Fig. 1.
Effect of gender on metabolic compartmentation of FA and monoacylglycerol (MG) in mouse small intestine. Incorporation of [14C]18:1 or [3H]sn-2-18:1 into triacylglycerol (TG) relative to phospholipid (PL) following 2 min incubation at the apical (AP) (gray) or basolateral (BL) (black) surface of the intestine was determined as described under Materials and Methods. Results are means ± SE for the percent total mucosal label incorporated into TG relative to that incorporated into PL. n = 24–27 for male FA, 5–6 for female FA, and 5–6 for male MG. ** P < 0.01 versus AP.