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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
The present study was aimed at addressing the effect of hyperglycemia on antioxidant enzymes. The expression of catalase, superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase, the three primary scavenger enzymes involved in detoxifying reactive oxygen species has been evaluated in the renal cortex of rats after 6 weeks of streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation in the renal cortical homogenate were first performed to confirm a state of oxidative stress. The enzyme assays showed significant and varied alterations in catalase, superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase activities. An opposing response of catalase and glutathione peroxidase activities to diabetes was observed. RT-PCR analysis was used to ascertain whether steady-state transcription levels were altered. While an increase in glutathione peroxidase and Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase mRNA parallels the increase in the activities of the enzymes, an increase in catalase gene expression in contrast to a decrease in enzyme activity suggests a role for post-translational modification in altering the activity of this enzyme.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0300-8177
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
243
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
147-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12619900-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-Catalase, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-Glutathione Peroxidase, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-Kidney Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-Lipid Peroxidation, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-Protein Processing, Post-Translational, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-Streptozocin, pubmed-meshheading:12619900-Superoxide Dismutase
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Oxidative stress and gene expression of antioxidant enzymes in the renal cortex of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Life Sciences, University of Mumbai, Santacruz (E), Mumbai, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't