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. 2010 Sep 27;2010:282896. doi: 10.1155/2010/282896

Table 4.

Serum PFNA concentrations at weaning in PPARα-KO and WT Adult female mice and offspring exposed to PFNA on GD 1–18.

Strain Dose (mg/kg/day) Adult females with no live pups Adult females with live pups Pups (sexes combined)
n PFNA (μg/ml) n PFNA (μg/ml) n litters PFNA (μg/ml)
0 14 0.067 ± 0.005 12 0.022 ± 0.004 9 0.033 ± 0.008
0.83 13 28.5 ± 1.22a 10 8.91 ± 1.51a 8 9.60 ± 9.37a
WT 1.1 26 39.7 ± 1.26a 10 23.2 ± 2.57a 5 15.7 ± 1.42a
1.5 23 48.4 ± 1.54a 13 21.0 ± 3.01a 10 17.5 ± 1.15a
2.0 26 64.0 ± 2.46a 11 35.3 ± 3.90a 7 25.3 ± 2.70a

0 9 0.048 ± 0.008 16 0.016 ± 0.001 16 0.068 ± 0.027
0.83 8 38.4 ± 2.34a 11 2.76 ± 0.172a 12 15.2 ± 1.01a
KO 1.1 11 53.9 ± 2.51a 13 4.17 ± 0.310a 12 19.4 ± 0.69a
1.5 37 72.1 ± 2.91a 8 11.8 ± 5.71a   7 26.4 ± 1.39a
2.0 23 83.4 ± 2.93a 15 22.6 ± 5.69a 12 38.4 ± 1.80a

Values are means ± SEM or litter means ± SEM. Serum was collected from all adult females and from 2 pups per litter at 23 days post dose.

WT: wild type; KO: PPARα knockout.

a Significantly different from control values by P < .0001. See text for more statistical comparisons.