Table 5 Patterns of adipokine expression changes induced by food intake restriction in overweight male rats
mesenteric | subcutaneous | retroperitoneal | epididymal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
site of the highest concentration (fmol/g) of the corresponding mRNAs | leptin | |||
resistin | resistin | |||
TNFα | ||||
CD68 | ||||
MCP-1 | ||||
interleukin 1β | interleukin 1β | |||
interleukin 6 | interleukin 6 | |||
statistically significant (P < 0.05) changes induced by food restriction on total tissue content of specific mRNAs | ↓ leptin | ↓ leptin | ↓ leptin | |
↓ adiponectin | ||||
↓ resistin | ||||
↓ TNFα | ||||
↓ visfatin | ↓ visfatin | |||
↓ CD68 | ||||
↓ MCP-1 | ||||
↓ interleukin 6 | ||||
↓ VEGF-A | ↓ VEGF-A | |||
↓ PAI-1 | ↓ PAI-1 |