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Query: EC:2.5.1.18 (glutathione S-transferase)
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Catalase, superoxide dismutase, and dimethylsulfoxide were tested for their ability to prevent the cytotoxic effect of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) on the human neuroblastoma line SY5Y. Viability was measured at two time points after 6-OHDA treatment: at 3 hr by means of amino acid incorporation and at 24 hr by trypan blue dye exclusion. Survival of cells treated concomitantly with catalase (50 microgram/ml) and 6-OHDA was at least 90 per cent that of untreated controls. Cells receiving 6-OHDA alone showed less than 30 per cent survival relative to untreated controls. Superoxide dismutase (50 microgram/ml) temporarily protected cells from a high concentration of 60-OHDA. Dimethylsulfoxide treatment increased survival from the control level 24 hr after treatment with 6-OHDA. Two other cell lines (A1B1 human glial cells and CHO fibroblasts) had intermediate and high resistance to the drug, respectively, compared to the low resistance of SY5Y cells. CHO and SY5Y cells had similar responses to 6-OHDA and to H2O2 when tested at twice the molarity of 6-OHDA. Specific activities of three enzymes known to detoxify H2O2 or H2O2-generated organic hydroperoxides (catalase, glutathione S-transferase, and glutathione peroxidase) were compared in the three cell lines. Catalase activity was 2.5 times as high as in A1B1 and CHO cells as in SY5Y cells when expressed as units/mg protein and 7 times as high in units/culture dish. Other enzyme activities showed no correlation to 6-OHDA resistance.
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PMID:Participation of active oxygen species in 6-hydroxydopamine toxicity to a human neuroblastoma cell line. 705 60

Strain differences of mice in their susceptibility to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were examined by measuring the activities of antioxidative protective enzymes, and the amounts of antioxidants and lipid peroxides in lungs. Four strains of mice: ICR, BALB/c, ddy and C57BL/6 were used in this study and their LC50 values after exposure to NO2 for 16 hr were: 38, 49, 51 and 64 ppm, respectively (1). Genetic strain differences were observed in the enzyme activities, the antioxidant contents and lipid peroxide contents among these four different strains. The activities of glutathione peroxidase (GPX), glutathione S-transferase, and superoxide dismutase (SOD), and the contents of non-protein sulfhydryls (NPSH), alpha-tocopherol (alpha-Toc) and total lipids in lungs of the four strains were related to their LC50, while TBA reactants in lungs of the four strains were inversely related to their LC50. After exposure to 20 ppm NO2 for 16 hr, the activities of the protective enzymes and the contents of NPSH decreased, while the level of alpha-Toc increased markedly. The activities of GPX, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, SOD and disulfide reductase, and the contents of NPSH, alpha-Toc and total lipids were also related to their LC50. On the other hand, TBA reactants increased higher than those of the control groups and were inversely related to their LC50. These results suggest that the protective enzymes and the antioxidants are important factors at defence mechanism in lungs to NO2 and that the intensity of the protective systems in pigmented strains is generally greater than that in albino strains.
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PMID:Biochemical studies on strain differences of mice in the susceptibility to nitrogen dioxide. 717 5

We studied the effect of supplementation with vitamins C, E and beta-carotene (PARABION, produced by Syndipharma) on antioxidative status in kidneys of male Wistar rats with diabetes induced by intravenous application of streptozotocin (45 mg.kg-1 of body weight). The animals received subtherapeutic doses of Insulin Interdep (6 U.kg-1 of body weight). A significant decrease of malondialdehyde (MDA), reduced (GSH) and oxidized (GSSG) glutathione and reduction of the activities of Se-glutathione peroxidase (Se-GSH-PX, EC. 1.11.1.9.) and glutathione S-transferase (GST, EC. 2.5.1.18.) were observed in kidneys of diabetic rats treated with these vitamins. On the contrary, the activity of CuZn-superoxide dismutase (CuZn-SOD, EC. 1.15.1.1) and the level of vitamin C (vit. C) increased significantly. No changes were observed for vitamin E (vit. E), beta-carotene and catalase (CAT, EC. 1.11.1.6). Supplementation with vitamins C, E and beta-carotene resulted in an improvement of antioxidative status of kidneys of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes.
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PMID:Effect of intake of exogenous vitamins C, E and beta-carotene on the antioxidative status in kidneys of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. 747 41

