. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 30.

Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2017 Dec 18;119(2):163–175. doi: 10.1017/S0007114517003385

Table 1.

In vitro incorporation of exogenous fatty acids (FA) into activated human CD4+ T cell membrane phospholipids^* (Mean values with their standard errors)

FA (mol%)	UT		L12.5		L25		L50		E12.5		E25		E50		D12.5		D25		D50
FA (mol%)	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
14 : 0	5·4^a	0·2	5·3^a	0·1	4·5^a	0·3	4·0^a	0·3	5·4^a	0·2	5·1^a	0·3	5·3^a	0·4	5·7^a^,^b	0·1	4·8^a	0·3	7·7^b	1·3
16 : 0	42·2^a	1·5	45·9^b	1·5	45·0^b	1·1	46·0^b	1·8	54·6^c^,^d	0·7	53·6^c	1·3	53·6^c	1·9	56·3^d	1·2	55·2^e	2·0	58·5^e	2·0
16 : 1n-7	6·7^b	0·4	2·6^a	0·2	1·1^a	0·1	0·8^a	0·1	1·8^a	0·1	1·4^a	0·1	0·5^a	0·2	1·1^a	0·1	1·1^a	0·2	0·5^a	0·2
18 : 0	18·9^c	0·4	18·9^c	0·5	17·5^c	1·0	13·1^a	0·9	18·0^c	0·1	15·0^b	0·3	14·5^a^,^b	0·8	18·3^c	0·6	15·0^b	0·3	11·7^a	1·5
18 : 1n-9	15·6^e	0·3	10·9^d	0·6	6·3^b^,^c	0·5	4·4^a	0·2	8·4^c^,^d	0·2	7·4^c	0·1	5·4^a^,^b	0·5	6·9^a^,^b	0·5	6·8^b^,^c	0·6	5·5^a^,^b	0·4
18 : 1n-7	5·5^c	0·4	3·9^b^,^c	0·2	2·9^b	0·2	2·0^a^,^b	0·2	2·6^a^,^b	0·1	2·4^a^,^b	0·1	1·8^a^,^b	0·3	2·1^a^,^b	0·2	2·4^a^,^b	0·3	1·1^a	0·4
18 : 2n-6	1·8^a	0·2	8·1^b	0·4	15·3^c	1·8	22·7^d	2·7	0·9^a	0·1	0·9^a	0·1	0·6^a	0·3	0·9^a	0·1	1·3^a	0·2	0·8^a	0·3
20 : 2n-6	ND^a		ND^a		1·7^a^,^b	0·4	2·9^b	0·5	ND^a		ND^a		ND^a		ND^a		ND^a		ND^a
20 : 3n-6	ND^a		1·7^a^,^b	0·1	2·8^b	0·1	2·5^b	0·3	ND^a		ND^a		ND^a		ND^a		ND^a		ND^a
20 : 4n-6	3·9^a	0·5	2·8^a^,^b	0·1	3·2^b	0·2	2·2^a^,^b	0·1	2·1^a^,^b	0·1	2·3^a^,^b	0·3	0·8^a	0·4	1·9^a^,^b	0·1	3·0^b	0·4	1·7^a	0·6
20 : 5n-3	ND^a		ND^a		ND^a		ND^a		2·8^b	0·2	5·3^c	0·5	10·1^d	0·9	ND^a		ND^a		ND^a
22 : 5n-3	ND^a		ND^a		ND^a		ND^a		3·6^b	0·2	6·7^c	0·4	7·5^c	0·3	ND^a		ND^a		ND^a
22 : 6n-3	ND^a		ND^a		ND^a		ND^a		ND^a		ND^a		ND^a		6·9^b	1·0	10·2^c	0·8	12·7^c	0·5
SCD1i1	0·16	0·02	0·06	0·01	0·02	0·00	0·02	0·00	0·03	0·00	0·03	0·00	0·01	0·00	0·02	0·00	0·02	0·00	0·01	0·00
SCD1i2	0·83	0·04	0·58	0·02	0·36	0·02	0·34	0·03	0·47	0·01	0·50	0·01	0·38	0·04	0·38	0·04	0·45	0·04	0·53	0·10
n-6 PUFA	5·68^c	0·69	12·57^d	0·44	22·78^c	2·22	29·86^f	2·95	2·96^a^,^b	0·28	3·15^a^,^b	0·34	1·41^a	0·64	2·81^a^,^b	0·20	4·35^b^,^c	0·55	2·41^a	0·87
n-3 PUFA	0·00^a	0·00	0·00^a	0·00	0·00^a	0·00	0·00^a	0·00	6·40^b	0·05	11·92^c	0·80	17·64^e	1·16	6·86^b	0·95	10·18^c	0·76	12·64^d	0·51
n-3:n-6	0·00^a	0·00	0·00^a	0·00	0·00^a	0·00	0·00^a	0·00	2·20^b	0·18	3·90^b	0·29	6·77^c	0·58	2·42^b	0·17	2·54^b	0·31	3·08^b	0·31

L, linoleic acid; E, EPA; D, DHA; SCD, stearoyl-CoA desaturase; UT, untreated – no exogenous FA; ND, not detectable; number following each letter denotes concentration in μM.

^a,b,c,d,e,f

Mean values with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05, n 3–7).

Only selected FA (>1 mol%) are reported.