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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
A strain of Escherichia coli, enriched in its content of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase and glutathione synthetase activities by recombinant DNA techniques, is more resistant to the lethal effects of gamma-irradiation than is the corresponding wild strain. Although the gene-enriched strain has higher glutathione levels than the wild strain, the observed radioresistance appears to be associated with the increased capacity of the gene-enriched strain to synthesize glutathione when irradiated rather than to the cellular levels of glutathione per se. Thus, resistance was abolished in the presence of buthionine sulfoximine, a selective inactivator of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase that decreases glutathione synthesis but that does not act directly to lower cellular glutathione levels. Conclusions drawn from studies on this E. coli model system may have relevance to protection of mammalian cells by glutathione.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1461-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Increased capacity for glutathione synthesis enhances resistance to radiation in Escherichia coli: a possible model for mammalian cell protection.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't