大豆下胚轴线粒体产生超氧物自由基的效率

大豆下胚轴线粒体在呼吸基质存在下,显著地增加了肾上腺素氧化速率,这种氧化速率能为外源SOD抑制,表明线粒体呼吸时产生分子氧的单电子还原成O_2(?)。亚线粒体颗粒产生O_2(?)的效率略高于线粒体。大豆下胚轴线粒体吸链内O_2(?)的产生为NADH所支持并与交替途径无关。表明分子氧单电子还原的部位可能是NADH-黄素蛋白和UbQ-Cyt.B。     

大豆对SO_2的适应性反应

受一定浓度SO_2熏气的大豆幼苗出现可见伤害以后,在继续熏气的过程中可见伤害程度不再进一步发展,表现出一定的适应性。与此相联系,膜透性增加和TTC还原力下降这两个SO_2伤害指标也得到一定程度的恢复,SO_2熏气使游离氨基酸含量增加,随着熏气时间延长,增加的游离氨基酸含量回到对照水平,提示受扰乱的代谢过程有所恢复。低浓度SO_2预处理提高了大豆对高浓度SO_2的抗性,与抗氧化有关的巯基(-SH)含量显著增加,超氧物歧化酶(SOD)活性也有所增强,同工酶谱分析显示有SOD同工酶带的酶量增加或新带出现。     

镉胁迫下大豆生长发育的生理生态特征

采用土壤盆栽试验方法,研究了不同浓度Cd2+胁迫对大豆整个生长发育周期的生长以及叶片叶绿素含量、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性、过氧化物酶(POD)活性和丙二醛(MDA)含量的生理生态适应性变化过程。结果表明,(1)Cd2+胁迫对大豆整个生活周期的叶绿素含量、POD活性、SOD活性及MDA含量的影响都是极显著的(P0.01);(2)短时间、低浓度的Cd2+胁迫对大豆植株的生长发育有刺激效应,高浓度、长时间的Cd2+胁迫对大豆植株构成明显的抑制效应;大豆株高增长开始受到抑制的Cd2+浓度为1.00mg·kg-1,远低于大豆生物量的增长开始受抑制的Cd2+浓度(2.50mg·kg-1);(3)当Cd2+浓度超过一定水平时,大豆植株生物量和株高的抑制程度与外源Cd2+浓度呈极显著的正相关(P0.01),对土壤Cd2+污染程度具有指示作用,且大豆植株高度与其生物量相比,株高对Cd2+污染具有更好的指示作用;大豆幼苗期叶绿素含量对镉的敏感性高于开花结荚期和成熟期的敏感性;(4)大豆POD、SOD活性的增加,能在一定程度上减轻Cd2+胁迫引起的膜脂过氧化造成的伤害作用;在Cd2+达到2.50mg·kg-1水平时,植物保护性酶系统活性的提高已经不足以弥补因Cd2+胁迫对大豆植株造成的伤害;大豆幼苗期和花荚期叶片的POD活性对土壤Cd2+污染程度具有较好的指示作用,而大豆花荚期和成熟期叶片的SOD活性对土壤Cd2+污染程度具有较好的指示作用;在Cd2+胁迫下大豆MDA含量增加,表明细胞膜脂过氧化作用加强。     

喷洒药物对低温胁迫下黄瓜幼苗伤害程度的影响

试验分别用抗寒剂（K1）、PP333（P）、（K2）溶液喷洒黄瓜幼苗。在零上低温6℃光照条件下培养1、3、5d,测定膜脂过氧化水平和其它相关的生理指标。结果表明：黄瓜幼苗真叶组织中超氧物歧化酶（SOD）活性下降;膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛（MDA）累积量增加;叶绿素含量降低;细胞质相对膜透性增大。受伤害程度随着低温时间的延长而加深。当胁迫1d常温恢复3d后SOD活性和叶绿素含量继续降低;MDA含量和膜透性恢复到接近零时水平。当胁迫3d,恢复3d后几个指标伤害程度都有不同程度的加深。结果还表明：几种药物处理的黄瓜幼苗比对照的受伤害程度有所减轻,其中以K2效果最为显著。     

凤眼莲超氧物歧化酶活性与抗寒性的关系

低温使凤眼莲叶内SOD活性降低,同时叶组织电解质外渗增加和TTG的还原力降低。用适量的联吡啶季胺盐(Paraquat)处理凤眼莲叶片,使超氧物歧化酶活性增强,则能减轻低温引起的伤害。试验提供了超氧物歧化酶与抗寒性有关的直接证据.     

