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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2011 Nov 30;1821(9):1235–1243. doi: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2011.11.002

Table 6.

The dilution factor (λDPA–CoA), incorporation rates of DPA-CoA (JFA,i(DPA)), turnover rates (FFA,i(DPA)) and half-lives of DPA in the rat brains

λ DPA–CoA JFA (nmol/sec/g × 10−4) FFA (%/hr) Half-life (hr)

Adequat Deficien Adequat Deficien Adequat Deficien Adequat Deficien
e t e t e t e t
Total phospholipid s 0.30 ± 0.12 0.055 ± 0.019** 6.93 ± 2.47 219± 131*** 0.446 ± 0.177 1.08 ± 0.63** 177 ± 65 73 ± 25**
EtnGpl 2.15 ± 0.77 99.1 ± 70.0*** 0.298 ± 0.125 0.838 ± 0.599** 274 ± 116 105 ± 40**
PtdIns 1.22 ± 0.49 40.8 ± 24.6 *** 0.322 ± 0.180 15.0 ± 99.3*** 29 ± 18 5.8 ± 2.4**
PtdSer 0.511 ± 0.210 15.4 ± 9.8** 0.0955 ± 0.0389 0.242 ± 0.174* 845 ± 367 398 ± 220*
ChoGpl 1.73 ± 0.75 59.5 ± 40.3*** 0.934 ± 0.486 1.91 ± 1.19*** 94 ± 47 45 ± 18

Values are mean ± SD (n = 8 for both groups).

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01, differs significantly from mean in adequate group.