Antioxidant isoenzymes function to eliminate free radicals and are localized to several different subcellular compartments within the plant cell. In Arabidopsis thaliana exposed to ozone (O3), we have monitored the accumulation of mRNAs encoding both cytosolic and chloroplastic antioxidant isoenzymes. Two different O3 exposure protocols yielded similar results. Upon O3 exposure, the steady-state levels of three mRNAs encoding cytosolic antioxidant isoenzymes (ascorbate peroxidase, copper/zinc superoxide dismutase, and glutathione S-transferase) increase. The glutathione S-transferase mRNA responds very quickly to the oxidative stress (2-fold increase in 30 min) and is elevated to very high levels, especially in plants grown with a 16-h photoperiod. In contrast, O3 exposure causes a decline in the levels of two chloroplastic antioxidant mRNAs (iron superoxide dismutase and glutathione reductase) and two photosynthetic protein mRNAs (chlorophyll a/b-binding protein and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase small subunit). We show that this decline does not include all mRNAs encoding chloroplast-targeted proteins, since O3 causes an elevation of mRNA encoding the chloroplast-localized tryptophan biosynthetic enzyme phosphoribosylanthranilate transferase. Two alternative hypotheses that could explain this differential mRNA accumulation in response to O3 are discussed.
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PMID:Differential accumulation of antioxidant mRNAs in Arabidopsis thaliana exposed to ozone. 748 Mar 22

Transfection of murine NIH3T3 fibroblasts and human MCF7 breast carcinoma cells with a pSV2-derived eukaryotic expression vector for human cytosolic glutathione peroxidase resulted in clones with increased glutathione peroxidase activity. This heterologous expression indicates that murine cells recognize the human "selenocysteine insertion sequence" in the 3' untranslated region of the mRNA which facilitates insertion of selenocysteine directed by the opal codon. Though most clones from both cell lines eventually lost their enhanced glutathione peroxidase activity despite continuous selection on G418, some NIH3T3 clones retained enhanced enzyme activity without continuous G418 exposure. Transfection of MCF7 cells with an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-derived episomally replicating expression vector carrying the glutathione peroxidase gene also revealed increased glutathione peroxidase activity. These MCF7 cells, however, all required exposure to G418 to maintain enhanced glutathione peroxidase activity. Detailed biochemical analysis of a stably expressing NIH3T3 clone and MCF7 expressing cells revealed no alterations in activities of copper-zinc superoxide dismutase, manganese superoxide dismutase, catalase, phospholipid-glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, glutathione transferase, or NADPH-P450 reductase. Both pSV2- and EBV-derived glutathione peroxidase-expressing clones exhibited enhanced resistance to paraquat as well as to peroxides.
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PMID:Heterologous expression of selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase affords cellular resistance to paraquat. 748 71

Hatchery-reared immature rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) were exposed to different concentrations (2 and 4 liters) of contaminated sediment taken from a site receiving unbleached pulp mill effluents. The fish were held in aquaria and sampled three times during an experimental period of 21 days. The monooxygenase activity, measured as the deethylation of 7-ethoxyresorufin (EROD activity), increased three- to fourfold in the exposed fish relative to controls. The increase was not dependent on exposure concentration. Cytochrome P450IA1, the EROD catalyst, demonstrated proportional induction in the 2-liter exposed fish. However, exposure to 4 liters sediment strongly induced P450IA1 and did not reflect EROD activity. This may suggest inhibition of P450IA1 activity by the amount of chemicals discharged from pulp mills. UDPglucuronosyltransferase increased at one stage of the experimental period, while glutathione S-transferase remained unchanged. Amounts of total glutathione in blood, liver, and muscle were slightly increased by exposure to contaminated sediments, but hepatic enzyme activities of superoxide dismutase and catalase were not affected. In conclusion, monooxygenase activities appear to be a sensitive tool in the monitoring of sediment toxicity.
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PMID:Cytochrome P450-dependent enzymes and oxidant-mediated responses in rainbow trout exposed to contaminated sediments. 751 46

The peroxisome proliferators perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA; 0.02% w/w), perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA; 0.02%, w/w), nafenopin (0.125%, w/w), clofibrate (0.5%, w/w), and acetylsalicylic acid (ASA; 1%, w/w) were administered to male C57 BL/6 mice in their diet for two weeks. Parameters for Fe3+ ADP, NADPH or ascorbic acid-initiated lipid peroxidation in vitro were measured. Approximately a twofold increase in susceptibility to lipid peroxidation was obtained for all the peroxisome proliferators tested. Cotreatment of mice with the peroxisome proliferator ASA (1%, w/w) and a catalase inhibitor, 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole (AT; 0.4%, w/w) for 7 days resulted in little inhibition of peroxisome proliferation, an elevated level of H2O2 in vivo, and total inhibition of the increased susceptibility to lipid peroxidation in vitro. No increase in lipid peroxidation in vivo was observed. Certain antioxidant enzymes (DT-diaphorase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione transferase, glutathione peroxidase, and glutathione reductase) and components (ubiquinone and alpha-tocopherol) were also measured. The results showed that there was some induction of these antioxidant enzymes and components by ASA or aminotriazole, except for glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase, which were inhibited. The possible involvement of oxidative stress in the carcinogenicity of peroxisome proliferators is discussed.
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PMID:Hepatic oxidative stress and related defenses during treatment of mice with acetylsalicylic acid and other peroxisome proliferators. 756 57

