Journal: The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Article Title: White adipocytes in subcutaneous fat depots require KLF15 for maintenance in preclinical models
doi: 10.1172/JCI172360
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) RT-qPCR quantifying the expression levels of Klf15 in adipocytes isolated from distinct fat pads. 1-way ANOVA, n = 3. ( B ) RT-qPCR quantifying the expression levels of Klf15 in adipocytes after isoproterenol (Iso) treatment for 4 hours. Student’s t test, n = 6. ( C ) RT-qPCR quantifying the expression levels of Klf15 in iWAT isolated from mice after they were injected with CL316243 (CL) (1 mg/kg/day) for 7 days. Student’s t test, n = 4. ( D ) RT-qPCR quantifying the relative expression levels of Adrb1 , Adrb2 , and Adrb3 in iWAT, gWAT, and BAT with iWAT set to 1 for each litter. 1-way ANOVA, n = 5. ( E ) Light phase microscopy images of adipocytes from differentiated SVF harvested from the iWAT of Klf15-fl/fl mice and infected with adenovirus expressing Cre (Ad-Cre) or adenovirus control (Ad-control). Scale bar: 25 μm. ( F ) RT-qPCR quantifying the expression levels of thermogenic genes and panadipocyte marker Adipoq . Student’s t test, n = 4. ( G ) RT-qPCR quantifying the expression levels. Student’s t tests followed by Holm-Šidák correction, n = 7. ( H ) Immunoblots detecting and quantifying the relative levels of β1AR following acute Klf15 deletion in adipocytes. Student’s t test, n = 3. ( I ) Immunoblots detecting and quantifying the relative levels of phosphorylation of p38 MAPK following acute Klf15 deletion in adipocytes. Student’s t test, n = 3. ( J ) RT-qPCR quantifying the change in Ucp1 expression levels with SB202190 pretreatment. Student’s t test, n = 3–4. ( K ) RT-qPCR quantifying the expression levels of Ucp1 following acute Klf15 deletion in adipocytes treated with Isoproterenol. 2-way ANOVA, n = 3. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001.
Article Snippet: For the ADRB1 rescue experiment, adipocytes with hKLF15 knockdown were infected with control shRNA (sc-108080, Santa Cruz Biotechnology) and β1AR shRNA (sc-29580-V, Santa Cruz Biotechnology) lentiviral particles.
Techniques: Quantitative RT-PCR, Expressing, Isolation, Injection, Microscopy, Infection, Control, Marker, Western Blot, Phospho-proteomics