Fig. 3: FTO overexpression ameliorated post-stroke motor dysfunction and depression-like behavior in mice of both sexes.
Motor function was assessed by rotarod (A and B) and beam walk (C and D) tests in control AAV9 and FTO AAV9 treated mice at 1 day before occlusion and on days 1, 3, 5, and 7 of reperfusion after 1 h transient MCAO. Data are mean±SEM (n=16/group). *p<0.05 compared with the control AAV9 treated group by two-way repeated-measures ANOVA (Sidak post hoc correction). Depression-like behavioral assessment in sham, control AAV9 and FTO AAV9 treated male (E) and female mice (F) by tail-suspension test at 25 days of reperfusion after 1 h transient MCAO. Data are mean±SEM (n=10/group for males and n=7–8/group for females). *p<0.05 compared with sham and #p<0.05 compared with control AAV9 ischemia group, by Mann-Whitney U test.