Southern armyworm, Spodoptera eridania, larvae were provided ad libitum 0.002-0.25% w/w dichlone, 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone (CNQ). Larval mortality occurred in a time-and-dose dependent manner, with an LC17 of 0.01% and an LC50 of 0.26% CNQ at day-5. Extracts of larvae fed control, 0.01, and 0.25% CNQ diets for 5 days were assayed for antioxidant enzymes. While 0.01% CNQ had a mild effect, 0.25% CNQ profoundly increased levels of all antioxidant enzymes that were examined. The increases as compared to control were: 5.3-, 1.9-, 3.2-, 2.6-, 2.8-, and 3.5-fold higher for superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione transferase and its peroxidase activity, glutathione reductase and DT-diaphorase, respectively. At 0.01% CNQ, the thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) were similar to the control group. However, despite the induction from 0.25% CNQ of all enzymes examined, the lipid peroxidation was not attenuated; the TBARS were 29.7% over the control value. High mortalities and CNQ-induced pathologies reflected in retarded growth, wasting syndrome, and diuresis clearly indicated that the insect sustained severe oxidant-induced injuries before appropriate defenses were fully mobilized. Thus, this quinone causes an oxidative stress in a model insect species analogous to that observed in mammalian species.
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PMID:Dichlone-induced oxidative stress in a model insect species, Spodoptera eridania. 757 83

An H2O2-resistant variant (OC14) of the HA1 Chinese hamster fibroblast cell line, which demonstrates cross resistance to 95% O2 and a 2-fold increase in total glutathione content, was utilized to investigate mechanisms responsible for cellular resistance to H2O2- and O2-toxicity. OC14 and HA1 cells were pretreated with buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) to deplete total cellular glutathione. Following BSO pretreatment, cells were either placed in 250 microM BSO to maintain the glutathione depleted condition and challenged with 95% O2, or challenged with hydrogen peroxide in the absence of BSO. Total glutathione and the activities of CuZn superoxide dismutase, Mn superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and glutathione transferase were evaluated immediately following the BSO pretreatment as well as following 39 to 42 hr of exposure to 250 microM BSO. BSO treatment did not cause significant decreases in any cellular antioxidant tested, except total glutathione. Glutathione depletion resulted in significant (P < 0.05) sensitization to O2-toxicity and H2O2-toxicity in both cell lines at every time point tested. However, glutathione depletion did not completely abolish the resistance to either O2- or H2O2-toxicity demonstrated by OC14 cells, relative to HA1 cells. Also, glutathione depletion did not effect the ability of OC14 cells to metabolize extracellular H2O2. These data indicate that glutathione dependent processes significantly contribute to cellular resistance to acute H2O2- and O2-toxicity, but are not the only determinants of resistance in cell lines. The contribution of aldehydes formed by lipid peroxidation in mechanisms involved with the sensitization to O2-toxicity in glutathione depleted cells was tested by measuring the lipid peroxidation byproduct, 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (4HNE), bound in Schiff-base linkages or in its free form in cell homogenates at 49 hr of 95% O2-exposure. No significant increase in 4HNE was detected in glutathione depleted cells relative to glutathione competent cells, indicating that glutathione depletion does not sensitize these cells to O2-toxicity by altering the intracellular accumulation of free or Schiff-base bound 4HNE.
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PMID:Contribution of increased glutathione content to mechanisms of oxidative stress resistance in hydrogen peroxide resistant hamster fibroblasts. 759 39

Insects possess a suite of antioxidant enzymes and small molecular weight antioxidants that may form a concatenated response to an onslaught of dietary and endogenously produced oxidants. Antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione transferase, and glutathione reductase have been characterized in insects. Water-soluble and lipid-soluble antioxidants such as ascorbate, glutathione, tocopherols, and carotenoids have not been well studied in insects but may play very important antioxidant roles. Additionally, the peritrophic matrix and trehalose may possess important antioxidant functions in insects. The enzymatic recycling of ascorbate, first noted in green plants, may also exist in insects. A greater understanding of these antioxidant systems may provide greater understanding about the ecological relationships of insects with their hosts.
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PMID:Antioxidant systems in insects. 760 43


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