TABLE 1

Metabolic activity of nasal mucosa, lung, and liver microsomes of CYP2A13/2F1-humanized-and-LCN and Cyp2abfgs-null-and-LCN mice in vitro

Rates of NA-GSH formation were determined as described in the Materials and Methods. Values represent means ± S.D. (n = 3 to 4).

TissueRate of NA-GSH formation
CYP2A13/2F1-humanized-and-LCNCyp2abfgs-null-and-LCNCYP2A13/2F1-humanizedaCyp2abfgs-nullaLCNb
pmol/min per mg microsomal protein
Nasal mucosa801 ± 77206 ± 6c964 ± 59118 ± 12N.A.
Lung19.9 ± 4.911.9 ± 0.5d23.1 ± 3.28.1 ± 0.51120 ± 198
Liver76.9 ± 13.594.7 ± 26.3N.A.N.A.83.7 ± 8.7
  • Reaction mixtures contained 50 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.4), 10 mM GSH, 1 mM NADPH, various concentrations of microsomal proteins (0.2 mg/ml for individual livers, 0.25 mg/ml for pooled olfactory mucosa, and 1 mg/ml for pooled lung), and 100 µM NA. Statistical analysis was performed using two-way ANOVA followed by the Bonferroni test for multiple comparisons. Previously reported data for LCN, Cyp2abfgs-null, and CYP2A13/2F1-humanized mice (Kovalchuk et al., 2017; Li et al., 2017) are shown for comparison. N.A., not analyzed.

  • a Extracted from Figure 1 of Li et al. (2017) for rates at 100 µM NA.

  • b From original data used for kinetic analysis in Table 1 of Kovalchuk et al. (2017) for rates at 100 µM NA.

  • c P < 0.0001, compared with CYP2A13/2F1-humanized-and-LCN mice.

  • d P < 0.05, compared with CYP2A13/2F1-humanized-and-LCN mice.