A further characterization of human extracellular superoxide dismutase is reported. The study was especially aimed at the interaction with substances known to interfere with CuZn superoxide dismutase and other superoxide dismutases. Extracellular superoxide dismutase is efficiently inhibited by cyanide and is about 3 times more sensitive than is human CuZn superoxide dismutase. The sensitivity ...

The amount of Mn superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) and the activity of Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (CuZnSOD) have been studied in human fibroblasts of five subjects with trisomy 21 and five subjects with normal karyotype, using nuclear magnetic relaxation and polarographic methods. In the trisomic fibroblasts we have found a mean molar amount of MnSOD 25.4% lower than in the control, and an amount of...

background: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als) is the most common motor neuron disorder in european populations. als can be sporadic als (sals) or familial als (fals). among 20 known als genes, mutations in c9orf72 and superoxide dismutase 1 (sod1) are the most common genetic causes of the disease. whereas c9orf72 mutations are more common in western populations, the contribution of sod1 to al...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE It has been postulated that oxygen-derived free radicals are produced in significant quantities upon reperfusion of ischemic brain and that the free radicals play a pivotal role in triggering the ischemic neuronal damage causing delayed neuronal death. This study was undertaken to examine the effects of human recombinant superoxide dismutase on the delayed neuronal death ...

In vitro synthesis of Escherichia coli manganese-containing superoxide dismutase, directed by the plasmid pDT1-5, has been achieved. The Mn superoxide dismutase polypeptide was identified by electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gels, immunoprecipitation, and the competitive immunoprecipitation effect of pure, active E. coli Mn superoxide dismutase. Dithiothreitol and glutathione, but not cysteine,...

Superoxide radicals are produced in trace amounts by the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Most are removed rapidly by superoxide dismutase in the matrix. Superoxide is also known to react with glutathione. Reported values of the rate constant for this reaction range from 10(2) to in excess of 10(5) M(-1).s(-1). The magnitude of this rate constant has important physiological implications because...

Superoxide dismutases might conceivably protect against both ionizing radiation and free radical-producing antibiotic antitumor drugs. Copperand zinc-containing Superoxide dismutase (CuZn Superoxide dismutase) and manganese-contain ing Superoxide dismutase (Mn Superoxide dismutase) were specifically assayed in human malignant tumors and for com parison in human tissues. The tumors possessed les...

Among all microRNAs (miRNAs) in 12 plant species investigated in this study, only miR398 targeted the copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase (CCS). The nucleotide sequences of miRNA binding sites were located in the mRNA protein-coding sequence (CDS) and were highly homologous. These binding sites in CCS mRNA encoded a conservative GDLGTL hexapeptide. The binding sites for miR398 in the CDS ...