title: Occurrence of glutathione-modified aldose reductase in oxidatively stressed bovine lens.
abstract: The optimization of an affinity chromatography method on Matrex Orange resin allowed the separation of glutathione modified and native aldose reductase in crude extracts of bovine lens. The analysis of hyperbaric oxygen treated lenses revealed the formation in the intact cultured lens of an enzyme form displaying affinity column binding properties, specific activity, sensitivity to inhibition and susceptibility to activation by thiol reducing agents, all comparable to glutathione modified aldose reductase. The extent of the enzyme modification increased with the time of the oxidative treatment and was maximal in the lens nucleus. The relative increase of glutathione modified aldose reductase from cortex to the nucleus is consistent with the increase in these lens regions of the GSSG/GSH ratio.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica, Università di Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cappiello
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Vilardo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cecconi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Leverenz
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Giblin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Del Corso
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mura
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000449:Aldehyde Reductase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D005978:Glutathione / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism*; D019803:Glutathione Disulfide; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000494:pharmacology; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D010100:Oxygen / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000449:Aldehyde Reductase; D005978:Glutathione; D009584:Nitrogen; D010100:Oxygen; D019803:Glutathione Disulfide