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ArticleFree radical biology & medicine2011

Overexpression of SOD in retina: need for increase in H2O2-detoxifying enzyme in same cellular compartment.

Shinichi Usui, Brian C Oveson, Takeshi Iwase, Lili Lu, Sun Young Lee, Young-Joon Jo, Zhihao Wu, Eun-Young Choi, Richard J Samulski, Peter A Campochiaro

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Article in Free radical biology & medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shinichi UsuiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Brian C Oveson
Takeshi Iwase
Lili Lu
Sun Young Lee
Young-Joon Jo
Zhihao Wu
Eun-Young Choi
Richard J Samulski
Peter A Campochiaro
Johns Hopkins University · USJohns Hopkins Medicine · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

SPECIFICITY OF OXYGEN DNA DAMAGE AND MUTAGENESISP01AG001751 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI RABINOVITCH, PETER S · 1985 to 2021
$29.6M
PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS IN PROLIFERATIVE VITREORETINOPATHYR01EY005951 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI CAMPOCHIARO, PETER A · 1985 to 2014
$7.5M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY005951NEI NIH HHS R01 EY05951NIA NIH HHS P01 AG001751NIA NIH HHS P01 AG01751
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In retinitis pigmentosa (RP), various mutations cause rod photoreceptor cell death leading to increased oxygen levels in the outer retina, progressive oxidative damage to cones, and gradual loss of cone cell function. We have been exploring the potential of overexpressing components of the endogenous antioxidant defense system to preserve cone cell function in rd10(+/+) mice, a model of RP. rd10(+/+) mice deficient in superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) showed increased levels of superoxide radicals and carbonyl adducts (a marker of oxidative damage) in the retina and more rapid loss of cone function than rd10(+/+) mice with normal levels of SOD1. This suggests that SOD1 is an important component of the antioxidant defense system of cones, but increased expression of SOD1 in rd10(+/+) mice increased oxidative damage and accelerated the loss of cone function. Coexpression of SOD1 with glutathione peroxidase 4 (Gpx4), which like SOD1 is localized in the cytoplasm, but not with catalase targeted to the mitochondria, reduced oxidative damage in the retina and significantly slowed the loss of cone cell function in rd10(+/+) mice. Gene transfer resulting in increased expression of SOD2, but not coexpression of SOD2 and mitochondrial Gpx4, resulted in high levels of H(2)O(2) in the retina. These data suggest that to provide benefit in RP, overexpression of an SOD must be combined with expression of a peroxide-detoxifying enzyme in the same cellular compartment.

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Retinitis PigmentosaSuperoxide DismutaseAnimalsBlotting, WesternCatalaseDisease Models, AnimalElectroretinographyGlutathione PeroxidaseHumansHydrogen PeroxideMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMitochondriaOxidative StressPhenanthridinesCatalaseGlutathione PeroxidasehydroethidineHydrogen PeroxidePhenanthridinesPhospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione PeroxidaseSuperoxide DismutaseSuperoxide Dismutase 2Superoxides

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PMID21736939
PMCPMC3163708
OpenAlexW2078285738

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