Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species trigger metformin-dependent antitumor immunity via activation of Nrf2/mTORC1/p62 axis in tumor-infiltrating CD8T lymphocytes by Kazuhiro Kakimi, Hirokazu Matsushita, Masaaki Komatsu, Eiryo Kawakami, Mikako Nishida, Nahoko Yamashita, Taisaku Ogawa, Keita Koseki, Eiji Warabi, Tomoyuki Ohue, Katsuyuki Shiroguchi, Heiichiro Udono

“…However, the underlying mechanism of Met-dependent antitumor immunity remains to be elucidated.Methods MitoTEMPO, a scavenger of mitochondrial superoxide, abolished the antitumor effect of Met, but not antiprogrammed cell death (PD-1) antibody (Ab) treatment. …”
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Dihydroquercetin attenuated Prevotella copri-caused intestinal injury by modulating gut microbiota and bile acids in weaned piglets by Long Wang, Ruizhi Hu, Siqi Ma, Xizi Yang, Jiatai Gong, Hongkun Xiang, Mingkun Shi, Xupeng Yuan, Liang Chen, Hongfu Zhang, Bie Tan, Xi He, Jianhua He, Shusong Wu

“…Results showed that P. copri decreased significantly the average daily gain (ADG) (P < 0.001), which was recovered by supplementation of DHQ with decreased serum levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-8 but increased total superoxide dismutase (T-SOD) activity and IL-10 in weaned piglets (P < 0.001). …”
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Colonic Oxidative and Mitochondrial Function in Parkinson’s Disease and Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder by C. Morén, Í. González-Casacuberta, J. Navarro-Otano, D. Juárez-Flores, D. Vilas, G. Garrabou, J. C. Milisenda, C. Pont-Sunyer, M. Catalán-García, M. Guitart-Mampel, E. Tobías, F. Cardellach, F. Valldeoriola, A. Iranzo, E. Tolosa

“…Oxidative damage was assessed either by lipid peroxidation, through malondialdehyde and hydroxyalkenal content by spectrophotometry, or through antioxidant enzyme levels of superoxide dismutase-2 (SOD2), glutathione peroxidase-1 (Gpx1), and catalase (CAT) by western blot. …”
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Pumpkin seed oil-loaded chitosan nanoparticles enhance growth, digestive enzymes, and immune response in whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei): Impacts on histopathology and survi... by El-Sayed Hemdan Eissa, Wesam Mohamed Salama, Samia Elbahnaswy, Mai A.M. El-Son, Zienab E. Eldin, Sara Amer, Layla A. Almutairi, Fatma Mohamed Ameen Khalil, Safia M.A. Bahshwan, Mada M. AL-Qurashi, Yasmin M. Abd El-Aziz, Moaheda E.H. Eissa, Aiman A. Alsaegh, Roshmon Thomas Mathew, El Sayed Taha Rizk

“…These groups also exhibited significant increases in crude protein, ash content, phagocytic index, superoxide dismutase, and lipase levels (P < 0.05). …”
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Growth, fat metabolism and hepatic health in largemouth bass fed varying fat-level diets by Digen Qin, Jiale Chen, Junxiong Li, Zhiyou Liu, Weibin Huang, Yuanzhi Yang, Jing Zhang, Beiping Tan, Xiaohui Dong

“…Serum biochemical indexes and serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activity, liver glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and catalase (CAT) activities were increased significantly with rising dietary fat levels (P<0.05), serum aspartate transaminase (AST) and liver superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities had no statistical differences (P>0.05). …”
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Antioxidant and Laxative Effects of Methanol Extracts of Green Pine Cones (<i>Pinus densiflora</i>) in Sprague-Dawley Rats with Loperamide-Induced Constipation by Hee-Jin Song, Ayun Seol, Jumin Park, Ji-Eun Kim, Tae-Ryeol Kim, Ki-Ho Park, Eun-Seo Park, Su-Jeong Lim, Su-Ha Wang, Ji-Eun Sung, Youngwoo Choi, Heeseob Lee, Dae-Youn Hwang

