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. 2017 Feb 28;8:94. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00094

Table 5.

Vacuolar pH (A) and area (B) experimental measurements and statistics for the knockout mouse models presented in Figures 58.

(A) Vacuolar SNARF ratio
N Control No. of points Control median (SFR/pH) Knockout No. of points Knockout median (SFR/pH) p-value

3 Wt 1269 0.9 7.5 ClC3-/- 1116 0.9 7.5 0.268
2 HVCN1-/- 1130 3.6 11.1 HVCN1-/-/ClC3-/- 1157 3.7 11.2 0.020
4 Wt 1637 0.9 7.4 KCC3-/- 1340 0.9 7.5 2.0 × 10-4
3 HVCN1-/- 383 2.8 9.8 HVCN1-/-/KCC3-/- 472 2.8 9.9 0.165
3 Wt 589 1.2 8.0 CLIC1-/- 780 1.2 8.0 0.598
3 HVCN1-/- 1594 3.5 10.8 HVCN1-/-/CLIC1-/- 1596 3.5 10.8 0.174
3 Wt 371 1.0 7.8 TRPM2-/- 399 1.0 7.8 0.087
1 HVCN1-/- 118 1.9 9.0 HVCN1-/-/TRPM2-/- 82 1.8 8.9 0.120
3 Wt 898 1.0 7.8 KCNJ15-/- 727 1.1 7.9 0.016

(B) Vacuolar area

N Control No. of points Control median (±SD) Knockout No. of points Knockout median (±SD) p-value

3 Wt 281 10.8 (4.9) ClC3-/- 273 11.2 (4.5) 0.650
2 HVCN1-/- 549 13.4 (6.7) HVCN1-/-/ClC3-/- 570 14.2 (6.1) 0.109
3 Wt 445 11.2 (3.4) KCC3-/- 458 11.3 (3.9) 0.469
3 HVCN1-/- 389 16.7 (6.4) HVCN1-/-/KCC3-/- 287 17.3 (5.5) 0.554
3 Wt 266 12.9 (4.2) CLIC1-/- 346 13.2 (4.5) 0.167
3 HVCN1-/- 696 15.1 (7.4) HVCN1-/-/CLIC1-/- 650 12.8 (6.8) 6.7x10-7
3 Wt 162 11.7 (5.3) TRPM2-/- 208 11.0 (5.1) 0.569
1 HVCN1-/- 78 17.1 (9.9) HVCN1-/-/TRPM2-/- 39 18.7 (11.4) 0.830
3 Wt 633 9.9 (3.9) KCNJ15-/- 387 10.4 (4.6) 0.003

N = number of experiments performed, no. of points describes the total number of individual measurements. The control and corresponding knockout medians are accompanied with the SFR and converted vacuolar pH and standard deviation (SD) for the vacuolar area.