Table 3.

Enzymatic activity of zebrafish magnesium-dependent neutral sphingomylinase (ZNSMase) in overexpressed COS-7 cells


COS-7 cells

nSMase activity,*pmol/mg per hour

Standard deviation, ±
Untransfected   120.2   2.3  
Mock-transfected   123.3   2.4  
pTARGET-ZNSMase
 
1321.7
 
4.5
 

COS-7 cells

nSMase activity,*pmol/mg per hour

Standard deviation, ±
Untransfected   120.2   2.3  
Mock-transfected   123.3   2.4  
pTARGET-ZNSMase
 
1321.7
 
4.5
 

A mammalian-cell transient expression vector with ZNSMase cDNA was transfected into COS-7 cells. nSMase activities were compared between untransfected and transfected cells with mock vector or pTRAGET-ZNSMase at 24 hours after transfection.

*

Values represent the average of 3 independent determinations.

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