Oxidation enhances calpain-induced turbidity in young rat lenses

Current Eye Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-40

  Nakamura, Yoshikuni ^a   Fukiage, Chiho ^a,b   Azuma, Mitsuyoshi ^a,b   Shearer, Thomas R ^b  

^a SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calpain; Lens opacity; Lens proteins; Oxidative damage; Rat; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CALCIUM; CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN; CRYSTALLIN; CYSTEINE; DIAMIDE; DITHIOERYTHRITOL; GLUTATHIONE; LENS PROTEIN; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; OXIDIZING AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; LENS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; TURBIDITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CALPAIN; CATARACT; CRYSTALLINS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DIAMIDE; DITHIOERYTHRITOL; DRUG SYNERGISM; GLUTATHIONE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LEUCINE; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032988238     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.19.1.33.5335     Document Type: Article

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