Figure 3.
Effects of antipsychotic drugs on the SREBP and ChREBP pathway. Western blot analysis of the protein expression of hepatic (A) nuclear SREBP-1c, (B) nuclear SREBP-2, and (C) nuclear ChREBP protein after 9-week treatment of OLZ and CLZ. A representative blot is shown (D and E). The mRNA expression of their target genes was quantified and normalized to β-actin and gapdh by qPCR: Fasn (F), Acc1 (G), Scd1 (H), Hmgcr (I), and Ldlr (J). Data represent mean ± SEM of 2 independent experiments done in duplicate (n = 6 per group). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001: OLZ treatment vs. control, # p < 0.05, ## p < 0.01, and ### p < 0.001: CLZ treatment vs. control. C: control; OLZ: olanzapine; CLZ: clozapine.