Journal
APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 166, Issue 8, Pages 2138-2155Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-012-9640-9
Keywords
Superoxide dismutase; Nitric oxide; Macrophage RAW 264.7; Zingiberaceae plants
Funding
- 90th Anniversary of Chulalongkorn University fund
- National Research University of CHE
- Ratchadaphiseksomphot Endowment Fund [AG001B, AM1019A, and AS613A]
- Thai Government Stimulus Package 2 [TKK2555]
- Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
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Superoxide dismutase (SOD, EC 1.15.1.1) is a metalloenzyme or antioxidant enzyme that catalyzes the disproportionation of the harmful superoxide anionic radical to hydrogen peroxide and molecular oxygen. Due to its antioxidative effects, SOD has long been applied in medicinal treatment, cosmetic, and other chemical industries. Fifteen Zingiberaceae plants were tested for SOD activity in their rhizome extracts. The crude homogenate and ammonium sulfate cut fraction of Curcuma aeruginosa were found to contain a significant level of SOD activity. The SOD enzyme was enriched 16.7-fold by sequential ammonium sulfate precipitation, diethylaminoethyl cellulose ion exchange, and Superdex 75 gel filtration column chromatography. An overall SOD yield of 2.51 % with a specific activity of 812.20 U/mg was obtained. The enriched SOD had an apparent MW of 31.5 kDa, as judged by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and a pH and temperature optima of 4.0 and 50 A degrees C. With nitroblue tetrazolium and riboflavin as substrates, the K (m) values were 57.31 A +/- 0.012 and 1.51 A +/- 0.014 M, respectively, with corresponding V (max) values of 333.7 A +/- 0.034 and 254.1 A +/- 0.022 mu mol min(-1) mg protein(-1). This SOD likely belongs to the Fe- or Mn-SOD category due to the fact that it was insensitive to potassium cyanide or hydrogen peroxide inhibition, but was potentially weakly stimulated by hydrogen peroxide, and stimulated by Mn(2+)and Fe2+ ions. Moreover, this purified SOD also exhibited inhibitory effects on lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide production in cultured mouse macrophage cell RAW 264.7 in a dose-dependent manner (IC50 = 14.36 A +/- 0.15 mu g protein/ml).
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