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FREE RADICAL RESEARCH
Volume 36, Issue 10, Pages 1085-1089Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/1071576021000028316
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antioxidant; rhinovirus; common cold; interleukin-8
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The host inflammatory response appears to be an important contributor to the pathogenesis of human viral respiratory illness. Virus-induced oxidative stress appears to mediate an early phase of elaboration of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-8 by respiratory epithelial cells. The purpose of these studies was to determine if virus-induced alterations in either the expression or function of antioxidant enzymes contributes to the cellular oxidative stress following rhinovirus challenge. The activities of Mn superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), catalase and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) were not significantly changed by rhinovirus challenge. CuZn superoxide dismutase (CuZnSOD) activity six hours after challenge was 2.55 +/- 0.56 U/mg protein in rhinovirus-challenged cells compared to 1.16 +/- 0.54 U/mg protein in control cells (p = 0.029). This increased activity was associated with a concomitant increase in CuZnSOD mRNA and protein concentration. These data suggest that rhinovirus-induced changes in the host cell redox state that result in the early elaboration of interleukin-8 are not mediated by inhibition of either the expression or function of these antioxidant enzymes.
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