Table 1.
Control Young | Acute EAE | Control Old | Chronic EAE | |
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Caspase-like activity | 381.3 ± 23.6 | 498.3 ± 39.2* | 328.7 ± 13.9 | 236.4 ± 29.2 * |
Trypsin-like activity | 75.7 ± 2.2 | 108.3 ± 10.9* | 62.3 ± 6.5 | 73.0 ± 7.2 |
Chymotrypsin-like activity | 63.4 ± 4.6 | 88.3 ± 3.8* | 77.2 ± 5.0 | 49.2 ± 6.1* |
Aliquots of cerebellum homogenates from control and EAE mice were used to determine the caspase-like, trypsin-like and chymotrypsin-like proteasomal activity as described in “Materials and Methods”. Values represent the mean ± SEM of 3 animals per experimental group. Asterisks denote values that are significantly different (p<0.05) from control. FU, fluorescence units.