Alteration of fatty acid metabolism in the liver, adipose tissue, and testis of male mice conceived through assisted reproductive technologies: fatty acid metabolism in ART mice

Table 4 Fatty acid composition in adult liver

Adult liver	NC	COH	IVF	ICSI
C16:0	28.48 ± 1.59	25.19 ± 0.33^**	29.32 ± 0.34^aa	29.33 ± 0.94
C18:0	16.50 ± 0.87	17.37 ± 0.71	16.41 ± 0.99	15.14 ± 0.90^*
C16:1n-7	0.56 ± 0.12	0.37 ± 0.07	0.67 ± 0.26	0.99 ± 0.27^**/b
C18:1n-9	14.45 ± 2.30	12.83 ± 0.71	15.29 ± 1.37	17.69 ± 1.31^**
C18:2n-6	21.70 ± 1.71	21.19 ± 1.29	17.39 ± 0.27^**/aa	20.36 ± 1.84^b
C20:3n-6	0.67 ± 0.15	0.91 ± 0.20^*	0.89 ± 0.07	0.84 ± 0.18
C20:4n-6	8.91 ± 0.60	12.30 ± 0.89^**	9.69 ± 0.31^aa	7.94 ± 0.68^*/bb
C22:4n-7	0.68 ± 0.11	0.73 ± 0.11	0.97 ± 0.15^**/a	0.73 ± 0.16^b
C22:6n-3	8.05 ± 3.68	9.11 ± 0.70	9.38 ± 1.30	6.98 ± 0.76^b

The numbers reflect the percentages of total fatty acid methyl esters. The fatty acids whose content were more than 0.01% were shown in our data. ^*P < 0.05 vs. NC group; ^**P < 0.01 vs. NC group; ^aP < 0.05 vs. COH group; ^aaP < 0.01 vs. COH group; ^bP < 0.05 vs. IVF group; ^bbP < 0.01 vs. IVF group. Data are presented as the means ± SD.