不同耐旱性水稻幼苗对氧化胁迫的反应

干旱条件下水稻(Oryza sativa L.)耐旱性较强的“湘中籼2号”比耐旱性较弱的“湘早釉12号”O_2~-的产生速率低。百草枯(0.01mmol/L)和H_2O_2(10mmol/L)处理促进干旱对水稻幼苗的伤害,但耐旱性较强的品种伤害较轻。单独用百草枯处理后,耐旱性较强的品种比耐旱性较弱的品种能更大幅度地提高超氧物歧化酶和过氧化物酶的活性;而H_2O_2处理后耐旱性较强的品种能提高过氧化氢酶活性。这些结果表明,耐旱性较强的水稻品种有较强的抗氧化胁迫能力。     

超氧物歧化酶在植物细胞内的分布

大豆幼苗下胚轴的SOD活性主要存在于细胞溶质,约占细胞内总活性的87.3％,其次分布在线粒体,约占总活性的6.8～7.2％。细胞溶质的SOD以Cu-Zn-SOD(SODb_1b_2b_2)类型为主,它在细胞溶质中约占86％。线粒体的SOD主要是Mn-SOD(SOD_a)类型,它在线粒体中约占74～76％。大豆幼苗下胚轴的SOD同工酶活性,SOD_a(Mn-SOD)约占13％,SODb_1b_2b_2(Cu-Zn-SOD)约占77％,SODc_1c_2c_2(Cu-Sn-SOD)约占10％,表明大豆幼苗下胚轴的三组同工酶以SODb_1b_1b_2为最强。比较绿色与黄化花生幼苗子叶SODc_1c_2c_2的差异,证明SODc_1c_2c_2的形成与光照下叶绿体的正常发育有关。     

超氧物歧化酶（SOD）与柳树分布相关性的研究

在研究红松苗越冬伤害原因时,发现超氧物歧化酶(SOD),在防止针叶越冬伤害中起着重要作用。75%术条遮荫,可安全越冬的红松苗针叶,早春仍保持较强的活性,脂质过氧化产物积累较少。而暴露于全光下,则终于发生不可逆伤害,红松苗针叶SOD活性低而脂质过氧化产物(丙二醛)积累较多。并且暴露在全光下不出现伤害的红松大树针叶,酶活性也高于幼苗。此外,关于SOD对植物在低温、干旱、日灼、臭氧、大气污染(SO_2)等逆境中的抗性作用,也已有不少报道。日本学者曾     

植物的超氧物自由基与羟胺反应的定量关系

除了ESR(电子自旋共振)之外,能有一种简易有效的检测植物超氧物自由基(O_2~-)方法,无疑对植物氧代谢研究十分重要。原则上许多检测SOD的方法,如化学发光、NBT还原、细胞色素、连苯三酚、肾上腺素和羟胺氧化,都可用来检测生物系统的O_2~-。但由于干扰因素颇多,实际应用时困难不少。Elstner认为用羟胺氧化反应来检测O_2~-、灵敏度较高,专一性较好,药剂价廉,而且能同时检测大量样品。但经我们验     

Hg~(2+)对苜蓿叶片的毒害效应

研究了Hg2 + 对苜蓿叶片的毒害效应。结果表明 :随着Hg2 + 浓度的增加和处理时间的延长 ,叶绿素含量下降 ,电导度上升 ;低Hg2 + 浓度及短时间处理 ,超氧阴离子自由基 (O·2 )和丙二醛 (MDA)含量增加 ,SOD、POD和CAT等保护酶活性升高 ,表明膜系统受到了伤害 ;高Hg2 +浓度及长时间处理 ,O·2 和MDA含量下降 ,SOD、POD和CAT等保护酶活性降低 ,表明细胞结构和功能受到了不可逆的伤害。     

From Haemocuprein to Copper-Zinc Superoxide Dismutase: A History on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Discovery of Haemocuprein and the Twentieth Anniversary of the Discovery of Superoxide Dismutase

Haemocuprein was discovered fifty years ago by T. Mann and D. Keilin as a copper protein of red blood cells, later named erythrocuprein. Superoxide dismutase was discovered twenty years ago by J.M. McCord and I. Fridovich as an enzymatic activity in preparations of carbonic anhydrase or myoglobin that inhibited the aerobic reduction of cytochrome c by xanthine oxidase. Astonishingly the superoxide dismutase proved to be haemocuprein. Around this time zinc was found in haemocuprein, in equimolar amount to the copper. Haemocuprein thus became copper-zinc superoxide dismutase after thirty years as an obscure cupropro-tein of red blood cells. This historical article is a tribute to the achievement of J.M. McCord and I. Fridovich. Their discovery of superoxide dismutase revolutionized the study of oxygen free-radicals in biochemistry.     

