Journal: The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Article Title: Ventromedial hypothalamic primary cilia control energy and skeletal homeostasis
doi: 10.1172/JCI138107
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A–D) DEXA analyses were performed at indicated ages and measured bone parameters. BMD (A), BMC (B), BV (C), and BA (D) levels of WT and IFT88-KOSF-1 mice. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01, 2-way ANOVA. (E–H) Correlation between serum NE and BMD (E), BMC (F), BV (G), and BA (H) respectively. For correlation testing, linear regression models in R were utilized and R2 values were reported. (I) Femur NE level of WT and IFT88-KOSF-1 littermates at 16 weeks of age. ***P < 0.001, Student’s t test. (J) Representative μCT images of the femurs. The 12-week old WT and IFT88-KOSF-1 littermates were used for analyses. (K) BMD, BV/TV, BS, Tb.Th., Tb.N., and Tb.Sp. were analyzed using μCT from J. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01, Student’s t test. (L) Representative μCT images of femurs in control (AAV2-GFP) and viral-mediated VMH-specific primary cilia KD (AAV2-Cre-GFP) mice. (M) BMD, BV/TV, BS, Tb.Th., Tb.N., and Tb.Sp. were analyzed using μCT from L. *P < 0.05, Student’s t test. Number of animals examined is expressed parentheses in each graph. Data are expressed as mean ± SD.
Article Snippet: To generate experimental mice, IFT88-KO SF-1 male mice heterozygous for the SF-1–Cre transgene and homozygous for the floxed Ift88 allele (Ift88 fl/fl ) were crossed with female mice (Jackson Laboratory stock no. 022409) homozygous for the floxed Ift88 allele (Ift88 fl/fl ).
Techniques: Control