Fig. 6: Influence of CNTF on metabolic gene expression and enzyme activity.

a–d Transcriptome analysis of WT retina and rds retinas treated with LV-IG or LV-CNTF from P25-P35. Heatmaps show relative transcript levels (average of N = 3, each N contains two retinas). a Glycolytic pathway enzymes and Mpc2. b Mitochondrial Pdha1, Pdhb, and TCA cycle enzymes. c Participants of mitochondrial biogenesis. d Nuclear genome encoded mitochondrial respiratory chain components. Asterisks indicate genes with decreased transcripts compared to WT. e Western blot analysis of retinal extracts from WT retina and rds retinas treated with LV-IG or LV-CNTF from P25-P100. Bar graphs show the quantification of CNTF signaling effector pY705 STAT3 and total STAT3, the active pY10 LDHa and LDHa. For e, data were presented as mean ± SEM. Independent retinal samples (N = 3) and adjusted P values based on one-way ANOVA and Tukey all-pairs test are indicated.