title: Species-specific heterogeneity for molecular weight estimates of serum extracellular superoxide dismutase activities.
abstract: 1. Several apparent molecular weights (mol. wt) are reported for plasma or serum extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC SOD) activity. This study found species-dependent heterogeneity for apparent mol. wt using gel filtration with Sephadex G-150. 2. EC SOD activity in rabbit and guinea-pig serum, measured by a modified pyrogallol assay, eluted just before ceruloplasmin activity, but rat and bovine serum activity eluted after ceruloplasmin (apparent mol. wt of 142,000 and 73,000, respectively). 3. The heterogeneity between rat and rabbit serum was not eliminated by substituting a cytochrome-c-based SOD assay for the pyrogallol method, by substituting lung extracts for serum, by analysing a mixture of rat and rabbit serums, nor by analysing hemolysed serum. The apparent mol. wt of bovine serum EC SOD activity was not duplicated by gel filtration analysis of a mixture of bovine cytosolic SOD and albumin. 4. In conclusion, species-specific variation in apparent mol. wt for serum EC SOD activity was demonstrated under several circumstances.
authors.affiliation: Human Nutrition and Food Management, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: DiSilvestro
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: David
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013045:Species Specificity; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D013482:Superoxide Dismutase