behavior/neurological
• while mice appeared to eat less than controls during diabetogenic study, when consumption was correlated with differences in body weight, mutant mice consumed more calories/g mouse/day
• leptin levels did not correlate with food consumption
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growth/size/body
• males weighed 20% less than controls between 16 and 20 weeks of age
• weighed less than controls on diabetogenic (high fat, high sucrose) diet over the course of 15 weeks, but change in percent body weight at the end of the diabetogenic diet was similar to controls
• increased weight correlated with leptin levels
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homeostasis/metabolism
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• normal glucose levels
• before study on diabetogenic diet, mice had comparable plasma glucose levels to controls
• glucose levels increased during diabetogenic study, and these levels did not differ from those in controls
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• at all time points, before and during diabetogenic study, mice had lower plasma insulin levels than control mice
• insulin levels did increase over the course of the study, however, but never reached the levels seen in controls
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• by the end of the 15 week test period on the diabetogenic diet, leptin levels were comparable to controls
• in plasma, compared to controls, before start of diabetogenic diet
• delayed increase in plasma leptin levels, compared to controls, on diabetogenic diet
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• lower levels than wild-type mice fed the diabetogenic diet
• hepatic cholesterol concentration similar to controls after diabetogenic diet
• no differences in plasma triglyceride or free fatty acids
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• lower levels than wild-type mice fed the diabetogenic diet
• no differences in plasma HDL
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• lower levels than wild-type mice fed the diabetogenic diet
• no differences in plasma HDL
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• prevention of induction of diet-induced glucose intolerance, measured by glucose disposal after glucose injection
• diet-induced insulin resistance did not occur; glucose clearance after insulin injection remained the same before and after diabetogenic study
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• in liver of males after diabetogenic diet
• no difference in plasma triglyceride, compared to controls, after diabetogenic diet
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liver/biliary system
• in liver of males after diabetogenic diet
• no difference in plasma triglyceride, compared to controls, after diabetogenic diet
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• unlike wild-type controls on high fat diet, homozygous null mice do not develop liver steatosis
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