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Table 2 Lipid class and fatty acid composition of salmon head kidney leukocytes (HKLs) in different dietary groups

From: Transcriptome profiling of antiviral immune and dietary fatty acid dependent responses of Atlantic salmon macrophage-like cells

Lipid class %

FO7

FO5

p value

 Hydrocarbons

0.76 ± 0.104

0.43 ± 0.177

0.110

 Triacylglycerols

0.83 ± 0.182

1.94 ± 0.641

0.124

 Free fatty acids

0.58 ± 0.162

1.99 ± 0.442

0.012

 Sterols

11.38 ± 0.318

12.51 ± 0.371

0.032

 AMPLa

5.71 ± 0.787

6.06 ± 0.909

0.777

 Phospholipids

80.74 ± 0.816

76.80 ± 1.695

0.044

Fatty acids %b

 14:0

1.17 ± 0.027

0.97 ± 0.030

< 0.0001

 15:0

0.24 ± 0.003

0.22 ± 0.005

0.001

 16:0

18.28 ± 0.189

17.96 ± 0.245

0.314

 16:1n-7

0.77 ± 0.032

0.73 ± 0.050

0.473

 17:0

0.21 ± 0.004

0.21 ± 0.005

0.200

 16:4n-1

2.19 ± 0.289

2.08 ± 0.356

0.814

 18:0

6.36 ± 0.110

6.45 ± 0.149

0.621

 18:1n-9

17.08 ± 0.337

17.81 ± 0.349

0.151

 18:1n-7

3.15 ± 0.031

3.16 ± 0.043

0.840

 18:2n-6

4.58 ± 0.084

4.93 ± 0.142

0.041

 18:3n-6

0.20 ± 0.005

0.27 ± 0.011

< 0.0001

 18:3n-3

0.76 ± 0.025

0.79 ± 0.038

0.568

 18:4n-3

0.26 ± 0.008

0.30 ± 0.023

0.073

 20:1n-9

1.14 ± 0.037

0.98 ± 0.036

0.005

 20:2n-6

0.63 ± 0.020

0.63 ± 0.030

0.922

 20:3n-6

1.57 ± 0.046

1.88 ± 0.078

0.003

 20:4n-6

5.23 ± 0.152

5.67 ± 0.190

0.080

 20:4n-3

0.56 ± 0.017

0.55 ± 0.018

0.739

 20:5n-3

6.37 ± 0.150

5.77 ± 0.131

0.008

 22:1n-11(13)

0.24 ± 0.024

0.32 ± 0.062

0.232

 22:1n-9

0.27 ± 0.051

0.46 ± 0.112

0.131

 22:5n-3

0.74 ± 0.027

0.69 ± 0.023

0.245

 22:6n-3

23.74 ± 0.448

23.00 ± 0.473

0.271

 24:1

0.72 ± 0.024

0.74 ± 0.029

0.450

 Bacterial

1.14 ± 0.047

1.05 ± 0.049

0.196

 Σ SFAc

26.41 ± 0.298

25.94 ± 0.399

0.346

 Σ MUFAd

24.48 ± 0.397

25.25 ± 0.482

0.229

 Σ PUFAe

48.53 ± 0.594

48.28 ± 0.624

0.774

 Σ LC n-3f

31.58 ± 0.551

30.16 ± 0.531

0.080

 Σ LC n-6

7.68 ± 0.171

8.47 ± 0.226

0.012

 LCn-6/ LCn-3

0.24 ± 0.005

0.28 ± 0.007

0.001

 P/S

1.84 ± 0.040

1.87 ± 0.047

0.662

 Σ n-3

33.43 ± 0.583

32.13 ± 0.449

0.098

 DHA/EPA ratio

3.74 ± 0.087

4.00 ± 0.102

0.068

  1. Values are mean ± SE. Bold p values indicate a significant (p < 0.05) difference between groups
  2. aAcetone mobile polar lipids
  3. bData are expressed as area percentage of identified FAME (fatty acid methyl ester), for fatty acids that were present at ≥0.2% of the total
  4. cSaturated fatty acid
  5. dMonounsaturated fatty acid
  6. ePolyunsaturated fatty acid
  7. fLong chain n-3
  8. Other fatty acids present at <0.2%: 15:0, i16:0, 16:1n-5, i17:0, ai17:0, 16:2n-4, 17:1, 18:2n-4, 18:3n-4, 20:0, 20:3n-3, 22:0, 22:5n-6