Figure 5.
Analysis of liver gene expression, Foxo1 phosphorylation, and histology. (a) Real-time RT-PCR. We isolated mRNA from the liver of 3-week-old mice and performed real-time RT-PCR with primers encoding the genes indicated at the top of each bar graph. The data represent means ± SEM of three independent measurements (n = 14 for each genotype). *P < 0.05. **P < 0.01. (b) Foxo1 phosphorylation. We removed the livers from WT, Δ80, and Δ98 mice and isolated proteins by detergent extraction. We performed Western blotting with anti-phospho S253 Foxo1 antibody (upper panel), and then probed the filter again with anti-Foxo1 antibody (lower panel). We show a representative experiment. (c) H&E-stained liver sections from WT, Δ80, and Δ98 mice.