title: Human serum catalase decreases endothelial cell injury from hydrogen peroxide.
abstract: Serum from normal human subjects contained variable amounts of catalase activity, which was inhibitable by heat, azide, trichloroacetic acid (TCA), or aminotriazole treatment. Serum also decreased hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) concentrations in vitro and H2O2-mediated injury to cultured endothelial cells. By comparison, heat-, azide-, TCA-, or aminotriazole-treated serum neither decreased H2O2 concentrations in vitro nor reduced H2O2-mediated damage to endothelial cells. We conclude that serum catalase activity can alter H2O2-dependent reactions. We speculate that variations in serum catalase activity may alter individual susceptibility to oxidant-mediated vascular disease or be a factor when added to test systems in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Leff
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Oppegard
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: McCarty
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Repine
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002374:Catalase / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000293:injuries / Q000378:metabolism; D005609:Free Radicals; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D002374:Catalase