TABLE 2.
Peritoneal macrophage FA composition
| % FA | ||||
| FA | PO | FO | EO | BO |
| Palmitic acid (C16:0) | 20.5 | 16.9 | 18.7 | 13.7 |
| Oleic acid (C18:1 n-9) | 25.4 | 17.5 | 15.3 | 14.2 |
| Linoleic acid (C18:2 n-6) | 6.5 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.9 |
| ALA (C18:3 n-3) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| GLA (C18:3 n-6) | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| DGLA (C20:3 n-6) | 1.8 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 6.4 |
| AA (C20:4 n-6) | 9.0 | 4.8 | 9.1 | 13.7 |
| EPA (C20:5 n-3) | 0.2 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 0 |
| DPA (C22:5 n-3) | 1.8 | 13.7 | 6.3 | 1.2 |
| DHA (C22:6 n-3) | 4.4 | 10.3 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
#x2212/#x2212: Thioglycollate-elicited peritoneal macrophages were isolated from Ldlr−/− mice fed the indicated atherogenic diets for 16 weeks. FA percentage distribution was measured using pooled cell lysates from three mice per diet group as described in the Materials and Methods section. Data for individual FAs are expressed as percentage composition of total FAs.