Table 2

Genes that are differentially expressed in mesenteric white adipose tissue of OE-treated rats


Ratio
GeneBank
Functional Classification

Down-regulated genes




Fatty acid synthase (FAS)
0.11
M76767
Metabolism of cofactors, vitamins & related substances
Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC)
0.19
J03808
Simple Lipid metabolism
Prostaglandin d2 receptor
0.30
U92289
Hormone Receptors
Fatty acid transport protein (FATP1)
0.31
U89529
Other membrane channels & Transporters
Very long chain acyl-coa dehydrogenase (vlcad)
0.32
D30647
Metabolism of Cofactors, Vitamins & Related Substances
Lipoprotein lipase (LPL)
0.33
L03294
Complex Lipid Metabolism
Slow voltage-gated potassium channel protein
0.33
M22412
Voltage-gated ion channels
Low density lipoprotein receptor
0.35
X13722
Other receptors
Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase kinase
0.37
L22294
Intracellular kinase network members
Adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (FABP4)
0.38
U75581
Other Trafficking & Targeting proteins
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1b (CPT1b)
0.39
D43632
Simple Lipid metabolism
Hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL)
0.40
U40001
Simple Lipid Metabolism
Cytochrome P450 2c7
0.42
M18335
Complex Lipid Metabolism
Glucose-6-P-dehydrogenase
0.45
X07467
Complex Carbohydrate Metabolism
Retinoid X receptor beta
0.45
M81766
Nuclear receptors
Brain fatty acid binding protein
0.45
U02096
Other Trafficking & Targeting proteins
Adenyl cyclase
0.46
M80633
Adenylate/Guanylate Cyclases & Diesterases
Proteasome 26s subunit 2
0.47
D50694
Proteosomal Proteins

Up-regulated genes




Insulin receptor-related receptor alpha subunit
1.52
M90661
Intracellular Kinase network members
Cytochrome p450 4f5
1.72
U39207
Complex Lipid Metabolism
Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα)
1.77
X66539
Growth Factors, Cytokines hemokines
GTP-binding protein
1.82
L19699
G Proteins
Ras-gtpase activation protein
1.85
L13151
GTP/GDP exchangers & GTPse activity modulators
Cytochrome p450 4b1
2.01
M29853
Other Metabolism Enzymes
Protein arginine n-methyltransferase 1
3.59
U60882
Intracellular Adaptors eceptor Associated Proteins

The expression of each gene is reported as the ratio of the value obtained after each treatment relative to control after normalization of the data.

Salas et al. BMC Genomics 2007 8:292   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-8-292