RESUMONo presente estudo avaliamos a atividade geradora de peróxido de hidrogênio (H 2 O 2 ) em frações particuladas de tireóides suínas e humanas. Inicialmente, analisamos as propriedades bioquímicas da NADPH-oxidase -enzima geradora de H 2 O 2 -localizada na membrana apical da célula tireóidea suína. Nossos resultados demonstram que a atividade geradora de H 2 O 2 na tireóide suína ocorre, principalmente, na fração de membrana apical tireóidea (P 3.000g). Entretanto, no P 3.000g a enzima NADPH-oxidase é apenas parcialmente cálcio-dependente, ao contrário do que acontece em frações purificadas de membrana tireóidea suína, nas quais a enzima é completamente dependente de cálcio, conforme estudos anteriores. Nossos resultados confirmam os previartiente descritos para a NADPH-oxidase tireóidea suína. Em tecidos tireóideos humanos, a geração de H 2 O 2 ocorreu, tanto na fração microsomal (P 100.000g) quanto na fração de membrana apical (P 3.000g). Nossos dados revelam ainda que a NADPH-oxidase humana é completamente cálcio-dependente, ativada por altas concentrações de fosfato e parece ser tão ativa na glândula humana quanto na suína. Além disto, a enzima humana é dependente de adenina-flavina-dinucleotídeo (FAD) no meio de reação, ou seja, parece ser uma flavoproteína, assim como a proteína suína. ABSTRACTIn the present study we evaluated the enzyme responsible for hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) generation in porcine and human thyroid glands. First, we analyzed the biochemical properties of the hydrogen peroxide generating enzyme (NADPH-oxidase), localized in the apical membrane of porcine thyroid cells. Our results showed that the H 2 O 2 generating activity in porcine thyroids occurs mainly in the apical membrane fraction (P 3.000g). In the porcine P 3.000g, thyroid NADPH-oxidase was partially calcium-dependent; however, in a purified porcine thyroid membrane fraction the enzyme is completely calcium-dependent, as previously determined. These data agree with those already reported for the porcine enzyme. In humans, H 2 O 2 generation occurred both in the microsomal (P 100.000g) and in the apical membrane fractions (P 3.000g). Our data reveal that NADPH-oxidase seems to be as active in human thyroid glands as in porcine thyroids; both are activated by phosphate and calcium in high concentrations. Furthermore, the human NADPH-oxidase is completely calcium-dependent and requires flavine adenine dinucleotide (FAD) in the reaction mixture, suggesting the human NADPH-oxidase to be a flavoenzyme, as the porcine protein.
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