Table 1.

Body and organ weights

	WT	CAT	Gαq	Gαq / CAT
n	6	9	5	5
BW (g)	31.7 ± 1.4	30.9 ± 0.8	34.1 ± 1.0	32.3 ± 0.9
HW (mg)	138.0 ± 3.1	142.6 ± 3.8	189.6 ± 7.1*	161.7 ± 7.5*†
HW / BW (mg/g)	4.39 ± 0.14	4.63 ± 0.09	5.57 ± 0.18*	4.99 ± 0.16*†
LV W (mg)	95.9 ± 2.6	96.8 ± 2.5	109.5 ± 2.7*	98.3 ± 3.1†
LV W / BW (mg/g)	3.04 ± 0.06	3.08 ± 0.04	3.21 ± 0.02*	3.04 ± 0.03†
Lung W (mg)	166.1 ± 8.2	170.9 ± 5.0	211.5 ± 8.4*	179.5 ± 4.5*
Lung W / BW (mg/g)	5.25 ± 0.15	5.55 ± 0.16	6.22 ± 0.26*	5.56 ± 0.12†
Lung W (wet/dry)	4.29 ± 0.12	4.40 ± 0.06	4.76 ± 0.14*	4.18 ± 0.20†
Liver W (g)	1.37 ± 0.05	1.33 ± 0.03	1.47 ± 0.03	1.36 ± 0.03
Liver W / BW (g/g)	0.043 ± 0.001	0.043 ± 0.001	0.043 ± 0.002	0.042 ± 0.001
Pleural effusion	0/6	0/9	4/5*	0/5†

BW: body weight; HW: heart weight; LV: left ventricular. W: weight; WT: wild-type. CAT: catalase. Values are mean ± SE.

^*P<0.05 vs. WT group.

^†P<0.05 vs. Gαq group.