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The role of different chemical modifications of superoxide dismutase in preventing a prolonged muscular ischemia/ reperfusion injury.

Abstract
It is well know that a long period of ischemia followed by reperfusion can create an irreversible tissue damage, also due to the excessive generation of oxygen-derived free radicals. A possibility for avoiding this syndrome is represented by the use of free radical scavengers, such as the superoxide dismutase (SOD). The current authors compared the results achieved through different modifications of this enzyme in an experimental rat hind limb model of ischemia/reperfusion. 60 rats that had a 4 hour and 30 minute ischemia of the left hind limb were divided into four groups of 15 each and treated using a physiological solution (control group), native SOD, monomethoxypolyethylene-glycol-SOD (mPEG-SOD) or poly(acryloilmorpholine)-SOD (PAcM-SOD). The outcomes obtained in terms of limb survival (p < 0.05), as well as histomorphologic studies (p < 0.0005), revealed a superior capacity of mPEG-SOD when compared with the other three substances.
AuthorsRoberto Giardino, Gianluca Giavaresi, Milena Fini, Paola Torricelli, Gaetano Antonio Guzzardella
JournalArtificial cells, blood substitutes, and immobilization biotechnology (Artif Cells Blood Substit Immobil Biotechnol) Vol. 30 Issue 3 Pg. 189-98 (May 2002) ISSN: 1073-1199 [Print] England
PMID12066874 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Acrylic Resins
  • Free Radical Scavengers
  • Free Radicals
  • poly(acryloylmorpholine)
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • Superoxide Dismutase
  • monomethoxypolyethylene glycol-superoxide dismutase
Topics
  • Acrylic Resins (chemistry, therapeutic use)
  • Animals
  • Free Radical Scavengers (chemistry, therapeutic use)
  • Free Radicals (metabolism)
  • Hindlimb
  • Muscle, Skeletal (blood supply, injuries)
  • Polyethylene Glycols (chemistry, therapeutic use)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Reperfusion Injury (metabolism, prevention & control)
  • Superoxide Dismutase (chemistry, therapeutic use)

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