title: Liposome-recruited activity of oxidized and fragmented superoxide dismutase.
abstract: The peptide fragment of H2O2-treated Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD) was found to be reactivated with liposomes prepared by 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC). The fragmentation of SOD was observed by 2 mM H2O2 treatment as well as by SOD inactivation and the loss of an alpha-helix in the neighborhood of its activity center. The H2O2-treated SOD, which lost its activity at different incubation times, was dramatically reactivated only by adding POPC liposomes, resulting in 1.3-2.8 times higher enzymatic activity. The ultrafiltration analysis of H2O2-treated SOD co-incubated with liposomes shows that some specific peptide fragments of the oxidized SOD can interact with POPC liposomes. A comparison of the fractions detected in reverse-phase chromatography shows that specific SOD fragments are able to contribute to the reactivation of oxidized and fragmented SOD in the presence of POPC liposomes. The liposomes can recruit the potentially active fragment of SOD among the lethally damaged SOD fragments to elucidate the antioxidative function.
authors: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.
authors: Le Quoc
authors: le Q
authors: Tuan
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Umakoshi
authors: Toshinori
authors: T
authors: Shimanouchi
authors: Ryoichi
authors: R
authors: Kuboi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D008081:Liposomes; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008081:Liposomes; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase