Figure 5.

Iron related indexes and neural development of offspring rats after iron supplement treatment. Western blot analysis for FTL and Tf in liver (a–c) and spleen (d–f). Morris water maze test for day 1 escape latency (g) and day 2 escape latency (h). Western blot analysis for FTL and Tf in brain (i–k) and hippocampus (l–n), and for SYN1, NMDAR, PSD-95 in hippocampus (o–r). The quantification of western blotting was provided in supplementary material. FTL ferritin light chain, Tf transferrin, SYN1 synapsin 1, NMDAR N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor, PSD-95 postsynaptic density protein 95. Data of Western blot analysis (mean ± SD) are expressed as the ratio of the relative contents between the value from IDA group and NG group and six iron treatment groups (n = 3). The relative contents of target proteins were quantified using the ratio between the optical density (OD) of target protein and the amount of the housekeeping protein GAPDH. **p < 0.01, compared with NG, ^#p < 0.05, ^##p < 0.01, compared with IDAG. One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey multiple comparison test was used for comparison among 8 different groups.