“…These effects of MPC successfully reflected the improvement in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NADP) H oxidase transcription, superoxide dismutase (SOD) levels, and nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) phosphorylation levels in the mid colon of Lop+MPC-treated SD rats. …”
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Mulberry leaf extract reduces damage by regulating the oxidative response, immune response and intestinal flora of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) under chronic heat stress by Bing Fu, Donglai Zhou, Xiaotong Qiu, Xiaotong Qiu, Jieqiu Zheng, Jieqiu Zheng, Qiong Yang, Yang Xiao, Sentai Liao, Qingrong Li, Dongxu Xing

“…HS significantly decreased the final body weight, specific growth rate, intestinal villus length, muscular layer thickness, ACE and Chao1 indices, and lipase, trypsin, total superoxide dismutase (T-SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), alkaline phosphatase (AKP), and lysozyme (LZM) activities, but significantly increased the feed conversion rate, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activity, reactive oxygen species (ROS), malondialdehyde (MDA), complement 3 (C3) contents, and the relative abundances of Proteobacteria and Plesiomonas. …”
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Effects of dietary compound acidifier (Biomin) on the growth, anti-oxidation, immunity, and intestinal health of juvenile channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) by Junyu Yan, Kai Luo, Bo Wang, Jiaxin He, Can Li, Jiang Zhou, Wenhao Lai, Xin Zhou, Jingwei Ye, Mingzhu Pan, Yingbing Su, Weihua Gao, Kai Guo, Chengmin Zhao

“…The broken line model revealed that 0.0863 % of dietary CA was recommended for optimal SGR. The SOD (superoxide dismutase) activity and MDA (malondialdehyde) content in the serum in the 0.10 % groups were remarkably increased and decreased compared with the control group, respectively (P < 0.05). …”
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Core microbe Bifidobacterium in the hindgut of calves improves the growth phenotype of young hosts by regulating microbial functions and host metabolism by Yimin Zhuang, Duo Gao, Wen Jiang, Yiming Xu, Guanglei Liu, Guobin Hou, Tianyu Chen, Shangru Li, Siyuan Zhang, Shuai Liu, Jingjun Wang, Jianxin Xiao, Mengmeng Li, Wei Wang, Shengli Li, Zhijun Cao

“…Calves in cluster2 showed better growth performance, including higher body weight (BW), average daily gain (ADG), and dry matter intake (DMI), as well as better serum indicators with a high level of total superoxide dismutase (T-SOD), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) compared to those in cluster1. …”
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A combined use of Panax ginseng extract and the probiotic, Lactobacillus plantarum in the diet of Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer: Effects on growth, immunity and survival after ba... by Xiaojie Hou, Jianfeng Zhang, Neda Behmagham, Hamed Ghafarifarsani

“…The highest activity of Superoxide dismutase (5.44 ± 0.62 U/mg), catalase (15.68 ± 1.04 U/mg) and glutathione peroxidase (14.5 ± 2.4 U/mg) was observed in LAC-P + GINS (1 %) treatment (P < 0.01). …”
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The Role of Potassium Phosphite in Enhancing the Activity of Defense Enzymes in Rice Infected by Sheath Blight by Milad Habibi Daronkolaei, Mohammad Ali Tajick Ghanbary, Valiollah Babaeizad, Heshmatollah Rahimian, Ali Dehestani

“…The leaf extract was then obtained to measure enzyme activity, including catalase (CAT), polyphenol oxidase (PPO), and superoxide dismutase (SOD). Disease severity and enzyme activity were studied in a factorial design using a completely randomized design with two cultivars, Tarom (resistant) and Khazar (susceptible), and two treatments of potassium phosphite and R. solani, each with three replications. …”
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Dietary steviol glycosides mixture supplementation modulates the gene expression of gut chemoreceptors and enhances the antioxidant capacity in weaned piglets by Yunxia Xiong, Zhentao He, Qiwen Wu, Hao Xiao, Shuting Cao, Xuefen Yang, Yajing Li, Zongyong Jiang, Cui Zhu, Li Wang

