Figure 2. Chow diet–fed (CD-fed) ASKO mice at 22°C were hyperventilating and had greater energy expenditure (EE) than WT mice in the dark and early light phase.
Twelve to 15 hours of fasting eliminated and thermoneutral housing alleviated these changes. (A) Temporal changes in EE of 4-month-old mice at 22°C and 30°C. Calculated changes in EE between dark and light phase at 22°C and between 22°C and 30°C housing of both genotypes (n = 5–7/group, mean ± SEM). (B) Temporal changes in respiratory exchange ratio of 4-month-old mice at 22°C and 30°C (n = 5–7/group, mean ± SEM). (C–E) Respiratory rate (RR) (C), tidal volume (TV) (D), and minute volume (MV) (E) of 3-month-old ad libitum–fed mice and after 12–15 hours of fasting at 22°C and the calculated changes for each respiratory parameter between fasted and ad libitum fed (n = 5–8/group, mean ± SEM). (F) Temporal changes in EE of 3-month-old mice at 22°C after food (CD) deprivation from the mid-light phase (n = 5–7/group, mean ± SEM). *P < 0.05 WT versus ASKO by Welch’s unpaired t test.
