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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2012;30(2):225–231. doi: 10.3233/JAD-2012-111940

Table 4.

Pon1 protects against Hcy-thiolactone neurotoxicity in mice. L-Hcy-thiolactone was injected i.p. (3,700 nmol/g body weight) and the mice were monitored for 90 min

Genotype (n) Incidence of
seizures, % (n)
Incidence of
death, %
Seizure latency
period, min
Death latency
period, min
Pon1−/− (36) 52.8 (19)* 8.3 (3) 31.8±11.6 50±30
Wild type (44) 29.5 (13) 2.3 (1) 41.2±10.8 61
*

Significantly different from wild type – Fisher exact test p = 0.042 versus wild type

T-test p = 0.019 versus wild type.