Figure 7From: Mitofusion-2-mediated alleviation of insulin resistance in rats through reduction in lipid intermediate accumulation in skeletal muscleMFN2 overexpression increased CPT1 mRNA and protein expression in rat skeletal muscle, but had no significant effects on muscle CD36 expression. Rats were fed with high-fat diets for 8 weeks, and then were infected with Ad-MFN2 (109 v.p./kg body weight) or empty Ad adenoviruses or PBS control for 3 weeks. The expression levels of CD36 (A, B, C) and CPT1 (D, E, F) were measured by Real-time PCR and Western blot. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, compared with Ad, n = 6.Back to article page