Table 6.

Expression of adipocyte genes in retroperitoneal and subcutaneous adipose tissue at 6 weeks of age in offspring of Control and Omega-3 dams (normalized to β-actin).

	Male		Female
	Control (n = 10)	Omega-3 (n = 10)	Control (n = 10)	Omega-3 (n = 10)
RETROPERITONEAL
SREBP-1c mRNA (×1000)	0.9 ± 0.02	1.4 ± 0.3	1.7 ± 0.4	1.8 ± 0.5
PPARγ mRNA	0.0143 ± 0.003	0.0161 ±  0.003	0.0141 ± 0.003	0.0136 ± 0.003
FAS mRNA	0.131 ± 0.058	0.152 ± 0.039	0.567 ± 0.085#	0.316 ± 0.084#†
G3PDH mRNA	0.099 ± 0.03	0.253 ± 0.08	0.343 ± 0.056	0.233 ± 0.065
Leptin mRNA	0.0153 ± 0.006	0.0122 ± 0.005	0.0071 ± 0.002	0.0068 ± 0.002
SUBCUTANEOUS
SREBP-1c mRNA	0.0087 ± 0.0030	0.0075 ± 0.0006	0.0087 ± 0.003	0.0130 ± 0.005
PPARγ mRNA (×1000)	0.82 ± 0.03	0.67 ±  0.02	1.7 ± 0.7	0.7 ± 0.3
FAS mRNA	0.251 ± 0.060	0.256 ± 0.130	0.353 ± 0.170	0.104 ± 0.047
G3PDH mRNA	0.220 ± 0.11	0.221 ± 0.089	0.363 ± 0.180	0.105 ± 0.046
Leptin mRNA	0.0028 ± 0.001	0.0024 ± 0.002	0.0024 ± 0.001	0.0021 ± 0.001

All values expressed as mean ± SEM. The effect of Omega-3 treatment and sex was determined using a two-way ANOVA. ^#denotes P < 0.05 compared to male offspring; ^†denotes P = 0.06 compared to Control females.