title: Antioxidant enzymes activity in polymorphonuclear leukocytes in chronic renal failure.
abstract: In the present study, activity of polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMNL) intracellular antioxidant enzymes, i.e. catalase, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX), was assessed in CRF patients on hemodialysis (HD), or continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and in healthy controls. The activity of SOD and GPX was reduced in HD and in CAPD (SOD: by 34.2 and 42%, respectively, and GPX 66 vs. 42%, respectively, taking the activity in normal controls as 100%). Catalase activity, on the other hand, was significantly augmented (298 and 175%, respectively) as compared to the healthy controls. This impairment in antioxidant enzymes activity, involved in the respiratory burst and phagocytosis, may contribute to the understanding of the reduced bactericidal ability of PMNL activity found in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Eliachar Research Laboratory, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shurtz-Swirski
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mashiach
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kristal
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shkolnik
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Shasha
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D002374:Catalase / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000201:enzymology*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000502:physiology; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase