Bmp2fl/fl;Tek-Cre+
and littermate Cre- control male (blue circles, n=6–8
per group) and female (red triangles, n=4–5 per group) mice at 6 weeks of
age were injected with PBS or LPS (1 mg per kg body weight) and sacrificed after
6 hours. Livers were collected to determine (A) Il6, (B)
Bmp2, (E) Bmp6 and (F)
Hamp mRNA levels. Transcripts measured by qRT-PCR were
normalized to Rpl19. (C) Liver and (D) serum BMP2 protein
levels in Cre- animals were determined by ELISA. Values represent mean ±
SEM. *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 relative to the
PBS-treated controls of the same genotype by Student’s t
test. Fold-change relative to PBS treated controls of the same genotype as
calculated by 2-ΔΔCt are reported in panel F.