Table 3

Fatty acid composition of retinas.

DAPAT+/+ DAPAT−/− DAPAT−/− + AKG



mean SD mean SD mean SD
(n = 8) (n = 4) (n = 10)
C14:0 0.27 0.07 0.49 0.17 0.58** 0.26
C15:0 0.18 0.08 0.27 0.09 0.28 0.10
DMA16:0 1.10 0.09 0.0*** 0.00 0.16*** 0.33
C16:0 24.63 2.08 30.85** 2.30 27.67 3.42
C16:1n−9 0.37 0.09 0.53 0.06 0.66*** 0.14
C16:1n−7 0.54 0.17 0.89* 0.14 1.05*** 0.22
C17:0 0.19 0.04 0.23 0.09 0.22 0.05
DMA18:0 1.42 0.22 0.0*** 0.00 0.14*** 0.3
DMA18:1n−9 0.25 0.03 0.0*** 0.00 0.04*** 0.09
DMA18:1n−7 0.37 0.13 0.0 0.00 0.17 0.37
C18:0 25.59 1.77 29.02* 1.04 26.94 1.86
C18:1trans 0.20 0.05 0.37** 0.09 0.32* 0.09
C18:1n−9 12.78 1.50 15.84*** 0.96 15.81*** 1.56
C18:1n−7 3.30 0.25 3.51 0.10 3.95** 0.43
C18:2n−6 3.14 1.00 5.46** 1.08 4.15 1.27
C20:0 0.47 0.18 0.77 0.14 0.50 0.26
C20:1n−9 0.66 0.26 0.60 0.04 0.60 0.13
C18:3n−3 0.46 0.22 0.96* 0.24 0.74 0.29
C20:2n−6 0.46 0.11 0.36 0.06 0.35* 0.07
C20:3n−9 0.17 0.04 0.19 0.04 0.29** 0.09
C22:0 0.16 0.04 0.21 0.02 0.19 0.03
C20:3n−6 0.49 0.11 0.29* 0.05 0.37 0.10
C22:1n−9 0.52 0.29 0.77 0.19 0.75 0.33
C20:4n−6 7.05 1.27 3.97* 1.26 6.28 2.49
C20:5n−3 0.32 0.06 0.28 0.03 0.33 0.07
C22:4n−6 0.88 0.15 0.30*** 0.09 0.48*** 0.15
C22:5n−6 0.29 0.14 0.20 0.05 0.17* 0.04
C22:5n−3 0.32 0.09 0.25 0.13 0.26 0.09
C22:6n−3 13.27 4.64 3.23*** 1.07 6.40** 3.37
Total SFA 51.5 3.87 61.8***# 2.87 56.4*# 3.11
Total MUFA 18.4 2.33 22.5* 0.99 23.1*** 2.36
Total PUFA 26.9 5.50 15.5** 2.45 19.8* 5.09
Total DMA 3.1 0.39 0.0*** 0.00 0.5*** 1.08
Total n−6 PUFA 12.3 1.79 10.6 1.46 11.8 1.87
Total n−3 PUFA 14.4 4.51 4.7*** 1.02 7.7** 3.22
n−6 PUFA /n−3 PUFA 0.9 0.26 2.3*** 0.26 1.7** 0.56

Results are expressed as% of total FAMEs and DMAs.

AKG: alkylglycerol; SD: standard deviation; DMA: dimethylacetal; SFA: saturated fatty acids: MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids

*p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001: significantly different when compared to DAPAT+/+, one-way ANOVA with post-hoc Tukey’s multiple comparisons test

# p < 0.05, ## p < 0.01, ### p < 0.001: significantly different between DAPAT−/− and DAPAT−/− + AKG, one-way ANOVA with post-hoc Tukey’s multiple comparisons test

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