Overexpression of mitochondrial manganese superoxide dismutase protects against radiation-induced cell death in the human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HLE.
Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: We investigated the potential role of mitochondrial manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) in protective activity against irradiation by analyzing cell viability by a colony formation assay and by detecting apoptosis in stably human Mn-SOD gene-transfected HLE, a hepatocellular carcinoma cell line. We found that overexpression of Mn-SOD reduced the levels of reactive oxygen species in the mitochondria and intracellular phospholipid peroxidation product (4-hydroxy-2-nonenal) and prevented cell death. The production of intracellular nitric oxide after irradiation was not changed by Mn-SOD overexpression. The results suggested that Mn-SOD might play an important role in protecting cells against radiation-induced cell death by controlling the generation of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species and intracellular lipid peroxidation.
Source: PubMed
Authors: S Motoori, H J Majima, M Ebara, H Kato, F Hirai, S Kakinuma, C Yamaguchi, T Ozawa, T Nagano, H Tsujii, H Saisho
Language: English
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2146651397