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. 2024 Mar 5;4:39. doi: 10.1038/s43856-024-00465-3

Fig. 4. Effect of WD + CCl4 on (I) mitochondrial bioenergetics and (II) fatty acid oxidation.

Fig. 4

a High-resolution respirometry of oxygen consumption (O2 flux) in mitochondria in liver homogenates of control vs. WD+CCl4 group. b Immunoblot showing expression of mitochondrial pyruvate carrier MPC1 and MPC2 in liver homogenates. Vinculin served as the loading control. Both MPC1 and MPC2 were lower in WD+CCl4 vs. the control group. (unpaired t-test; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.005; ***p < 0.001). c fatty acid oxidation was measured by high-resolution respirometry of oxygen consumption (O2 flux) in mitochondria in liver homogenates of the control vs. WD+CCl4 group. d Immunoblot showing expression of carnitine palmitoyltransferase CPT1α and CPT2 in liver homogenates. Vinculin served as the loading control. CPT-2 was lower in WD+CCl4 vs. the control group. (unpaired t-test; *p < 0.05). All box plot error bars represent standard deviation. WD+CCl4: Western diet supplemented by carbon tetrachloride. (a: WD+CCl4 n = 7, control n = 5, b, d: WD+CCl4 n = 5, control n = 5, c: WD+CCl4 n = 6, control n = 4).