Possible protective effect by SOD on UV damage in xeroderma pigmentosum (XP)
Eddison Miller: Three-year-old coping with rare genetic skin disorder, xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), is forced wear special protective gear on top of factor 50+ sun block.
J Invest Dermatol. 1989 Oct;93(4):506-10.
Reduced superoxide dismutase activity in xeroderma pigmentosum fibroblasts.
Nishigori C¹, Miyachi Y, Imamura S, Takebe H.
¹Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
Abstract
This study was performed in order to assess the possible protective effect of superoxide dismutase (SOD) on ultraviolet (UV) damage in xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) fibroblasts. SOD activity in fibroblasts originating from seven xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) patients was significantly lower than that in normal cells (p less than 0.005). Average SOD activity in XP cells belonging to complementation group A was 3.68 +/- 0.54 (n = 7) and that in normal human cells was 5.79 +/- 1.59 (n = 6). Addition of SOD before and during UV irradiation (UVB and UVC) to the cells caused no change in the amount of unscheduled DNA synthesis and UV survival. A possible involvement of reduced SOD in XP and a possible protective effect by SOD on UV damage is discussed.
