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. 2018 Aug 19;596(18):4393–4412. doi: 10.1113/JP275996

Table 1.

Acute hypoxic ventilatory responses of mice after conditional inactivation of HIF‐2α in TH or GFAP expressing cells before and after chronic hypoxia exposure

Acute hypoxic stimulus Chronic hypoxia duration Hypoxic ventilatory response (mL min−1 g−1) ANOVA
Hif‐2α f/f Hif‐2α f/f;THCreER t test P value P value
10% O2 0 h –0.05 ± 0.30 0.03 ± 0.34 0.858
48 h 2.86 ± 0.33 1.70 ± 0.34 0.028 <0.0001
7 days 4.24 ± 0.21 2.84 ± 0.45 0.013
ANOVA P value 0.0069 0.069
10% O2/3% CO2 0 h 3.32 ± 0.28 2.89 ± 0.30 0.314
48 h 6.43 ± 0.56 4.58 ± 0.46 0.023 <0.0001
7 days 9.13 ± 0.78 5.99 ± 0.42 0.003
ANOVA P value <0.0001 0.012
Acute hypoxic stimulus Chronic hypoxia duration Hypoxic ventilatory response (mL min−1 g−1) ANOVA
Hif‐2α f/f Hif‐2α f/f;GFAPCreER t test P value P value
10% O2 0 h –0.24 ± 0.40 0.82 ± 0.57 0.167
48 h 1.30 ± 1.12 1.79 ± 0.85 0.804 0.0004
7 days 3.70 ± 0.87 3.06 ± 0.42 0.530
ANOVA P value 0.631 0.405
10% O2/3% CO2 0 h 3.15 ± 0.36 3.06 ± 0.31 0.844
48 h 6.66 ± 1.17 6.64 ± 0.49 0.987 <0.0001
7 days 8.25 ± 1.02 7.51 ± 0.73 0.571
ANOVA P value 0.647 0.873

Hypoxic ventilatory responses of Hif‐2αf/f;THCreER and Hif‐2αf/f;GFAPCreER mice vs. Hif‐2αf/f littermate controls. Measurements were taken after tamoxifen‐induced recombination and before (0 h) and after (48 h, 7 days) exposure to 10% oxygen. Values shown are mean ± SEM changes in minute ventilation in response to the indicated acute hypoxic stimulus; n = 5–12 littermate pairs for each genotypic comparison. Significance was tested using two‐way ANOVAs (right hand column P value = chronic hypoxia factor; bottom row P value = genotype factor; right column, bottom row P value = chronic hypoxia/genotype interaction factor), followed by t tests (with Holm–Sidak correction) for analysis of individual time points; P < 0.05 highlighted in bold.