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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-5
pubmed:abstractText
Oxygen toxicity is believed to arise from changes in the rates at which cells generate reactive oxygen species (ROS). Sensitivity to hyperoxia has been postulated to depend on levels of antioxidant defense. Human cells obtained from fetal tissues have lower antioxidant defenses than those obtained from adult tissue. The present study was performed to determine whether the differences in fetal and adult antioxidant defense levels modulated their responses to changes in the ambient oxygen concentration. Our results demonstrate that oxygen modulates the proliferation of human fetal and adult skin fibroblasts in a similar fashion. In general, skin fibroblasts grew better at approximately 31 mm Hg, regardless of donor age. Manganese superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase activities were lower in fetal cells than in adult fibroblasts. Copper/zinc superoxide dismutase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase were similar in fetal and postnatal tissues and were unaltered appreciably by hyperoxic exposure. Glutathione concentration increased at higher oxygen tensions; however, the increase was much greater in fetal cells than in cultures derived from adult skin. These observations demonstrate that the capacity of fetal and adult cells to cope with oxidative stress, while similar, result from distinct mechanisms.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0891-5849
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
257-67
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Catalase, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Child, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Glutathione, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Glutathione Peroxidase, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Oxygen, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:11827751-Superoxide Dismutase
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of ambient oxygen concentration on the growth and antioxidant defenses of of human cell cultures established from fetal and postnatal skin.
pubmed:affiliation
The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA. akbalin@aol.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't