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ReviewAntioxidants & redox signaling2014

Simple biological systems for assessing the activity of superoxide dismutase mimics.

Artak Tovmasyan, Julio S Reboucas, Ludmil Benov

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Review in Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Antibacterial Activity of Synthetic Cationic Iron Porphyrins.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  14. Using non-enzymatic chemistry to influence microbial metabolism.Current opinion in chemical biology · 2015
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  15. Photodynamic therapy: current status and future directions.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Artak Tovmasyan1 Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center , Durham, North Carolina.
Julio S Reboucas
Ludmil Benov
Duke Medical Center · USKuwait University · KWUniversidade Federal da Paraíba · BR

Funding

Somatostatin analogues as countermeasures against intestinal radiation toxicityU19AI067798 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI DOAN, PHUONG LINH · 2005 to 2024
$82.1M
Pilot Project for the DTMI CRA ProgramUL1RR024128 · NCRR · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CALIFF, ROBERT M · 2006 to 2010
$48.1M
NCRR NIH HHS UL 1 RR024128-01NIAID NIH HHS U19AI067798
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

significanceHalf a century of research provided unambiguous proof that superoxide and species derived from it-reactive oxygen species (ROS)-play a central role in many diseases and degenerative processes. This stimulated the search for pharmaceutical agents that are capable of preventing oxidative damage, and methods of assessing their therapeutic potential. RECENT ADVANCES: The limitations of superoxide dismutase (SOD) as a therapeutic tool directed attention to small molecules, SOD mimics, that are capable of catalytically scavenging superoxide. Several groups of compounds, based on either metal complexes, including metalloporphyrins, metallocorroles, Mn(II) cyclic polyamines, and Mn(III) salen derivatives, or non-metal based compounds, such as fullerenes, nitrones, and nitroxides, have been developed and studied in vitro and in vivo. Very few entered clinical trials. CRITICAL ISSUES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS: Development of SOD mimics requires in-depth understanding of their mechanisms of biological action. Elucidation of both molecular features, essential for efficient ROS-scavenging in vivo, and factors limiting the potential side effects requires biologically relevant and, at the same time, relatively simple testing systems. This review discuses the advantages and limitations of genetically engineered SOD-deficient unicellular organisms, Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae as tools for investigating the efficacy and mechanisms of biological actions of SOD mimics. These simple systems allow the scrutiny of the minimal requirements for a functional SOD mimic: the association of a high catalytic activity for superoxide dismutation, low toxicity, and an efficient cellular uptake/biodistribution.

Indexed as

Molecular MimicryAnimalsCatalysisEnzyme ActivationHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsMetalloporphyrinsMutationSuperoxide DismutaseMetalloporphyrinsSuperoxide Dismutase

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PMID23964890
PMCPMC4005499
OpenAlexW2314483814

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