Erythrocyte Superoxide Dismutase, Catalase and Glutathione Peroxidase in Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian Carla Gerli ◽  
Luciano Beretta ◽  
Maurizio Bianchi ◽  
Angelo Agostoni ◽  
Valter Gualandri ◽  
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1994 ◽  
Vol 140 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Pereira ◽  
L F B P Costa Rosa ◽  
D A Safi ◽  
E J H Bechara ◽  
R Curi

Abstract This study examined the effect of experimental hyperand hypothyroidism on the superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase activities of rat lymphoid organs (mesenteric lymph nodes, spleen and thymus) and muscles (soleus and gastrocnemius-white portion) for comparison. The capacity for the generation of reducing equivalents was also investigated: activities of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (pentose-phosphate pathway) and citrate synthase (Krebs cycle). Hyperthyroidism tended to enhance lipid peroxide content in all tissues. This effect may result from (1) a high capacity for the generation of reducing equivalents in cytosol and mitochondria and (2) a reduced activity of catalase in the lymphoid organs and of glutathione peroxidase in the muscles. The process of lipid peroxidation in these tissues caused by hyperthyroidism was probably slowed down by the augmentation of CuZn- and Mn-superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) activities observed under this condition. Hypothyroidism tended to diminish lipid peroxidation and did not affect citrate synthase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activities in the lymphoid organs and muscles. Low levels of thyroid hormones tended to diminish Mn-SOD and glutathione peroxidase activities. These findings show that the thyroid hormones might be able to regulate the activities of CuZn- and Mn-SOD, and catalase and glutathione peroxidase in the lymphoid organs and skeletal muscles. Journal of Endocrinology (1994) 140, 73–77


2001 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 987-993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Varinder K Randhawa ◽  
Fengzhen Zhou ◽  
Xiaolei Jin ◽  
Czesia Nalewajko ◽  
Donn J Kushner

Treatment with Ni(NO3)2 leads to the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the green alga Scenedesmus acutus f. alternans, causing lipid peroxidation. This effect was stronger in a Ni-sensitive strain, UTEX72, than in a Ni-resistant strain, B4. In the resistant strain, Ni induced an increased ratio of reduced to oxidized glutathione (GSH:GSSG), whereas it caused a lowered ratio in the sensitive strain. Enzymes involved in the control of ROS were studied in these strains as well as two others that have shown different degrees of nickel resistance. The resistant strain, B4, which grows while containing large amounts of internal Ni, had much higher levels of glutathione reductase and catalase than the other strains. The sensitive strain, UTEX72, had higher levels of glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase than did strain B4. The resistant strains, Ni-Tol and Cu-Tol, derived from strain UTEX72, which are partly able to exclude Ni, had enzyme profiles that resembled that of UTEX72 more closely than that of B4. Treatment with 10 and 100 µM Ni for 4 or 22 h had complex effects on enzyme levels in all four strains. Ni decreased glutathione reductase in B4, slightly increased it in Ni-Tol and Cu-Tol, and did not affect the low levels of this enzyme in UTEX72. Ni lowered glutathione peroxidase in B4 and either did not affect it or slightly raised it in the other strains. Ni lowered catalase in B4 and did not affect the other strains. Superoxide dismutase was raised in B4 and Ni-Tol and lowered in Cu-Tol and UTEX72, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase was lowered in all four strains. These results suggest that one major mechanism of Ni resistance, especially in strain B4, may be the ability to combat the formation of ROS when exposed to this metal, likely by maintaining a high GSH:GSSG ratio.Key words: Scenedesmus acutus f. alternans, glutathione reductase, glutathione peroxidase, catalase, superoxide dismutase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, lipid peroxidation, nickel, reactive oxygen species.


1994 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 461-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afonso C.D. Bainy ◽  
Marcia A.S. Silva ◽  
Mariza Kogake ◽  
Luis A. Videlal ◽  
V.B.C. Junqueira

1 The influence of lindane and paraquat on oxidative stress-related parameters of the red blood cell was studied in vitro. 2 Lindane addition did not modify either the t-butyl hydroperoxide-induced oxygen uptake of the erythrocytes and the induction time preceding it, or the activity of catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, in conditions of comparable levels of haemoglobin and methaemoglobin. 3 Red blood cells exposed to paraquat exhibited a concentration-dependent decrease in the t-butyl hydroperoxide-induced oxygen consumption and increments in either the induction period or in the activity of catalase and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, with no changes in superoxide dismutase activity and a small decrement in that of glutathione peroxidase. 4 These data indicate that lindane does not interfere with the oxidant status of the erythrocyte, while paraquat addition leads to an increment in the anti-oxidant capacity of the red blood cell.


2016 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 534-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina Tomsič ◽  
Alenka Seliškar ◽  
Barbara Lukanc ◽  
Alenka Nemec Svete

AbstractData on the values of selected blood antioxidant parameters, i.e. total antioxidant capacity, glutathione peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase in healthy dogs, are lacking. There are no published accepted standard reference methods for their determination. The aim of this study was to determine the values of plasma total antioxidant capacity and the activities of whole blood glutathione peroxidase and erythrocyte superoxide dismutase in 30 healthy client-owned dogs (19 females, 11 males). The effect of age and sex on the measured antioxidant parameters was also investigated. Antioxidant parameters were determined with an automated biochemical analyser, using the commercially available Randox kits. No significant difference in age, weight, and antioxidant parameters was determined between females and males. A significant positive effect of age (p = 0.002, r2= 0.284) on superoxide dismutase activity was confirmed. There was no effect of sex on any of the antioxidant parameters measured. However, we observed a tendency of the effect of sex (p = 0.063, r2= 0.118), as well as age (p = 0.073, r2= 0.111), on the activity of glutathione peroxidase. Our results are in part comparable with the results of other studies in which the same types of methods and samples were used to determine antioxidant parameters. In conclusion, the sex and age of dogs should be taken into consideration when planning a study on antioxidant status parameters.


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