Table 5.
Comparative basal gene expressions in various tissues. a
| Tissues | |||||
| Function | Gene | Hippocampus | Liver | Kidney | Muscles |
| Mitochondrial metabolism | CoxI | 65.103 ± 11.103 | 2048 ± 1354 | 8192 ± 1214 | 104.104 ± 84.104 |
| Oxidative stress | Sod2 | 8 ± 6.8 | 256 ± 104 | 128 ± 8.5 | 2048 ± 279 |
| Sod3 | 4 ± 1.9 | 2 ± 1.4 | 16 ± 2.2 | 8 ± 4.3 | |
| Detoxication process | Mt1 | 8 ± 2.5 | 4 ± 1.3 | 4 ± 0.9 | 4 ± 3.8 |
| Mt2 | 1024 ± 430 | 64 ± 3 | 64 ± 33 | 512 ± 482 | |
| Gsta4 | 32 ± 27 | 512 ± 4.9 | 32 ± 4.4 | 256 ± 51 | |
| Apoptosis | Bax | 8 ± 3.2 | 16 ± 2.1 | 16 ± 8.8 | 512 ± 189 |
| Fos | 4 ± 3.7 | 0.25 ± 0.01 | 0.5 ± 0.4 | 16 ± 9.5 | |
a Gene expressions in brain, liver, kidneys, and skeletal muscles from control mice after one month feeding with vegetal diet (mean ± SE, n = 3). B-actin was the reference gene.
Bax: Bcl2-associated X protein; CoxI: cytochrome c oxidase subunit I; fos: FBJ osteosarcoma oncogene; Gsta4: glutathione S-transferase, alpha 4; Mt1: metallothionein isoform 1; Mt2: metallothionein isoform 2; Sod2: mitochondrial superoxide dismutase; Sod3: extracellular superoxide dismutase.