Research Paper Volume 7, Issue 10 pp 793—810

Figure 1. APE1 activity levels. The average APE1 activity is significantly lower in the AD group relative to the control group, without statistical adjustment (model 1) and after adjustment for gender (model 2) and both gender and age (model 4); and trended lower after adjustment for age (model 3). (A) Gel images of radiolabeled DNA substrate and incision product, indicating the APE1 incision activities in PBMCs from AD patients and controls. The combined data from the four gels is equivalent to N of 18 for each (controls and AD). Samples were run on triplicate gels so that each value is the average of three lanes, run on separate gels; one gel from each triplicate is shown. APE1 = purified enzyme as positive control; N = negative control (no enzyme). (B) Comparison of APE1 incision activities in PBMCs from AD patients and controls, as generated from band intensities of 1A, and adjusted for gender and/or age. Percent incision was calculated as the amount of radioactivity in the product relative to total radioactivity per assay. Background correction was performed using no-enzyme control. P values were determined using the unpaired t test; the P values for models 2, 3, 4 above were generated in GraphPad Prism 6 using the average and SEM from Table 2. All graphs were generated in GraphPad Prism 6. Error bars represent ± SEM. As shown here and in Table 2, APE1 activity is significantly lower in AD in models 1, 2 and 4. Since model 1 has no statistical adjustments, it can be displayed as a dot plot to illustrate the raw values for each participant. *Significant difference (P < .05) in the average level of APE1 activity between the controls and AD.