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Table 6 mHFD effects on microglial ultrastructure in the dorsal hippocampus CA1 stratum radiatum of PND30 offspring

From: Microglial and peripheral immune priming is partially sexually dimorphic in adolescent mouse offspring exposed to maternal high-fat diet

Parameters

Mean ± standard error of the mean

F

p

Male

Female

CD

mHFD

CD

mHFD

Organelles

# Lysosome

Primary

1.405 ± 0.461

1.150 ± 0.317

0.878 ± 0.213

1.438 ± 0.258

Sex × diet, 1.552

Sex, 0.1344

Diet, 0.2160

Sex × diet, 0.2149

Sex, 0.7144

Diet, 0.6428

Secondary

0.108 ± 0.052

0.200 ± 0.096

0.146 ± 0.075

0.188 ± 0.083

Sex × diet, 0.1028

Sex, 0.02644

Diet, 0.7068

Sex × diet, 0.7490

Sex, 0.8711

Diet, 0.4019

Tertiary

0.027 ± 0.027

0.025 ± 0.025

0.000 ± 0.000

0.031 ± 0.031

Sex × diet, 0.5148

Sex, 0.2007

Diet, 0.3970

Sex × diet, 0.4742

Sex, 0.6548

Diet, 0.5296

# Lipofuscin

0.135 ± 0.079

0.100 ± 0.048

0.073 ± 0.041

0.063 ± 0.043

Sex × diet, 0.04895

Sex, 0.8091

Diet, 0.1716

Sex × diet, 0.8252

Sex, 0.3699

Diet, 0.6793

# Endosome

Empty

0.108 ± 0.052

0.200 ± 0.089

0.098 ± 0.058

0.063 ± 0.043

Sex × diet, 0.9319

Sex, 1.267

Diet, 0.1867

Sex × diet, 0.3360

Sex, 0.2621

Diet, 0.6663

Content

0.432 ± 0.120

0.250 ± 0.128

0.268 ± 0.086

0.188 ± 0.070

Sex × diet, 0.2278

Sex, 1.132

Diet, 1.528

Sex × diet, 0.6339

Sex, 0.2890

Diet, 0.2185

# Dilated ER/Golgi

5.892 ± 0.945

6.000 ± 1.046

6.171 ± 1.069

5.188 ± 0.723

Sex × diet,

Sex,

Diet,

Sex × diet, 0.5814

Sex, 0.7874

Diet, 0.6584

# Mitochondrion

Elongated

0.459 ± 0.148

0.450 ± 0.138

0.293 ± 0.094

0.375 ± 0.087

Sex × diet, 0.1409

Sex, 0.9777

Diet, 0.08878

Sex × diet, 0.7080

Sex, 0.3244

Diet, 0.7662

Total

2.270 ± 0.365

3.075 ± 0.486

2.195 ± 0.309

2.906 ± 0.322

Sex × diet, 0.01475

Sex, 0.1002

Diet, 3.870

Sex × diet, 0.9035

Sex, 0.7521

Diet, 0.0511

Interactions with microenvironment

# Synaptic element

Pre-synaptic

6.243 ± 0.504

9.075 ± 0.958

7.683 ± 0.808

7.688 ± 0.647

Sex × diet, 3.521

Sex, 0.008597

Diet, 3.111

Sex × diet, 0.0701

Sex, 0.9732

Diet, 0.0692

Post-synaptic

3.081 ± 0.286

4.150 ± 0.438

3.707 ± 0.457

3.875 ± 0.559

Sex × diet, 1.028

Sex, 0.1562

Diet, 1.936

Sex × diet, 0.3123

Sex, 0.6933

Diet, 0.1663

# Myelinated axon

0.135 ± 0.069

0.200 ± 0.089

0.073 ± .054

0.031 ± 0.031

Sex × diet, 0.6218

Sex, 2.949

Diet, 0.02917

Sex × diet, 0.4280

Sex, 0.0880

Diet, 0.8646

# Degenerating myelin

0.216 ± 0.079

0.150 ± 0.067

0.098 ± 0.047

0.042 ± 0.042

Sex × diet, 0.006245

Sex, 3.020

Diet, 0.8740

Sex × diet, 0.9371

Sex, 0.0845

Diet, 0.3515

# Brain cell or vasculature

Astrocyte

0.054 ± 0.038

0.225 ± 0.067

0.049 ± 0.034

0.031 ± 0.031

Sex × diet, 4.104

Sex, 4.576

Diet, 2.719

Sex × diet, 0.0446*

Sex, 0.0341*

Diet, 0.1013

Neuron

0.000 ± 0.000

0.125 ± 0.053

0.122 ± 0.052

0.094 ± 0.052

Sex × diet, 2.771

Sex, 0.9714

Diet, 1.106

Sex × diet, 0.0981

Sex, 0.3260

Diet, 0.2946

Oligodendrocyte

0.000 ± 0.000

0.000 ± 0.000

0.000 ± 0.000

0.000 ± 0.000

N/A

N/A

Blood vessel

0.189 ± 0.065

0.075 ± 0.042

0.073 ± 0.041

0.031 ± 0.031

Sex × diet, 0.5805

Sex, 2.837

Diet, 2.709

Sex × diet, 0.4473

Sex, 0.0942

Diet, 0.1019

# Extracellular space

0.216 ± 0.079

0.650 ± 0.146

0.537 ± 0.168

0.500 ± 0.168

Sex × diet, 2.596

Sex, 0.3406

Diet, 1.851

Sex × diet, 0.1093

Sex, 0.5604

Diet, 0.1757

# Extracellular digestion

0.135 ± 0.057

0.275 ± 0.101

0.366 ± 0.120

0.125 ± 0.059

Sex × diet, 4.154

Sex, 0.1867

Diet, 0.2923

Sex × diet, 0.0433*

Sex, 0.6663

Diet, 0.5896

  1. # number, CD control diet, ER/Golgi endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus cisterna, mHFD maternal high-fat diet, N/A not applicable, P-values of significant statistical tests are in bold and followed by an asterisk indicating the significativity, * < 0.05