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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochem Pharmacol. 2021 Jul 23;193:114698. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2021.114698

Table 1.

Body weight and food intake of adult (8–10 weeks) male and female wild type (WT, C57BL/6J) and PXR-KO mice and after 16 weeks on a control or a high-fat diet (HFD).

Parameter Male WT Control (n = 7) HFD (n = 9) Female WT Control (n = 7) HFD (n = 8) Male PXR-KO Control (n = 11) HFD (n = 12) Female PXR-KO Control (n = 11) HFD (n = 11)
Initial weight (g) 24.6 ± 0.8 24.8 ± 0.9 20.0 ± 0.5 20.4 ± 0.5 23.9 ± 0.5 23.6 ± 0.5 19.9 ± 0.6 20.0 ± 0.5
Final weight (g) 35.9 ± 1.4 50.5 ± 0.7# 27.0 ± 1.1 44.3 ± 1.8# 31.4 ± 0.9 39.1 ± 1.5#, 25.3 ± 0.5 32.4 ± 1.9#,§
Absolute liver weight (g) 1.5 ± 0.1 2.7 ± 0.2# 1.2 ± 0.1 1.5 ± 0.1β 1.6 ± 0.1 1.9 ± 0.2 1.4 ± 0.1 1.3 ± 0.1β
Liver/body weight (%) 4.1 ± 0.1 5.4 ± 0.4# 4.4 ± 0.2 3.3 ± 0.2 β 5.0 ± 0.1 4.9 ± 0.3 5.6 ± 0.2 4.1 ± 0.1#
Epididymal WAT mass (g) 2.0 ± 0.2 1.7 ± 0.1 0.9 ± 0.2 3.3 ± 0.2#, β 1.1 ± 0.1 1.8 ± 0.1 0.8 ± 0.1 2.2 ± 0.3#,§
Mesenteric WAT mass (g) 0.5 ± 0.04 1.1 ± 0.11# 0.4 ± 0.05 1.3 ± 0.16# 0.4 ± 0.05 0.9 ± 0.11# 0.3 ± 0.03 0.6 ± 0.10§
BAT (g) 0.4 ± 0.02 0.6 ± 0.04# 0.2 ± 0.01 0.5 ± 0.05# 0.3 ± 0.03 0.4 ± 0.04 0.3 ± 0.02 0.3 ± 0.04,§
1Lean Mass at 3 months (g) 25 ± 0.3 27 ± 1.3 19 ± 0.7 21 ± 0.7β 24 ± 0.3 23 ± 0.3 21 ± 0.4 21 ± 0.5
1Fat Mass at 3 months (g) 4 ± 0.6 13 ± 1.9# 3 ± 0.1 9 ± 0.8#, β 4 ± 0.4 8 ± 0.3 3.3 ± 0.7 7 ± 0.7
 Food Intake (g/day) 3.1 ± 0.04 6.2 ± 0.62# 2.5 ± 0.07 6.5 ± 0.05# 2.9 ± 0.01 5.4 ± 0.29# 2.7 ± 0.04 5.1 ± 0.23#,§

Data represent mean ± SEM for 7–11 mice per group.

P < 0.05 between male and female mice fed the control diet.

#

P < 0.05 between mice fed control diets and high-fat diet (HFD).

P < 0.05 between male mice fed HFD.

§

P < 0.05 between female mice fed HFD.

β

P < 0.05 between male and female mice fed a HFD.

1

For body mass composition, n = 3–4 and were performed after 3 month of diet administration