Research Article

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 ± 0.47.4 ± 0.58.1 ± 0.2
Insulin (ad lib)(pmol/L)135.9 ± 12.3172.4 ± 16.5226.0 ± 12.8
Body weight(g)31.4 ± 0.829.6 ± 0.831.0 ± 0.5
Liver(g)1.549 ± 0.1001.529 ± 0.0451.409 ± 0.039
Total fat(g)1.065 ± 0.1091.024 ± 0.0701.209 ± 0.072
  Epididymal fat(g)0.522 ± 0.0680.527 ± 0.0420.707 ± 0.054
  Mesenteric fat(g)0.543 ± 0.0650.497 ± 0.0350.502 ± 0.021
Total fat/body weight(%)3.37 ± 0.293.44 ± 0.183.87 ± 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].