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Dietary n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: Rate and Extent of Modification of Fatty Acyl Composition of Lipid Classes of Mouse Lung and Kidney¹

Lipids Research Laboratory, Institute of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

The rate and extent of modification of fatty acid composition of mice lung and kidney by dietary menhaden oil (MO) was investigated. White mice were fed 2 wt% safflower oil and either 10 wt% MO or 10 wt% hydrogenated coconut oil (HCO) for 23 d. The stability of dietary MO-induced fatty acid modifications was assessed by replacing the MO diet of a group of mice after 23 d with the HCO diet for an additional 10 d. Mice were sacrificed on d 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 14, 23 and 33. The n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), 20:5n-3 and 22:6n-3 were rapidly incorporated into lung and kidney phosphoglyceride (PL) classes during the first 7 d of MO ingestion relative to the controls. After 1 wk of MO consumption, the rate of incorporation either plateaued at an elevated level or continued to increase at a much more gradual rate. A marked increase in the content of 22:5n-3 in lung and kidney was observed. A concomitant and rapid decrease was observed in the n-6 PUFA, 20:4n-6, 22:5n-6 and 18:2n-6. The minimum content of 20:4n-6 was reached between 1 and 2 wk, whereas the minimum levels of 18:2n-6 and 22:5n-6 occurred within 72 h. The n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio in lung and kidney and PL classes Increased in mice fed HCO and decreased in mice fed dietary MO. When dietary MO was removed, the n-3 PUFA levels decreased with a concomitant increase in n-6 PUFA after 10 d of HCO consumption. These data are useful in defining the rates and extent of change of organ fatty acid composition in response to fish oil consumption and suggest that a continual ingestion is necessary to maintain the modifications in organ fatty acid composition.

KEY WORDS: • dietary fish oils • n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids • lung and kidney lipids • n-6 fatty acids

¹ This project was supported in party by the New York SeaGrant Program and USDA Nutrition Grant No. 86-CRCR-1-2186.

Manuscript received 15 September 1986. Revision accepted 1 December 1986.

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