Table 2. PUFA composition of total cellular lipids from the HEK293 cells transfected with EGFP, sN3 or sN3D4.
Mol % offatty acids | EGFP | sN3 | sN3D4 |
n-6 PUFAs | |||
18∶2n-6 | 50.52±1.29a | 32.99±1.13b | 35.47±0.92b |
20∶4n-6 | 28.92±0.87a | 17.45±0.64b | 18.77±0.71b |
22∶4n-6 | 10.30±0.59a | 4.87±0.44b | 5.22±0.51b |
Total | 89.74±1.41a | 55.31±0.96c | 59.46±0.99b |
n-3 PUFAs | |||
18∶3n-3 | 0.64±0.03c | 19.48±0.31a | 16.14±0.27b |
20∶5n-3 | 1.41±0.08b | 11.86±0.22a | 10.99±0.18a |
22∶5n-3 | 3.92±0.11b | 8.84±0.20a | 4.12±0.13b |
22∶6n-3 | 4.27±0.18b | 4.61±0.16b | 9.27±0.25a |
Total | 10.24±0.30c | 44.79±1.07a | 40.52±0.91b |
n-6/n-3 ratio | 8.76±0.27a | 1.23±0.06b | 1.46±0.07b |
Values are means of three measurements. Values for each fatty acid with the same superscript do not differ significantly (P<0.05) between control (EGFP), sN3 and N3D4.