Table 2.

Bodyweight (BW), RPAT mass, peripheral levels of several metabolites (n = 12/15 rats per group) and AAT cell expression levels of pro-/anti-adipogenic genes (n = 4/5 different experiments, 4/5 replicates per experiment) in intact CTR and MSG male rats

	CTR	MSG
BW (g)	302.08 ± 9.41	235.41 ± 6.88*
RPAT Mass (g)	6.85 ± 0.71	13.07 ± 1.27*
RPAT Mass (g/100 g BW)	2.28 ± 0.31	5.53 ± 0.44*
Insulin (nM)	8.67 ± 0.94	11.56 ± 3.56
Leptin (ng/ml)	5.49 ± 0.79	15.23 ± 3.08*
TNF-α (pg/ml)	14.21 ± 5.42	19.87 ± 6.47
Corticosterone (nM)	7.79 ± 1.58	35.86 ± 7.01*
Aldosterone (pM)	95.25 ± 25.58	90.03 ± 21.97

Values are means ± SEM.

^*P < 0.05 or less versus CTR values.