Table 1. IDUA activities, GAG concentrations, and hexosaminidase activities in tissues of NSGI and Het mice.
Iduronidase activity, (units/mg protein) | |||
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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.
Urinary GAG is expressed in µg/mg creatinine.
nmol GAG are approximate and are based on the glucuronic acid standard.