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Jee Won Im1, Hyung Keun Kim, Nam Deuk Kim
1Department of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea.
Abstract:
The arachidonate cascade is important for the generation of reactive species (RS), and cyclooxygenase (COX) is a key enzyme of this cascade. Tissues of 24-month-old rat lung showed a 2-fold increase in RS, malondialdehyde and thromboxane B2 than those of 6-month-old rat. We found that the effects of 50 microM H2O2 and 200 microM t-butylhydroperoxide (t-BHP) specify on COX activity, and that their effects increased cytosolic COX activity in a concentration-dependent manner (1-50 microM) in 24-month-old rat. Our results suggested that COX activators such as t-BHP and H2O2, which are located in cytosol, are essential for the activation of COX in aged lung.
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