 0.4
21.7 ± 0.1
20.8 ± 0.1
EPA
0.88 ± 0.0
0.13 ± 0.00
0.24 ± 0.0
0.54 ± 0.0
0.66 ± 0.0
1.40 ± 0.0
2.63 ± 0.0
3.46 ± 0.1
DPA
0.63 ± 0.0
0.76 ± 0.0
0.98 ± 0.0
1.30 ± 0.0
1.57 ± 0.0
2.22 ± 0.0
2.40 ± 0.0
3.06 ± 0.1
DHA
1.63 ± 0.0
1.86 ± 0.0
2.05 ± 0.0
2.04 ± 0.1
2.12 ± 0.0
2.05 ± 0.0
1.68 ± 0.0
1.43 ± 0.0
Total n6 PUFA
33.3 ± 0.1
33.6 ± 0.2
33.8 ± 0.0
32.8 ± 0.7
32.6 ± 0.3
31.4 ± 0.4
29.2 ± 0.2
29.1 ± 0.2
Total n3 PUFA
2.48 ± 0.0
2.89 ± 0.0
3.45 ± 0.0
4.11 ± 0.1
4.59 ± 0.0
6.05 ± 0.06
7.66 ± 0.0
9.12 ± 0.2
Total n3 LCPUFA
3.35 ± 0.0
2.75 ± 0.0
3.29 ± 0.0
3.89 ± 0.1
4.34 ± 0.0
5.67 ± 0.0
7.01 ± 0.0
8.02 ± 0.2
Total PUFA
38.5 ± 0.19
39.0 ± 0.20
39.6 ± 0.09
38.9 ± 0.81
39.1 ± 0.32
40.0 ± 0.38
39.3 ± 0.25
39.6 ± 0.51
All data are presented as a percentage of total lipids in the sample. Different superscripts denote values which are significantly different as determined by a Duncan’s post hoc analysis ().
