Figure 4.
Liver from Trail −/− mice exhibit altered glucose and lipid metabolism. (a) Hepatic glucose uptake ex vivo is reduced in baseline 0 w HFD Trail −/− vs. wildtype mice (n = 3–5/genotype). mRNA expression for (b) Glucose-6 phosphatase (G6Pase) or GLUT2 mRNA in baseline mice. (c) Insulin-stimulated PEPCK mRNA expression is increased in baseline Trail −/− mice (n = 6/genotype). (d) 12 w HFD Trail −/− mice exhibit increased PAS staining and have (e) elevated SREBP-1 and (f) HMGCoAR mRNA expression (n = 6/genotype). mRNA expression was normalized to HPRT. Results are expressed as mean ± SEM; Mann-Whitney U-test; *p < 0.05, and ***p < 0.001.