Table 5.

Least squares means (log₂-back-transformed) for expression of genes in the liver, skeletal muscle, and subcutaneous adipose tissue of pigs fed diets containing 0 or 150 mg Cu/kg from copper hydroxychloride¹

	Diet
Item2	Control	Control + Cu3	SEM	P-value
Liver
FAS	0.681	0.926	0.192	0.329
CD36	0.839	1.094	0.064	0.017
ACC	0.823	0.886	0.136	0.746
PPAR-α	0.857	0.923	0.089	0.451
CPT1A	1.031	1.000	0.078	0.678
FABP1	0.774	1.137	0.098	0.067
Skeletal muscle
FAS	0.678	1.314	0.315	0.742
CD36	1.031	1.391	0.219	0.215
ACC	0.564	0.809	0.245	0.418
PPAR-α	0.732	0.877	0.046	0.082
CPT1B	0.877	0.835	0.077	0.682
FABP3	0.889	0.797	0.062	0.308
FATP1	0.826	0.687	0.069	0.158
Subcutaneous adipose tissue
FAS	0.559	0.951	0.334	0.312
CD36	1.031	1.391	0.219	0.215
ACC	0.564	0.809	0.245	0.418
PPAR-α	0.784	0.966	0.119	0.188
CPT1B	0.960	1.395	0.126	0.075
FABP4	0.998	1.320	0.149	0.035
FATP1	1.081	1.159	0.107	0.651
PPAR-ɤ	1.049	1.396	0.182	0.160
LPL	0.985	1.462	0.143	0.004
HSL	0.802	1.135	0.184	0.126

¹Data are least squares means of seven or eight observations for all treatments.

² FAS, fatty acid synthase; CD36, cluster of differentiation 36/fatty acid translocase; ACC, acetyl CoA carboxylase; PPAR-α, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha; CPT1A, carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1 A; FABP1, fatty acid binding protein 1; CPT1B, carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1 B; FATP1, fatty acid transport protein 1; FABP3, fatty acid binding protein 3; FABP4, fatty acid binding protein 4; PPAR-γ, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ; LPL, lipoprotein lipase; HSL, hormone sensitive lipase.

³The diet containing added Cu was fortified with 150 mg/kg of Cu from copper hydroxychloride (IntelliBond C^II; Micronutrients USA; Indianapolis, IN).