Fig. 3. Indexes of fatty acid unsaturation of phosphatidylcholine in membrane
fractions. (A) Percentage of unsaturated fatty acids and unsaturation index of
phosphatidylcholine of raft (triangles) and RDPM (squares) from
5°C-acclimated (open symbols) and 20°C-acclimated (filled symbols)
fish. The dotted lines are isopleths, as described in
Fig. 2. (B) Percentage of
monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and (C) percentage of polyunsaturated fatty
acids (PUFA) in raft and RDPM from 5°C-acclimated (open bars) and
20°C-acclimated (filled bars) fish. Bars with a common lower case letter
do not differ significantly. All values are means ± S.E.M.,
N=4. Raft, raft-enriched plasma membrane; RDPM, raft-depleted plasma
membrane.