Fig. 4

The effect of tetradecylthiopropionic acid (TTP) on hepatic lipid metabolism in mice. Male C57BL/6 mice were fed a low-fat control diet (black), or low-fat diets supplemented with 0.3 % (grey) (w/w), 0.6 % (dark grey) or 0.9 % (light grey) TTP for 2 weeks. a β-oxidation as measured by degradation of palmitoyl-CoA in fresh liver homogenates. b Inhibition of the β-oxidation reaction in the presence of malonyl-CoA. The activities of (c) Carnitine palmitoyl transferase (CPT)-I, (d) CPT-II, (e) HMG-CoA synthase, (f) citrate synthetase, (g) fatty acyl-CoA oxidase (ACOX1), and (h) acyl-CoA synthase were measured in frozen liver homogenates. Mean values with SD are presented (a–c: n = 5 – 7, d–i: n = 7–8), and statistically significant difference from control was determined by one-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s post hoc test (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001)