방사선을 조사한 생쥐 장기에서의 Superoxide Dismutase 분포에 대한 연구 = Studies on the Superoxide Dismutase Activity in Various Organs Of Normal and Irradiated Mice

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The cytosolic and mitochondrial supreoxide dismutases (EC 1.15.1.1) were investigated in various organs, thyroid gland, lung, heart, liver, spleen and kidney, of normal and irradiated mice. The mouse organs were fractionated into cytosolic and mitochondrial fractions by differential centrifugation, and the supsroxidp dismutase was measured by the method of McCord and Fridovich. The mouse organs contain two types of superoxide dismutase ; one is localized in the cytosol and contains cupper and zinc, the other in the mitochondria and contains manganese. Superoxide dismutasc activity was found in all organs of mouse investigated, and maximal activity of enzyme was observed in liver. most of superoxide dismutase activity, 79-86%, was present in the cytosolic fraction, and the rest was associated with mitochondria. The activity of cytosolic superoxide dismutase was most prominent in the liver among those tissues assayed. However, that of mitochoadrial enzyme was highest in the heart. Thc specific activity of superoxide dismutase in mitochondria was found about 2-5 folds greater than that of the enzyme in cytosol and cyanide inhibit the activity of cytosolic enzyme but not mitochondrial enzyme, In irradiatcd mice, the enzyme activity and the specific activity of superoxide dismutase in cytosol and mitochondna of various organs were decreased with minimal value on 7th and l4th day after exposured by whole body-irradiation.