TABLE 1.

Retinoid content in selected tissues of 12-week-old WT and Stra6-null male mice fed regular chow

Data are means ± S.E. (n = 7–8 for all groups, except brain where n = 3). ND = not detected. Retinoid content in the eye was already published (26).

Tissues	ROH			Retinyl ester			Retinol Eqv.
	Wild-type	Stra6-null	p value	Wild-type	Stra6-null	p value	Wild-type	Stra6-null	p value
	μg/g tissue			μg/g tissue
Plasma (μg/dl)	29.1 ± 12.4	26.4 ± 8.8	0.63	ND	ND		29.1 ± 12.4	26.4 ± 8.8	0.63
Adipose	0.58 ± 0.32	0.49 ± 0.22	0.53	1.03 ± 0.82	1.49 ± 0.9	0.30	0.69 ± 0.42	1.29 ± 0.63	0.65
Brain	0.29 ± 0.07	0.35 ± 0.14	0.49	0.14 ± 0.24	ND		0.34 ± 0.59	0.36 ± 0.14	0.96
Heart	1.51 ± 1.36	1.72 ± 1.79	0.80	1.43 ± 1.27	1.00 ± 0.85	0.61	1.98 ± 2.14	1.83 ± 1.8	0.89
Kidney	0.35 ± 0.08	0.36 ± 0.07	0.78	0.30 ± 0.24	0.13 ± 0.05	0.09	0.25 ± 0.19	0.21 ± 0.19	0.69
Liver	6.43 ± 2.87	7.55 ± 4.47	0.60	176.17 ± 50.89	173.39 ± 49.70	0.92	99.80 ± 29.42	99.44 ± 26.73	0.98
Lungs	1.98 ± 0.48	2.83 ± 1.91	0.25	120.24 ± 36.13	145.40 ± 58.47	0.35	65.71 ± 19.43	79.88 ± 32.54	0.34
Muscle	0.21 ± 0.04	0.25 ± 0.19	0.60	0.80 ± 0.73	0.56 ± 0.23	0.50	0.31 ± 0.28	0.50 ± 0.48	0.35
Pancreas	0.41 ± 0.12	0.58 ± 0.32	0.18	ND	ND		0.41 ± 0.12	0.58 ± 0.32	0.18
Spleen	0.39 ± 0.32	0.53 ± 0.45	0.50	0.65 ± 0.09	0.52 ± 0.24	0.43	0.43 ± 0.34	0.53 ± 0.44	0.63
Testis	0.11 ± 0.07	0.13 ± 0.13	0.75	0.49 ± 0.34	0.48 ± 0.18	0.96	0.49 ± 0.45	0.28 ± 0.24	0.28