“…Increasing the concentration of SGs mixture linearly and quadratically increased serum total superoxide dismutase (T-SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity, as well as hepatic T-SOD, GSH-Px activity, and muscle total antioxidant capacity contents (P < 0.05). …”
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Positive effects of optimal dietary protein content on the growth, reproductive performance and health of Procambarus clarkii broodstock farming in rice field by Hui Luo, Feng Qin, Yu Li, Chuanbo Xiao, Wenbo Sun, Fan Liu, Guangjun Lv, Hua Ye, Yuanfa He, Wenping He, Feng Xu, Yong Lin, Dapeng Wang, Honghao Jin

“…The activity of total superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and lysozyme peaked in the P31 group and was significantly higher than in the P43 group (P < 0.05). …”
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BPZ inhibits early mouse embryonic development by disrupting maternal-to-zygotic transition and mitochondrial function by Zhiming Ding, Huilei Chen, Huiru Cheng, Caiyun Wu, Hongzhen Ruan, Bingjing Zhu, Ping Zhou, Zuying Xu, Huifen Xiang

“…Consequently, BPZ-exposed embryos exhibit elevated levels of reactive oxygen species, superoxide anions, and oxidative DNA damage. Moreover, BPZ exposure is associated with an increase in γ-H2A.X expression. …”
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Optimizing selenium-enriched yeast supplementation in laying hens: Enhancing egg quality, selenium concentration in eggs, antioxidant defense, and liver health by Longfei Zhang, Jianmin Zhou, Uchechukwu Edna Obianwuna, Cheng Long, Kai Qiu, Haijun Zhang, Xiaolong Qi, Shugeng Wu

“…Antioxidant capacity of the birds were significantly enhanced due to dietary supplementation of SY as indicated by increased serum levels of total antioxidant capacity, and activities of catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase (P < 0.05). Analysis of hepatic genes expression revealed that SY15 supplementation significantly upregulated key antioxidant-related genes (Nrf2, HO-1, CAT, and NQO1) and downregulated Keap1 expression (P < 0.05), suggesting strong activation of the antioxidant defense system. …”
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Pharmacological ascorbate combined with rucosopasem selectively radio-chemo-sensitizes NSCLC via generation of H2O2 by C.F. Pulliam, M.A. Fath, S. Sho, S.T. Johnson, B.A. Wagner, M. Singhania, A.L. Kalen, K. Bayanbold, S.R. Solst, B.G. Allen, B.N. George, J.M. Caster, G.R. Buettner, D.P. Riley, J.L. Keene, R.A. Beardsley, D.R. Spitz

“…Pentaazamacrocyclic Mn (II)-containing (MnPAM) superoxide dismutase (SOD) mimetics and pharmacological ascorbate given IV to achieve [mM] plasma levels (pharmacological ascorbate: P-AscH‾) have been shown to act individually as cancer cell radio- and chemosensitizers via the generation of H2O2 in vivo. …”
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Exploring the potential of an oyster (Saccostrea mordax) in oligotrophic seas: Effects of starvation on physiological and molecular regulation by Shuming Guo, Liqiang Zhao, Yuexin Zhao, Zohaib Noor, Xiaogang Yang, Shiwei Fu, Zhen Zhao, Weitao Wan, Jinkuan Wei, Yanping Qin, Haitao Ma, Ziniu Yu, Jun Li, Yuehuan Zhang

“…A significant decrease in oyster respiration rate was observed from the 14th day, and on the 90th day, the activities of Superoxide dismutase (SOD) and Catalase (CAT), and the content of Malondialdehyde (MDA) in the gill of oyster decreased. …”
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The Sarcoplasmic/Endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) is present in pig sperm and modulates their physiology over liquid preservation by Ferran Garriga, Jesús Martínez-Hernández, Ainhoa Parra-Balaguer, Marc Llavanera, Marc Yeste

“…On days 0, 4, and 10, sperm motility was assessed using a computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) system, and sperm viability, membrane lipid disorder, acrosome integrity, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), and intracellular levels of Ca2+, superoxides and total reactive oxygen species (ROS) were evaluated by flow cytometry. …”
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