Decreased pulmonary extracellular superoxide dismutase during systemic inflammation

Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase

Extracellular-superoxide dismutase is a tetrameric copper-containing glycoprotein that previously has been demonstrated to be the major superoxide dismutase of human extracellular fluids. The occurrence of this enzyme in various human tissues that were removed from two accidental death victims and in 19 different human cultured cell lines was determined. All investigated tissues were found to c...

Extracellular superoxide dismutase attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced neutrophilic inflammation.

Extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) is an abundant antioxidant in the lung and vascular walls. Previous studies have shown that EC-SOD attenuates lung injury in a diverse variety of lung injury models. In this study, we examined the role of EC-SOD in mediating lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced lung inflammation. We found that LPS-induced neutrophilic lung inflammation was exaggerated in ...

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Role of extracellular superoxide dismutase in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis.

Bleomycin administration results in well-described intracellular oxidative stress that can lead to pulmonary fibrosis. The role of alveolar interstitial antioxidants in this model is unknown. Extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) is the primary endogenous extracellular antioxidant enzyme and is abundant in the lung. We hypothesized that EC-SOD plays an important role in attenuating bleomy...

Inactive extracellular superoxide dismutase disrupts secretion and function of active extracellular superoxide dismutase.

Extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) is an antioxidant enzyme that protects cells and tissues from extracellular damage by eliminating superoxide anion radicals produced during metabolism. Two different forms of EC-SOD exist, and their different enzyme activities are a result of different disulfide bond patterns. Although only two folding variants have been discovered so far, five foldin...