title: Developmental patterns in the antioxidant defenses of the housefly, Musca domestica.
abstract: The activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione S-transferases, GSSG reductase, thiol transferases, gamma glutamylcysteine synthetase, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and the concentrations of H2O2 and reduced and oxidized glutathione were determined in the various developmental stages of houseflies. Housefly development was correlated with a progressive increase of cellular oxidizing equivalents and a loss of cellular reducing capacity. The loss of reducing equivalents appeared to result from a decrease in the activity of enzymes involved in glutathione and NADPH synthesis and a concomitant increase in glutathione-oxidizing enzymes. Relatively little change was observed in SOD activity during housefly development; however, the electrophoretic pattern of MnSOD varied in a manner specific to developmental stage. A striking increase in H2O2 concentration occurred prior to pupation possibly due to changes in substrate catabolism. These results support the hypothesis that the cellular environment becomes progressively more oxidizing during development.
authors.affiliation: Investigative Dermatology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Oberley
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Elwell
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Sohal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006793:Houseflies / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D007814:Larva / Q000201:enzymology; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D011679:Pupa / Q000201:enzymology; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D002374:Catalase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D005978:Glutathione