Figure 7.
Dietary sucrose content affects expression of genes involved in the accumulation of fat in the epididymal white adipose tissue of Elovl2 -/- mice. Relative epididymal white adipose tissue gene expression of PPARγ (A), Elovl3 (B), Glut4 (C), Cpt1 (D), leptin (E), and adiponectin (F) in wild-type and Elovl2 -/- mice fed low-sucrose DHA-enriched diet, followed by high-sucrose, high-fat diet (LSDHA/HSHF); high-sucrose DHA-enriched diet followed by high-sucrose, high-fat diet (HSDHA/HSHF) or mice that were just fed high-sucrose diet (HS). mRNA levels relative to TFIIB expression. Results shown are means of ±SEM of four mice. * p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.01 versus WT by paired Student’s t-test.