Table 1.

Protein, GSH, AKR1B1 and Sorbitol levels in ARKO and wild type rat lenses.

Group	Protein (Sol./Insol.	GSH (nmol/mg protein)	AKR1B1 (ml/mg protein)	Sorbitol (nmol/mg protein)
0 day WT	3.2 ± 1.2	9.5 ± 0.2	7.1 ± 0.4	1.1 ± 0.04
0 day ARKO	3.0 ± 1.5	7.5 ± 0.9	1.2 ± 0.4	0.7 ± 0.01
9th day WT	3.1 ± 1.2	7.5 ± 1.5	8.2 ± 0.2	1.9 ± 0.16
9th day WT+HG	3.0 ± 1.1	4.8 ± 1.3	9.7 ± 0.9	16.3 ± 1.6
9th day ARKO	2.9 ± 0.9	6.8 ± 0.2	0.8 ± 0.3	0.7 ± 0.02
9th day ARKO+HG	2.8 ± 1.2	6.9 ± 0.2	0.7 ± 0.4	0.8 ± 0.02

Cultured rat lenses were homogenized and various biochemical parameters were measured as described in methods. The data represents average of two lenses from a rat. (n=2 lenses).