Sulfide-induced oxygen uptake by isolated spinach chloroplasts catalyzed by photosynthetic electron transport

In addition to an inhibitory effect on the photoreduction of NADP⁺ by isolated spinach chloroplasts ( Spinacea oleracea L. cv. Melody Hybrid), sulfide initiated oxygen uptake by chloroplasts upon illumination, both in presence and absence of an electron acceptor. Sulfide-induced oxygen uptake was sensitive to DCMU demonstrating the involvement of photosynthetic electron transport. Addition of superoxide dismutase to the chloroplast suspension prevented the sulfide-induced oxygen uptake, which indicated that sulfide may be oxidized by the chloroplast, its oxidation being initiated by superoxide formed upon illumination (at the reducing side of PSI). Tris-induced inhibition of NADP⁺ photo-reduction could not be abolished by sulfide, which indicated that sulfide could not act as an electron donor for PSI.     

磷脂化修饰影响超氧化物歧化酶细胞亲和力的研究

目的:研究磷脂化修饰对重组人超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)进入人冠状动脉内皮细胞(HCAEC)、人心肌细胞(HCM)能力的影响。方法:分别运用流式细胞术和蛋白印迹分析磷脂化修饰的超氧化物歧化酶(PC-SOD)和SOD与HCAEC、HCM的结合能力,并用激光共聚焦显微术分析修饰前后的SOD可显著增强PC-SOD与细胞的亲和力,并可显著增强PC-SOD进入人冠状动脉内皮细胞和人心肌细胞的能力。     

Photochemical processes observed during the reaction of superoxide reductase from Desulfoarculus baarsii with superoxide: Re-evaluation of the reaction mechanism

Superoxide reductase SOR is an enzyme involved in superoxide detoxification in some microorganisms. Its active site consists of a non-heme ferrous center in an unusual [Fe(NHis)₄ (SCys)₁] square pyramidal pentacoordination that efficiently reduces superoxide into hydrogen peroxide. In previous works, the reaction mechanism of the SOR from Desulfoarculus baarsii enzyme, studied by pulse radiolysis, was shown to involve the formation of two reaction intermediates T1 and T2. However, the absorption spectrum of T2 was reported with an unusual sharp band at 625 nm, very different from that reported for other SORs. In this work, we show that the sharp band at 625 nm observed by pulse radiolysis reflects the presence of photochemical processes that occurs at the level of the transient species formed during the reaction of SOR with superoxide. These processes do not change the stoichiometry of the global reaction. These data highlight remarkable photochemical properties for these reaction intermediates, not previously suspected for iron-peroxide species formed in the SOR active site. We have reinvestigated the reaction mechanism of the SOR from D. baarsii by pulse radiolysis in the absence of these photochemical processes. The T1 and T2 intermediates now appear to have absorption spectra similar to those reported for the Archaeoglobus fulgidus SOR enzymes. Although for some enzymes of the family only one transient was reported, on the whole, the reaction mechanisms of the different SORs studied so far seem very similar, which is in agreement with the strong sequence and structure homologies of their active sites.     

The photoproduction of superoxide radicals and the superoxide dismutase activity of Photosystem II. The possible involvement of cytochrome b559

