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Expression of antioxidant enzymes in rat kidney during ischemia-reperfusion injury

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The effect of ischemia-reperfusion on activity, protein and m-RNA levels of catalase, copper-zinc and manganese containing superoxide dismutases and glutathione peroxidase, the enzymes that are involved in free radical detoxification was studied in rat kidney. Ischemia alone did not alter either the activities or protein levels of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase. However, catalase activity was found to be inhibited to 82% of control. The inhibition of catalase was due to the inactivation of the enzyme as there was no significant change in enzyme protein level. Reperfusion following ischemia, however, led to a significant decrease in both the activities as well as the protein levels of all the antioxidant enzymes. The observed overall decrease in total superoxide dismutase activity was the net effect of a decrease in copper-zinc superoxide dismutase while manganese superoxide dismutase activity was found to be increased following reperfusion. This observed increased manganese superoxide dismutase activity was the result of its increased protein level. The mRNA levels for catalase, superoxide dismutases, and glutathione peroxidase were observed to be increased (100–145% of controls) following ischemia; reperfusion of ischemic kidneys, however, resulted in a significant decrease in the levels of mRNAs coding for all the enzymes except manganese superoxide dismutase which remained high. These results suggest that in tissue, the down regulation of the antioxidant enzyme system could be responsible for the pathophysiology of ischemia-reperfusion injury.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Neurogenetics, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, 29425, Charleston, SC, USA

    Inderjit Singh, Sukhvarsha Gulati & John K. Orak

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Singh, I., Gulati, S., Orak, J.K. et al. Expression of antioxidant enzymes in rat kidney during ischemia-reperfusion injury. Mol Cell Biochem 125, 97–104 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00936438

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