Superoxide dismutase

Superoxide dismutase

Name: Dismutase, superoxide,SOD
 
EINECS: 232-943-0

Molecular Formula: Unspecified
 
CAS Registry Number: 9054-89-1

Appearance: blue-gray powder

Storage Temperature: 2-8°C

Usage: Research probe for oxygen in biological and chemical reactions. Free radical scavenger.

Description:
SOD has powerful antinflammatory activity. For example, SOD is a highly effective experimental treatment of chronic inflammation in colitis.Treatment with SOD decreases reactive oxygen species generation and oxidative stress and, thus, inhibits endothelial activation and indicate that modulation of factors that govern adhesion molecule expression and leukocyte-endothelial interactions. Therefore, such antioxidants may be important new therapies for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.

Likewise, SOD has multiple pharmacological activities. E.g., it ameliorates cis-platinum-induced nephrotoxicity in rodents.As "Orgotein" or "ontosein", a pharmacologically-active purified bovine liver SOD, it is also effective in the treatment of urinary tract inflammatory disease in man.For a time, bovine liver SOD even had regulatory approval in several European countries for such use. This was truncated by concerns about prion disease.

An SOD-mimetic agent, TEMPOL, is currently in clinical trials for radioprotection and to prevent radiation-induced dermatitis.TEMPOL and similar SOD-mimetic nitroxides exhibit a multiplicity of actions in diseases involving oxidative stress.