Fig 1.
Effect of clothes compression to the trunk.
A: Experimental protocol to investigate an effect on clothes compression load. B: Measure of compression value on left side of the abdomen by clothes compression load. C: Measurement of body weight change by clothes compression load to the trunk. (left panel showing body weight change and right panel is body weight gain). D: Measurement of food intake by clothes compression load. Each value is a mean with SEM. Significant difference detected by unpaired t-test. (*: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01). B: n = 20 (no-compression group), n = 20 (compression group), C and D: n = 12 (no-compression group), n = 14 (compression group), respectively.
Fig 2.
Time course of change in respiratory quotient ratio (RQ) and energy expenditure using indirect calorimetry.
A: Left picture is a temporal change of respiratory exchange ratio (RER) after clothes compression load. Right picture is a mean of RER on light period (ZT1 to ZT11) and dark period (ZT12 to ZT23). B: Left picture is a temporal change of energy expenditure after clothes compression load. Right picture is mean of energy expenditure on light period (ZT1 to ZT11) and dark period (ZT12 to ZT23). Values are mean with SEM. Significant difference detected by unpaired t-test (*: p < 0.05 §: p < 0.01). n = 12 (no-compression group), n = 14 (compression group).
Fig 3.
Short-term effect (8hr on light period) of clothes compression load to the trunk.
A: Experimental protocol to investigate a short-term effect on clothes compression load (The acclimation condition before compression load is equal to Fig 1A protocol). B: Temporal change of respiratory exchange ratio (RER) after clothes compression load during 6hr. C: Measurement of body weight change by clothes compression load for 8hr (left panel is body weight change and right panel is body weight gain). D: Measurement of food intake amount by clothes compression load for 8hr. Each value is mean with SEM. Significant difference detected by unpaired t-test (*: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01). n = 7 (no-compression group), n = 7 (compression group).
Fig 4.
Transcriptome analysis of liver changes caused by compression load to the trunk.
A: Top list of diseases and functions discovered by IPA core analysis in liver. B: A proposed mechanism in liver for clothes compression load to the trunk in light period is leading to lipolysis, cholesterol synthesis and bile acid secretory raise. Solid-line square means cholesterol synthesis process, dotted-line square means fatty acid synthesis process and double-solid-line square means bile acid synthesis / secretion process.