Artigo Revisado por pares

Altered Levels of Primary Antioxidant Enzymes in Progeria Skin Fibroblasts

1999; Elsevier BV; Volume: 257; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1006/bbrc.1999.0423

ISSN

1090-2104

Autores

Tao Yan, Shijun Li, Xiaohong Jiang, Larry W. Oberley,

Tópico(s)

Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Resumo

Free radicals are involved in the aging process. In this study, the profile of primary antioxidant enzymes that scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS) was examined for the first time in human skin fibroblasts from progeria, a premature aging disease. Altered levels of antioxidant enzymes were found in progeria cells. Basal levels of MnSOD were decreased in progeria cells as well as a blunted induction in response to chronic stress. This change may contribute to the accelerated aging process in progeria cells. In contrast, the levels of CuZnSOD showed no progeria-related change. Two H2O2removing enzymes demonstrated a significant reduction in progeria cells: only 50% of normal CAT activity and 30% of normal GPX activity can be detected in progeria cells. This diminished H2O2removing capacity in progeria cells may lead to an imbalance of intracellular ROS and therefore may play an important role in the development of progeria.

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