10-week-old WT or ATGL−/− mice fed a chow diet were injected with Ad-null or Ad-FLAG-PNPLA3. Tissues were collected following a 12-h fast (n = 8/group). a Immunoblotting analysis of ATGL and FLAG-PNPLA3 expression in the liver. b Total liver TG content. c Total plasma TG content. d–j Shotgun lipidomic analysis of whole liver tissue (n = 3/group). d Heatmap indicating fold-change of individual TG species relative to control (WT mice injected with Ad-null) arranged by increasing number of double bonds. Individual FA composition of TGs presented as absolute FA abundance (e) and as percentage of the total FA pool (f). Abundance of total PLs (g) and major PL classes (h). Absolute FA abundance in PE (i) and PC (j) species. All error bars represent mean ± SD. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 ****p < 0.0001, two-sided t test. Specific p values: b (ATGL + /+) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.938; (Ad-null) ATGL + /+ vs ATGL −/−: p = 9.01E-07; (Ad-PNPLA3) ATGL + /+ vs ATGL −/−: p = 0.356; (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 1.09E-07. e 16:0, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.0149; 16:1, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.0228; 18:0, (ATGL + /+) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.0176, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.0156; 18:1, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.0418; 18:2, (ATGL + /+) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 4.33E-04, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.00483; 18:3, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.00876; 20:4, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.0117. f 16:0, (ATGL + /+) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.0211, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.831; 18:0, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.0041, 18:1, (ATGL + /+) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.126, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.581; 18:2, (ATGL + /+) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.0186, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.0297; 18:3, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.0104. g (ATGL + /+) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.383; (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.000223. h PE, (ATGL + /+) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.188, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.00170; PC, (ATGL + /+) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.713, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.00934. i 16:0, (ATGL + /+) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.158, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.00356; 18:0, (ATGL + /+) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.324, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.00709; 18:2, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.000145; 22:6(ATGL + /+) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.577, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.0037. j 16:0, (ATGL + /+) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.908, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.00154; 18:2, (ATGL + /+) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.841, (ATGL−/−) Ad-null vs Ad-PNPLA3: p = 0.0105.