Table 2.
Total content and percent (%) distribution of fatty acyl tails from whole muscle, mitochondrial and sarcolemmal membrane fractions before (Pre) and after (Post) 12 weeks of fish oil supplementation.
| Whole muscle nmol/g dry mass |
Mitoch=ondria nmol/mg protein |
Sarcolemma nmol/mg protein |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | ||
| SFA | 24450 ± 1348 | 35852 ± 4416∗ | 291 ± 11 | 272 ± 10∗ | 395 ± 65 | 562 ± 65∗ | |
| MUFA | 4522 ± 337 | 9033 ± 1576∗ | 38 ± 2 | 34 ± 1∗ | 48 ± 9 | 61 ± 6 | |
| n-6 | 26442 ± 1764 | 37350 ± 4742 | 293 ± 31 | 249 ± 19 | 67 ± 14 | 78 ± 9 | |
| n-3 | 1895 ± 117 | 7424 ± 1007∗ | 14 ± 2 | 45 ± 5∗ | 15 ± 3 | 23 ± 3∗ | |
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Whole muscle (%) |
Mitochondria (%) |
Sarcolemma (%) |
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| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | ||
| SFA | 42.8 ± 0.9 | 40.0 ± 1.0∗ | 46.6 ± 2.5 | 45.7 ± 2.1 | 76.1 ± 2.0 | 76.9 ± 1.9 | |
| MUFA | 7.9 ± 0.4 | 10.1 ± 1.1 | 6.1 ± 0.4 | 5.7 ± 0.4 | 9.0 ± 0.6 | 8.8 ± 0.8 | |
| n-6 | 46.0 ± 1.1 | 41.6 ± 0.8∗ | 45.1 ± 2.8 | 41.1 ± 2.6∗ | 11.9 ± 1.3 | 11.0 ± 0.9 | |
| n-3 | 3.3 ± 0.2 | 8.3 ± 0.6∗ | 2.2 ± 0.2 | 7.5 ± 0.7∗ | 3.0 ± 0.4 | 3.3 ± 0.4 | |
Values represent means ± SEM. ∗Significantly different from Pre. SFA, Saturated fatty acids; MUFA, Monounsaturated fatty acids; n-6, omega-6; n-3, omega-3.