In the present study the light induced formation of superoxide and intrinsic superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in PS II membrane fragments and D1/D2/Cytb559-complexes from spinach have been analyzed by the use of ferricytochrome c (cyt c(III)) reduction and xanthine/xanthine oxidase as assay systems. The following results were obtained: 1.) Photoreduction of Cyt c (III) by PS II membrane fragments is induced by addition of sodium azide, tetracyane ethylene (TCNE) or carbonylcyanide-p-trifluoromethoxy-phenylhydrazone (FCCP) and after removal of the extrinsic polypeptides by a 1M CaCl₂-treatment. This activity which is absent in control samples becomes completely inhibited by the addition of exogenous SOD. 2.) The TCNE induced cyt c(III) photoreduction by PS II membrane fragments was found to be characterized by a half maximal concentration of c_1/2=10 M TCNE. Simultaneously, TCNE inhibits the oxygen evolution rate of PS II membrane fragments with c_1/2 3 M. 3.) The photoproduction of O₂ ^– is coupled with H⁺-uptake. This effect is diminished by the addition of the O₂ ^–-trap cyt c(III). 4.) D1/D2/Cytb559-complexes and PS II membrane fragments deprived of the extrinsic proteins and manganese exhibit no SOD-activity but are capable of producing O₂ ^– in the light if a PS II electron donor is added.Based on these results the site(s) of light induced superoxide formation in PS II is (are) inferred to be located at the acceptor side. A part of the PS II donor side and Cyt b559 in its HP-form are proposed to provide an intrinsic superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity.Abbreviations ADRY acceleration of the deactivation reactions of the water-splitting system Y - ANT-2p 2-(3-chloro-4-trifluoromethyl)anilino-3,5-dinitrothiophene - BCP bromocresol purple - cyt cytochrome - Cyt c cytochrome c - DCIP 2,6-dichlorophenol-indophenol - DCMU 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea - DEDTC Diethyldithiocarbamate - DMBQ 2,5-dimethyl-p-benzoquinone - DPC 1,5-diphenylcarbazide - FCCP carbonylcyanide-p-trifluoro/methoxy-phenylhydrazone - HP high potential - LP low potential - MES 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid - NADP nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate - SOD superoxide dismutase - TCNE tetracyane ethylene - TEMED N,N,N,N-tetramethylethylenediamine     

The Copper Complex of Captopril is not a Superoxide Dismutase Mimic. Artefacts in DMPO Spin Trapping

The effect of captopril and of its copper complex on several superoxide-dependent reactions used to detect and assay superoxide dismutase activity was studied, including pyrogallol and hematoxylin autoxidation and Nitro Blue Tetrazolium reduction. ln none of these systems were superoxide dismutase-like properties of captopril/Cu apparent. Captopril/Cu decreased the yield of DMPO-OH adducts generated by KO₂ but this effect may be due to the acceleration of the decay of the adduct by captopril/Cu.     

In vitro Damage to Rat Lens by Lumazine and Xanthine Oxidase: Prevention by Superoxide Dismutase

Intact rat lenses incubated with lumazine and xanthine oxidase are physiologically damaged as evidenced by a decrease in the net accumulation of rubidium ions against a concentration gradient. Superoxide dismutase protected the tissue against this damage. These experiments, therefore, demonstrate the susceptibility of the lens tissue to O₂^?_? injury under ambient and nonphotochemical conditions, suggesting a possible implication of this radical in the tissue in vivo and eventual cataract formation. The lumazine/xanthine oxidase system which is known to cause oxygen reduction predominantly by the monovalent route, producing superoxide, appears quite suitable to evaluate the toxicity of O₂^?_? to the tissues in vitro.     

Isoenzymes of cuprozinc superoxide dismutase from Pisum sativum

Two cyanide-sensitive and organic solvent-inactivated superoxide dismutase isoenzymes were purified from pea leaves, Pisum sativum, cv Thomas Laxto     

Superoxide dismutase for therapeutic use: Clinical experience,dead ends and hopes

Summary The clinical trials performed with bovine superoxide dismutase (SOD) are reviewed. SOD, applied intraarticularly at a dosage of 2–16 mg, proved to be effective in osteoarthritis of the knee joint in three placebo-controlled and one steroid-controlled double-blind trials. Its efficacy in other inflammatory joint disorders is documented by uncontrolled trials. Similarly, some controlled and many open studies support the efficacy of locally injected SOD in periarticular inflammation. Systemic treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by SOD at the dosages indicated yielded disappointing results. Well documented, though open uncontrolled studies demonstrated beneficial effects of locally administered SOD in radiation cystitis, interstitial cystitis and Peyronie's disease. Tolerance is good, but allergic reactions at low incidence have to be anticipated. Human SOD derived from recombinant microorganisms is being developed to explore its therapeutic potential particularly in ischemia-reperfusion damage, adult respiratory distress or similar conditions.