Table 3.
mHFD effects on oligodendrocytes population density, distribution and maturation, as well as fluorescence intensity of Olig2 and Nogo-A within the rostrum of the corpus callosum of P30 offspring. 3–4 sections/animal, n = 5 animals/group. Statistical significance was determined by 2-way ANOVA, where ∗ p < 0.05. ♂: male, ♀: female, a.u.: arbitrary unit, CD: control diet, mHFD: maternal high-fat diet.
| Parameters | Mean ± standard error of the mean |
F | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male |
Female |
||||||
| CD | mHFD | CD | mHFD | ||||
| Density (cells/mm2) | Olig2+ | 1085 ± 199 | 905.0 ± 44.8 | 1256 ± 260.7 | 1099 ± 203.9 | Sex∗Diet: 0.003761 Sex: 0.9492 Diet: 0.8141 |
Sex∗Diet: 0.9519 Sex: 0.3454 Diet: 0.3812 |
| Olig2+/Nogo-A- | 1085 ± 199 | 905.0 ± 44.8 | 1256 ± 260.7 | 1099 ± 203.9 | Sex∗Diet: 0.003761 Sex: 0.9492 Diet: 0.8141 |
Sex∗Diet: 0.9519 Sex: 0.3454 Diet: 0.3812 |
|
| Olig2+/Nogo-A+ | 189.1 ± 42.5 | 152.0 ± 15.4 | 243.7 ± 80.5 | 174.8 ± 38.9 | Sex∗Diet: 0.1202 Sex: 0.7094 Diet: 1.331 |
Sex∗Diet: 0.7336 Sex: 0.4129 Diet: 0.2666 |
|
| Spacing index (a.u.) | Olig2+ | 0.356 ± 0.018 | 0.339 ± 0.003 | 0.341 ± 0.017 | 0.343 ± 0.009 | Sex∗Diet: 0.4879 Sex: 0.1592 Diet: 0.3077 |
Sex∗Diet: 0.4949 Sex: 0.6952 Diet: 0.5868 |
| Olig2+/Nogo-A+ | 0.175 ± 0.030 | 0.158 ± 0.42 | 0.156 ± 0.024 | 0.151 ± 0.022 | Sex∗Diet: 0.04033 Sex: 0.1857 Diet: 0.1264 |
Sex∗Diet: 0.8434 Sex: 0.6723 Diet: 0.7268 |
|
| Integrated density (a.u.) | Olig2+ | 46454 ± 4443 | 37809 ± 3116 | 45577 ± 3186 | 36844 ± 2990 | Sex∗Diet: 0.0001597 Sex: 0.06978 Diet: 6.220 |
Sex∗Diet: 0.9901 Sex: 0.7950 Diet: 0.0240∗ |
| Nogo-A+ | 57635 ± 5100 | 61180 ± 3859 | 69984 ± 2259 | 62973 ± 1497 | Sex∗Diet: 2.310 Sex: 4.145 Diet: 0.2489 |
Sex∗Diet: 0.1481 Sex: 0.0587 Diet: 0.6246 |
|
| Maturation | % cell density | 17.45 ± 1.37 | 16.96 ± 1.78 | 18.36 ± 2.60 | 15.93 ± 1.36 | Sex∗Diet: 0.3038 Sex: 0.001173 Diet: 0.6846 |
Sex∗Diet: 0.5896 Sex: 0.9731 Diet: 0.4210 |
| Nogo-A+/Olig2+ integrated density (a.u.) | 1.000 ± 0.101 | 1.086 ± 0.071 | 0.816 ± 0.074 | 1.070 ± 0.040 | Sex∗Diet: 1.251 Sex: 1.803 Diet: 5.175 |
Sex∗Diet: 0.2798 Sex: 0.1981 Diet: 0.0370∗ |
|