title: Induction of manganese superoxide dismutase in BV-2 microglial cells.
abstract: The regulation of the manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) was studied in immortalized microglial cells (line BV-2). BV-2 cells, activated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), exhibited an increase in Mn-SOD-like immunoreactivity, that was associated with an accumulation of nitrite in the culture medium and an increase in immunoreactivity for the inducible type of nitric oxide synthase (i-NOS). The i-NOS inhibitor L-N6-(1-iminoethyl)-lysine (NIL, 600 microM) suppressed the nitrite accumulation and the increase in Mn-SOD-like immunoreactivity in activated cells without significant effect on the level of i-NOS-like immunoreactivity. The NO donor sodium nitroprusside dose-dependently increased Mn-SOD-like immunoreactivity in NIL-pretreated BV-2 cells. These results indicate that the induction of Mn-SOD in activated BV-2 cells is mediated in part by NO, or its metabolites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugaya
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Chouinard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McKinney
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008239:Lysine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D017628:Microglia / Q000201:enzymology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D009573:Nitrites / Q000378:metabolism; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; C090663:N(6)-(1-iminoethyl)lysine; D009573:Nitrites; D009599:Nitroprusside; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; C496317:Nos2 protein, mouse; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D008239:Lysine