• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.225-228
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• 2004

Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is an important enzyme which catalyzes superoxide radicals to hydrogen peroxide. A Cu, Zn sod-like gene was found in Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis virus encoding 151 amino acids. To demonstrate its function, a recombinant virus named dsBmNPV with deleted sod gene was constructed. It was discovered that the sod gene was not essential for viral replication. Studies on growth of budded virus in BmN cells and superoxide dismutase and catalase activities in vivo after dsBmNPV infection showed that the titer of dsBmNPV decreased obviously comparing to wild type BmNPV, the sod gene was effective on genomic DNA replication of baculovirus, the peak of SOD activity of silkworm infected with wt-BmNPV appeared between 36 and 48 hrs post infection, and with dsBmNPV, it did not appear. And the changes of CAT activity after infection were similar to SOD activity.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.2329-2332
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• 2007

Salsolinol, endogenous neurotoxin, is known to be involved in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). In the present study, we have investigated the oxidative damage of DNA induced by the reaction of salsolinol with Cu,Zn-SOD. When plasmid DNA incubated with salsolinol and Cu,Zn-SOD, DNA cleavage was proportional to the concentrations of salsolinol and Cu,Zn-SOD. The salsolinol/Cu,Zn-SOD system-mediated DNA cleavage was significantly inhibited by radical scavengers such as mannitol, ethanol and thiourea. These results indicated that free radicals might participate in DNA cleavage by the salsolinol/Cu,Zn-SOD system. Spectrophotometric study using a thiobarbituric acid showed that hydroxyl radical formation was proportional to the concentration of salsolinol and was inhibited by radical scavengers. These results indicated that hydroxyl radical generated in the reaction of salsolinol with Cu,Zn-SOD was implicated in the DNA cleavage. Catalase and copper chelators inhibited DNA cleavage and the production of hydroxyl radicals. These results suggest that DNA cleavage is mediated in the reaction of salsolinol with Cu,Zn-SOD via the generation of hydroxyl radical by a combination of the oxidation reaction of salsolinol and Fenton-like reaction of free copper ions released from oxidatively damaged SOD.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.1399-1402
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• 2007

The virulence of superoxide dismutase (SOD) mutants of Vibrio vulnificus, as tested by intraperitoneal injection into mice, decreases in the order of sodC mutant, sodA mutant, and sodB mutant lacking CuZnSOD, MnSOD, and FeSOD, respectively. The survival of SOD mutants under superoxide stress also decreases in the same order. The virulence of soxR mutant, which is unable to induce MnSOD in response to superoxide, is similar to that of the sodA mutant, as the survival of the soxR mutant under superoxide stress is similar to that of the sodA mutant. Consistently, the lowered survival of the soxR mutant is complemented not only with soxR but also with sodA. Thus, the virulence of V. vulnificus is significantly affected by the cellular level of SOD activity, and an increase in SOD level through MnSOD induction by SoxR under superoxide stress is essential for virulence.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1994년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.250.1-250
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• 1994

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• 미생물학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.460-465
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• 1992

The effect of PSOD expression on lacZ-sodP fusion (pYK4) was explored in Escherichia coli sodA sodB mutants (QC774) under oxidative stress. In this system, although .betha.-galactosidase activity was not fully induced by isopropyl-1-thio-.betha.-galactosidase (IPTG) and was inhibited by glucose, functional PSOD was under lacZ promotor control and was induced by IPTC, lactose, PQ and copper isons, finally, the results show that higher PSOD expression leel was consistently importnat in defending against superoxide radicals.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.270-275
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• 2005

Superoxide dismutases (SOD) are metalloenzymes that convert $O_2^-\;to\;H_2O_2$. Rehmannia glutinosa is highly tolerant to paraquat-induced oxidative stress. The primary objective of this study was to characterize regulation of SOD gene expression in R. glutinosa in response to oxidative stresses and hormones. A full-length putative SOD clone (RgCu-ZnSOD1) was isolated from the leaf cDNA library of R. glutinosa using an expressed sequence tag clone as a probe. RgCu-ZnSOD1 cDNA is 777 bp in length and contains an open reading frame for a polypeptide consisted of 152 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequence of the clone shows highest sequence similarity to the cytosolic Cu-ZnSODs. The two to three major bands with several minor ones on the Southern blots indicate that RgCu-ZnSOD1 is a member of a small multi-gene family. RgCuZnSOD1 mRNA was constitutively expressed in the leaf, flower and root. The expression of RgCu-ZnSOD1 mRNA was increased about 20% by wounding and paraquat, but decreased over 50% by ethylene and $GA_3$. This result indicates that the RgCu-ZnSOD1 expression is regulated differentially by different stresses and phytohormones at the transcription level. The RgCu-ZnSOD1 sequence and information on its regulation will be useful in investigating the role of SOD in the paraquat tolerance of R. glutinosa.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제30권7호
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• pp.1006-1012
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• 2017

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate effects of zinc (Zn) bearing palygorskite (ZnPal) supplementation on growth performance, hepatic mineral content, and antioxidant status of broilers at early age. Methods: A total of 240 1-day-old Arbor Acres broiler chicks were allocated into 5 treatments with 6 replicates of 8 chicks each. Birds in 5 treatments were fed a basal diet supplemented with 0 (Control group; Analyzed Zn content: 81 mg/kg), 20, 40, 60, and 80 mg/kg Zn as ZnPal for 21 days, respectively. Blood, liver and intestinal mucosa were collected at 21 days of age. Results: Treatments did not affect growth performance of broilers during the 21-day study (p>0.05). The contents of hepatic Zn and magnesium (Mg) were linearly increased (p<0.001) by ZnPal supplementation. ZnPal inclusion linearly (p = 0.007) reduced malondialdehyde (MDA) concentration in serum. The activity of total superoxide dismutase (T-SOD) in liver increased linearly (p = 0.001) with concentration of ZnPal in diet. ZnPal inclusion linearly (p = 0.036) and quadratically (p = 0.005) increased T-SOD activity, and linearly (p = 0.012) increased copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn SOD) activity in jejunal mucosa. The maximum responses of hepatic and jejunal antioxidant enzymes activities (T-SOD and Cu/Zn SOD) were found when supplementing the basal diet with 60 mg/kg Zn as ZnPal. Furthermore, ZnPal supplementation quadratically (p = 0.001) increased Cu/Zn SOD activity in ileal mucosa, and its maximum activity was observed in the diet supplemented with 20 mg/kg Zn as ZnPal. Conclusion: ZnPal supplementation did not alter growth performance of broilers. Dietary ZnPal inclusion could increase concentrations of hepatic trace minerals (Zn and Mg) and inhibit lipid peroxidation by reducing serum MDA accumulation, with the optimal dosage of Zn from ZnPal being 80 mg/kg diet (analyzed Zn content in the diet: 165 mg/kg), and 60 mg/kg Zn as ZnPal (analyzed Zn content in the diet: 148 mg/kg) was the optimum dosage for broilers to achieve maximum antioxidant enzyme activities.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.69-76
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• 1985

