Table 2 Comparison of liver and plasma lipids between healthy and cats with hepatic lipidosis (HL)
| Â | Liver | Plasma | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cats spayed/neutered | HL cats | Cats spayed/neutered | HL cats | |
(n = 12) | (n = 5) | (n = 12) | (n = 5) | |
Total TAG1 | ||||
 (nmol/mg prot) | 68 ± 48 | 584 ± 277a |  |  |
 (mmol/l) |  |  | 0.22 ± 0.11 | 0.40 ± 0.25 |
%TAG 56:6/72 | 0.7 ± 0.3 | 1.0 ± 0.3a | 0.8 ± 0.3 | 1.8 ± 1.4 |
TAG unsat/sat3 | 1.0 ± 0.4 | 1.0 ± 0.7 | 1.8 ± 0.3 | 1.0 ± 0.7 |
Total PC4 | ||||
 (nmol/mg prot) | 24.1 ± 2.7 | 10.2 ± 5.0 a |  |  |
 (mmol/l) |  |  | 0.16 ± 0.03 | 0.16 ± 0.04 |
 % PC4 34:2 | 16.9 ± 2.4 | 20.7 ± 4.0 | 18.3 ± 2.2 | 19.3 ± 1.9 |
 % PC 34:1 | 8.2 ± 1.3 | 12.5 ± 4.3 | 6.4 ± 1.6 | 12.8 ± 7.0 |
 % PC 36:4 | 6.6 ± 0.6 | 5.3 ± 1.5 | 7.1 ± 1.0 | 5.8 ± 2.0 |
 % PC 36:3 | 8.4 ± 1.4 | 6.4 ± 2.5 | 11.0 ± 2.0 | 8.4 ± 2.3a |
 % PC 36:2 | 24.0 ± 2.5 | 24.0 ± 6.2 | 22.6 ± 1.6 | 22.8 ± 3.0 |
 % PC 36:1 | 10.6 ± 1.1 | 11.6 ± 3.6 | 8.4 ± 0.9 | 10.2 ± 2.7 |
 % PC 38:4 | 13.6 ± 1.7 | 8.8 ± 3.9 a | 11.8 ± 2.2 | 10.0 ± 3.2 |
 % PC 38:6 | 3.8 ± 1.1 | 3.7 ± 1.7 | 4.2 ± 1.4 | 4.0 ± 1.5 |
 % PC 40:6 | 4.0 ± 1.6 | 3.7 ± 2.0 | 4.2 ± 1.6 | 3.7 ± 2.0 |
SM 16:05 (% of PC) | 3.8 ± 0.6 | 8.0 ± 3.5 a | 7.2 ± 0.9 | 14.2 ± 6.4a |