Figure 2. Acute treatment with adiponectin elevates UCP2 expression in NPCs.

PBS or 50 µg of murine adiponectin protein was injected into the portal vein of AKO mice livers. Liver tissues were collected for evaluation of UCP2 expression. The protein abundance in mitochondria (A), mRNA expression in total tissue lysates (B), and the protein content in PC and NPC fractions (C) were analyzed as in Figure 1. *, P<0.05 vs vehicle treated samples, n = 3.