Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: IL-6 is dispensable for causing cachexia in the colon carcinoma 26 model
doi: 10.1101/2023.05.02.539076
Figure Lengend Snippet: CD2F1 male mice were inoculated with 1 × 10 6 cxC26 or 0.5 × 10 6 ncxC26 cells. a Body weight, b tumor mass, c fat mass, and d lean mass post-implantation for mice injected with saline, cxC26 cells, or ncxC26 cells. n = 6 for saline, n = 8 for ncxC26, n = 12 for cxC26. The fat and lean mass were measured using Echo-MRI. e Mass of brown adipose tissue (BAT), gonadal white adipose tissue (gWAT), quadriceps (QD), heart, kidney, spleen, and liver on day 12 post implantation. n = 6 for saline, n = 9 for ncxC26, n = 5 for cxC26. f Muscle function of mice as evaluated using a grip strength meter. n = 6 for saline, n = 7 for ncxC26, n = 8 for cxC26. g Circulating cytokine profiles in saline, cxC26, and ncxC26-bearing mice. Mice were euthanized every two days from day 4 to day 12 for blood collection. The cytokine profiles were measured using Luminex 44 cytokine panel. n = 5~6 biologically independent animals per group and time point. Cytokines highlighted in red are those with significantly altered levels in cxC26 compared to ncxC26 and saline (adjusted p-value < 0.01 by two-way ANOVA). h Circulating IL-6 concentration measured using a Proquantum immunoassay. n = 7 per group. All data in the figure are shown as the mean ± s.d. Significance of the differences: *P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001 between groups by one-way ANOVA ( e, f ) or two-way ANOVA ( b, h ).
Article Snippet: And circulating IL-6 was also determined using high sensitive IL-6 Mouse ProQuantum qPCR Immunoassay kit (Invitrogen) with real-time PCR.
Techniques: Injection, Saline, Luminex, Concentration Assay