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ArticleMolecular vision2008

Mitochondrial superoxide dismutase activation with 17 beta-estradiol-treated human lens epithelial cells.

Srinivas Gottipati, Patrick R Cammarata

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Article in Molecular vision, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Srinivas GottipatiDepartment of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.
Patrick R Cammarata
University of North Texas · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose17 beta-estradiol (17beta-E(2)) protects human lens epithelial cells against oxidative stress by preserving mitochondrial function in part via the non-genomic rapid activation of prosurvival signal transduction pathways. The study described herein examined whether 17beta-E(2) also elicits genomic protection by influencing the expression (and activity) of mitochondrial-associated manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) as a possible parallel mechanism by which 17beta-E(2) protects against oxidative stress.

methodsVirally-transformed human lens epithelial cells (HLE-B3) were pre-incubated with 17beta-E(2), and mRNA or protein lysates were collected over a time course ranging from 90 min to 24 h. Positive expression of lens epithelial cell MnSOD mRNA was determined by semi-quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and its levels were monitored by real-time PCR up to 24 h after 17beta-E(2) administration. Western blot analysis was used to examine the pattern of protein expression as influenced by 17beta-E(2) treatment. MnSOD activity as influenced by 17beta-E(2) was determined by measuring enzymatic activity.

resultsA significant rapid increase in the activity of MnSOD was observed with HLE-B3 cells by 90 min post-bolus addition of 17beta-E(2), which returned to control level by 240 min. Neither an increase in MnSOD mRNA nor in protein expression was detected up through 24 h.

conclusionsThese data demonstrate that 17beta-E(2) rapidly and transiently increases the activity of MnSOD but influences neither its mRNA expression nor its protein expression. The results suggest that (estrogen-activated) MnSOD plays an important role against mitochondrial oxidative stress by diminishing reactive oxygen species, thus promoting cell survival.

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Blotting, WesternCell LineEnzyme ActivationEpithelial CellsEstradiolGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicHumansLens, CrystallineMitochondriaReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerSuperoxide DismutaseSuperoxide Dismutase 2Up-RegulationEstradiolRNA, MessengerSuperoxide DismutaseSuperoxide Dismutase 2

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PMID18490963
PMCPMC2386510
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