Dose Effect and Mode of Inheritance of Diabetogenic Gene on Mouse Chromosome 11
Table 2
Anatomical analysis at 54 weeks of age.
C3H ()
C3H-11NSY (Heterozygous) ()
C3H-11NSY (Homozygous)† ()
Blood glucose (ad lib)
(mmol/L)
6.7 ± 0.4
7.4 ± 0.5
8.1 ± 0.2
Insulin (ad lib)
(pmol/L)
135.9 ± 12.3
172.4 ± 16.5
226.0 ± 12.8
Body weight
(g)
31.4 ± 0.8
29.6 ± 0.8
31.0 ± 0.5
Liver
(g)
1.549 ± 0.100
1.529 ± 0.045
1.409 ± 0.039
Total fat
(g)
1.065 ± 0.109
1.024 ± 0.070
1.209 ± 0.072
Epididymal fat
(g)
0.522 ± 0.068
0.527 ± 0.042
0.707 ± 0.054
Mesenteric fat
(g)
0.543 ± 0.065
0.497 ± 0.035
0.502 ± 0.021
Total fat/body weight
(%)
3.37 ± 0.29
3.44 ± 0.18
3.87 ± 0.19
Values are total number or mean ± SEM. Heterozygous C3H-11NSY were compared with C3H and homozygous C3H-11NSY by Mann-Whitney U test, but no significant difference was observed. †Data of homozygous C3H-11NSY mice were already reported [6].