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Antioxidant Enzymes in Xeroderma Pigmentosum Fibroblasts¹

Department of Carcinogenesis, Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, 1066 Epalinges/Lausanne, Switzerland

In light of recent studies implicating low catalase activities in the pathogenesis of the cancer-prone disease xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) we have measured catalase activity, protein levels, and mRNA concentrations in six XP fibroblast strains and three normal controls. Only one XP strain of complementation group A (XP1223) possessed significantly lower catalase by all three criteria. The other five XP strains (two XP variants, two strains of complementation group D, and one strain of complementation group C) possessed catalase levels which fell into the range of the interindividual variations of normal controls. We further assessed the total enzymatic antioxidant defense status by measuring the levels of copper, zinc, and manganese superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase. None of these enzymes showed significant deviations from controls in XP cells. Our results do not support the notion that a deficient enzymatic antioxidant defense facilitates the establishment of a prooxidant state in XP upon exposure to near-UV. However, they do not argue against the participation of active oxygen in near-UV-induced carcinogenesis in XP.

¹ This work was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Swiss Association of Cigarette Manufacturers, and the Association for International Cancer Research.

Received 9/14/87. Revised 12/ 2/87. Accepted 12/30/87.

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