BIOCHEMICAL STUDY ON SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE ENZYME IN PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT BRAIN TUMORS | ||
| Iraqi Journal of Biotechnology | ||
| Article 1, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2010, Pages 191-201 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The aim of the current study is to in evaluate the role of SOD activity in the previously reported oxidative stress in our laboratory(1), in the patients with different brain tumors. SOD activity was assayed according to riboflavin/NBT method and its specific activity was calculated in patients with benign and malignant brain tumors and control. Moreover the specific activity was compared in these samples according to gender and the occurrence of disease.Non significant elevation (P > 0.05) in SOD specific activity was observed in tissue of malignant tumors in comparison to that of in benign brain tumors. While a highly significant decrease (P < 0.001) of the specific activity was found in sera of malignant patients group in comparison to that of the control group, and it was found lower in female than male in control and malignant groups. An elevation in this specific activity was noticed in patients with secondary brain tumors in comparison to that of primary brain tumors (P<0.05). From the results of the present study we conclude that the observed decrease in SOD activity in sera of patients with different type of brain tumors contribute to the oxidative stress that previously reported in our laboratory to be present in such patients. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Brain tumor; superoxide dismutase; Reactive oxygen species | ||
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