$\beta$-fluoroethylacetate를 흰쥐의 복강에 투여하여 krebs cycle이 blocking된 것을 확인하고 이보 인해 각 조직 에서 생성되는 superoxide radical과 SOD의 할성도 변화를 관찰하였다. $\beta$-fluoroethylacetate을 투여한지 1- 3 시간 사이에 모든 장기에서 citrate의 축적농도가 가장 높았으며, 특히 heart외 spleen에서 12배 빛 20배로 가장 높았고, aconltase의 환성도는 한시간 후에 30-35%까지 억제되었고 시간의 경과에 따라 큰 변화는 없었다. 그리고 혈중 glucose의 함량은 계속증가되어 5 시간 후에 612mg/dl로 정상에 비해 1.6배 증가되었다. $\beta$-fluoroe thylacetate을 투여하고 1-2시간 후에 모든 장기에서 superoxide radical이 생성되었고 heart에서는 O. 26$\mu$mole/g호 가장 높았고, SOD의 총활성도는 1-3시간후에 활성이 가장 높았으며, heart에 있는 이 효소가 한 시간후 에 약 4 배로 가장 많이 증가되었다. Mn-SOD는 한시간 후에 모든 조직 에서 증가되였고 Kidney 가 가장 높은 활성도의 변화를 보였다. 이상의 결과로 흰쥐에서 Krebs cycle 이 차단되면 거의 모든 장기에서 superoxide radioal이 생성되며 Cu, Zn 및 Mn- SOD의 활성도가 모두 증가되고 특히 heart에시 가장 큰 변화를 보임을 알 수 있었다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.178-182
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• 1996

Using superoxide dismutase (SOD)-deficient mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the oxidative stresses induced by 0.1 mM of copper ion $(Cu^{++})$ was studied. In aerobic culture condition, yeasts lacking MnSOD (mitochondrial SOD) showed more significant growth retardation than CuZnSOD (cytoplasmic SOD)-deficient yeasts. However, not so big differences in growth pattern of those mutants compared withwild type were observed under anaerobic condition. It was found that, under aerobic condition, the supplementation of 0.1 mM copper ioh:(Cu") into culture medium caused the remarkable increase of CuZnSOD but not so significant change in MnSOD. It was also observed that catalase activities appeared to be relatively high in the presence of copper ion in spite of the remarkable reduction of glutathion peroxidase in CuZnSOD-deficient yeasts, but the slight increments of catalase and glutathion peroxidase were detected in MnSOD-deficient strains. It implies that the lack of cytoplasmic SOD could be compensated mainly by catalase. However, these phenomena resulted in the significantincrease of cellular lipid peroxides content in CuZnSOD-deficient yeasts and the slight increment of lipid peroxides in MNSOD-deficient cells. In anaerobic cultivation supplementing copper ion, the cellular enzyme activities of catalase and glutathion peroxidase in SOD-deficient yeasts were slightly increased without any significant changes of lipid peroxides in cell membrane. It suggests that a little amount of free radicals generated by copper ion under anaerobic condition could be sufficiently overcome by catalase as well as glutathion peroxidase.dase.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2002

Superoxide dismutase (SOD)를 과실에서 고발현시킨 형질전환 토마토 (서광과 꼬꼬)를 개발하였다. 카사바 배양세포에서 분리한 CuZnSOD (mSOD1)를 과실에 우세적으로 발현하는 ascorbate oxidase promoter (ASOp)를 이용하여 ASOp :: mSOD1/pBI101 벡터를 제작한 후 Agrobacterium 매개로 자엽 절편체를 형질전환하였다. Kanamycin 저항성 식물체를 기관발생 경로로 재분화시킨 후 Southern 분석으로 형질전환을 확인하였다. 서광과 꼬꼬 토마토의 형질전환체와 대조구 식물체의 과실을 성숙 단계별로 분류하여 단백질 함량과 SOD 비활성도 (units/mg protein)를 측정한 결과, 단백질 함량은 열매가 익은 단계로 갈수록 점점 감소하여 완전히 익은 단계에서 가장 낮았다. SOD 비활성도는 형질전환 토마토의 열매의 모든 단계에서 대조구보다 높았으며 완전히 성숙한 과실에서 가장 높았다. 성숙한 형질전환 서광과 꼬꼬 과실에서 SOD 비활성도는 비형질전환의 것보다 각각 약 1.6배와 약 2.2배 높았다. SOD isoenzyme gel 분석에서 도입한 mSOD1로 추정되는 CuZnSOD 밴드가 형질전환체에서 과실 성숙에 따라 강하게 발현되었다. 이상의 결과로서 ASO promoter에 의해 SOD 유전자가 토마토 과실에 특이적으로 발현됨이 확인되었다.