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. 2015 Feb 11;2:14068. doi: 10.1038/mtm.2014.68

Table 1. IDUA activities, GAG concentrations, and hexosaminidase activities in tissues of NSGI and Het mice.

Iduronidase activity, (units/mg protein)
Tissue NSGI, N = 10 Het, N = 12 P
Brain 0 1.75 ± 0.248 <0.001
Heart 0 4.84 ± 0.381 <0.001
Kidney 0 2.17 ± 0.481 <0.001
Liver 0 4.89 ± 2.51 <0.001
Lung 0 3.80 ± 0.480 <0.001
Muscle 0 1.47 ± 0.792 <0.001
Spleen 0 18.5 ± 3.88 <0.001
µg GAG/mg dry tissuea
Tissue NSGI, N = 3 Het, N = 4 P
Brain 4.02 ± 0.178 3.53 ± 0.154 0.011
Heart 19.4 ± 2.76 0 <0.001
Kidney 15.7 ± 5.94 0.323 ± 0.645 0.003
Liver 26.6 ± 0.586 0 <0.001
Lung 19.9 ± 2.10 0 <0.001
Muscle 5.98 ± 2.91 0 0.008
Spleen 26.1 ± 6.68 0.805 ± 0.537 <0.001
Urine 1,910 ± 1,660 131 ± 171 0.138
nmol GAG/mg proteinb
Tissue NSGI, N = 7 Het, N = 8 P
Heart 25.7 ± 12.8 8.63 ± 2.20 0.002
Kidney 19.6 ± 6.31 10.2 ± 4.01 0.004
Liver 28.9 ± 9.99 15.2 ± 8.40 0.013
Muscle 17.1 ± 5.27 20.1 ± 7.47 0.401
Hexosaminidase activity, (units/mg protein)
Tissue NSGI, N = 7 Het, N = 8 P
Brain 3,182 ± 258 1,764 ± 446 <0.001

Ns are as listed with the exception of lung and spleen where the Ns are 3 for the NSGI and 4 for the Hets.

a

Urinary GAG is expressed in µg/mg creatinine.

b

nmol GAG are approximate and are based on the glucuronic acid standard.