Table 4 Mean Normalised Gene Expression Levels in Aorta.

From: The influence of a high fat diet on bone and soft tissue formation in Matrix Gla Protein knockout mice

Sex

Males

Females

Genotype

WT

KO

WT

KO

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Diet

Control

High Fat

Control

High Fat

Control

High Fat

Control

High Fat

(n = 8)

(n = 14)

(n = 8)

(n = 7)

(n = 11)

(n = 11)

(n = 9)

(n = 6)

Osteocalcin

0.00005 (0.00001)a

0.00004 (0.00001)ab

0.00002 (0.00001)b

0.00002 (0.00001)ab

0.00004 (0.00004)

0.00002 (0.00001)

0.00004 (0.00006)

0.00006 (0.00003)

Gas6

0.009 (0.003)

0.014 (0.005)

0.014 (0.006)

0.013 (0.006)

0.010 (0.003)a

0.014 (0.007)ab

0.013 (0.005)ab

0.018 (0.006)b

Periostin

0.10 (0.02)

0.09 (0.03)

0.08 (0.05)

0.09 (0.04)

0.08 (0.02)

0.09 (0.04)

0.07 (0.03)

0.10 (0.04)

Mgp

0.013 (0.004)a

0.016 (0.008)a

0.001 (0.000)b

0.001 (0.001)b

0.017 (0.009)a

0.016 (0.008)a

0.001 (0.001)b

0.001 (0.001)b

Ggcx

0.0006 (0.0003)a

0.0005 (0.0002)ab

0.0003 (0.0001)b

0.0004 (0.0001)ab

0.0006 (0.0002)a

0.0005 (0.0002)a

0.0002 (0.0001)b

0.0004 (0.0002)ab

Vkor

0.005 (0.002)

0.005 (0.001)

0.003 (0.001)

0.003 (0.001)

0.005 (0.002)

0.005 (0.002)

0.003 (0.001)

0.004 (0.001)

Bmp-1

0.011 (0.004)ab

0.013 (0.006)a

0.007 (0.003)b

0.007 (0.002)ab

0.009 (0.001)ab

0.012 (0.007)a

0.006 (0.003)b

0.009 (0.001)ab

Bmp-2

0.0001 (0.0000)

0.0002 (0.0001)

0.0001 (0.0000)

0.0001 (0.0001)

0.0001 (0.0001)

0.0001 (0.0001)

0.0001 (0.0001)

0.0001 (0.0001)

Bmp-4

0.014 (0.007)a

0.014 (0.002)a

0.005 (0.002)b

0.004 (0.002)b

0.013 (0.005)a

0.011 (0.005)ab

0.007 (0.004)ab

0.005 (0.003)b

Leptin

0.003 (0.002)a

0.006 (0.004)ab

0.010 (0.005)bc

0.014 (0.003)c

0.005 (0.004)

0.007 (0.006)

0.008 (0.003)

0.010 (0.008)

Leptin Receptor

0.002 (0.001)

0.003 (0.002)

0.002 (0.001)

0.005 (0.006)

0.002 (0.001)

0.003 (0.001)

0.003 (0.002)

0.006 (0.007)

Sclerostin

0.011 (0.005)a

0.017 (0.004)b

0.002 (0.002)c

0.003 (0.002)c

0.009 (0.005)ab

0.011 (0.005)b

0.003 (0.002)c

0.004 (0.005)ac

Estradiol

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

Estradiol Receptor α

0.008 (0.003)a

0.007 (0.003)ab

0.004 (0.002)b

0.007 (0.002)ab

0.008 (0.002)ab

0.010 (0.003)b

0.004 (0.002)c

0.006 (0.003)ac

Estradiol Receptor β

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ACE

0.02 (0.01)

0.03 (0.01)

0.03 (0.02)

0.03 (0.01)

0.02 (0.01)a

0.03 (0.02)a

0.04 (0.01)b

0.02 (0.01)a

Angiotensinogen

0.002 (0.003)a

0.001 (0.000)a

0.008 (0.005)b

0.007 (0.004)ab

0.004 (0.003)a

0.001 (0.000)a

0.010 (0.003)b

0.004 (0.002)a

Vegf 120

0.005 (0.005)a

0.011 (0.006)ab

0.012 (0.004)ab

0.017 (0.003)b

0.007 (0.004)a

0.010 (0.003)ab

0.014 (0.004)b

0.012 (0.004)ab

Vegf 164

0.022 (0.010)

0.028 (0.014)

0.024 (0.014)

0.038 (0.004)

0.016 (0.005)

0.028 (0.008)

0.025 (0.012)

0.023 (0.012)

Vegf 188

0.048 (0.017)a

0.038 (0.021)ab

0.019 (0.007)b

0.048 (0.012)a

0.028 (0.010)

0.033 (0.011)

0.024 (0.017)

0.040 (0.020)

Vegf total

0.08 (0.03)

0.08 (0.04)

0.06 (0.03)

0.11 (0.02)

0.06 (0.02)

0.07 (0.02)

0.07 (0.03)

0.08 (0.03)

Gapdh

2.5 (1.0)a

1.4 (0.7)a

0.3 (0.2)b

0.6 (0.6)b

1.7 (0.5)a

1.3 (0.5)a

0.3 (0.2)b

0.6 (0.2)b

  1. For each parameter measured, values with different superscript letters are significantly different from each other within the same sex (p < 0.05). ND – not detected.