Figure 3.

Effect of GSPE pre-treatment on mesenteric adipose gene expression in the short-cafeteria study at the end of the study. Rats were treated with 0.5 g/Kg BW for the first 10 days, and then they were put on a chow diet for 18 days and a cafeteria diet for 35 days. The black column indicates animals not treated with GSPE. The white column indicates animals treated with 0.5 g/Kg BW of GSPE for the first 10 days of treatment. The mRNA extracted from mesenteric adipose was quantified by RT-PCR and the relative gene expression of Lpl, Cd36 and AqpP7 was obtained by the DDCt method in each gene. The data are the mean ± S.E.M. (n = 7). Statistical differences identified by t-test are defined by * when p < 0.05 between treatments.