Phenotypically normal mouse (+/+ or +/df) fed 30% less of standard pelleted diet with respect to the amount consumed by normal female ad libitum fed +/+ and +/df mice
Normal female Ames mouse (+/+ or +/df) with ad libitum access to water and fed 30% less of the standard pelleted diet with respect to the amount consumed by normal female ad libitum fed +/+ and +/df mice (LabDiet, PMI Feeds, Inc., St Louis, MO) caged with microisolator filter tops. Mice were killed between 24 to 26 months of age, tissues removed, rapidly frozen on dry ice, and stored in liquid nitrogen. Total liver RNA was isolated from frozen tissue as described (T. Tsuchiya, J.M. Dhahbi, X. Cui, P.L. Mote, A. Bartke, S.R. Spindler, Physiological Genomics, Submitted). mRNA levels were measured using the Affymetrix mouse U74Av2 array according to standard protocols. After hybridization, arrays were scanned using a Hewlett-Packard GeneArray Scanner. Image analysis was performed as described (Cao SX, Dhahbi JM, Mote PL, and Spindler SR. Genomic profiling of short- and long-term caloric restriction effects in the liver of aging mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 98: 10630-10635, 2001). A more detailed description of the methods can be found in (T. Tsuchiya, J.M. Dhahbi, X. Cui, P.L. Mote, A. Bartke, S.R. Spindler, Physiological Genomics, Submitted). Keywords = Ames dwarf Keywords = mouse Keywords = Affymetrix Keywords = caloric restriction
