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. 2018 Jan 8;8:55. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-18388-6

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Bace1 alters leptin sensitivity and neuropeptide expression response to diet and leptin. Effects of 3-day vehicle or leptin (n = 7–14/group) on food intake and body weight change in control, Bace1 het and Bace1 KO mice on RCD (a) and HFD (b). (c) Cumulative 24-hour food intake in response to overnight fast in RCD (upper; n = 6–11 /group) and HFD (lower; n = 4–8/group) mice. (d,e) RT-qPCR of BMH Npy, Agrp, Pomc and Cart from saline or leptin-treated RCD (d) and HFD (e) control and Bace1 KO mice (n = 6–11 mice). Data normalized to RCD controls (dashed line in e). Agrp/Pomc and Npy/Pomc ratios for RCD (f) and HFD (g) mice. Data are means ± SEM. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, P < 0.001 by one-way ANOVA with Bonferroni’s multiple comparisons test (ac), Kruskal-Wallis test (d,e) or 2-tailed unpaired Student’s t-test (f,g).