TABLE 1. sEH specific activities in liver, kidney, and heart tissue homogenates from the wild-type and Ephx2-null mice.
Tissues were extracted as described under “Experimental Procedures” and examined for sEH activity in S9 fractions using tDPPO as a substrate. Ephx2-null mice show no epoxide hydrolase activity toward tDPPO in any of examined tissues in two different Ephx2-null mouse colonies originated from NIH or BI. All results are means ± S.D. of three separate experiments as described under “Experimental Procedures.”
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NIH colony
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Ephx2+/+ | Ephx2−/− | Ephx2+/+ | Ephx2−/− | |
nmol diol produced × min−1 × mg protein−1 | nmol diol produced × min−1 × mg protein−1 | |||
Liver | 32 ± 2 | <0.1 | 38 ± 5 | <0.01 |
Kidney | 18 ± 3 | <0.1 | 16 ± 3 | <0.01 |
Heart | 14 ± 2 | <0.1 | 1.4 ± 0.2 | <0.04 |