Polyethylene glycol-attached antioxidant enzymes decrease pulmonary oxygen toxicity in rats.
Model: Continuous hyperoxia (100% O2, 760 Torr) causing acute oxidative edematous lung injury
PEG-SOD plus PEG-CAT pretreatment prolonged survival in continuous hyperoxia to 79.1 +/- 7.6 h versus 60.7 +/- 2.1 h with saline and 62.3 +/- 1.6 h with PEG-inactivated enzymes, and reduced lung GSSG, pleural effusion and lavage albumin. Protection was less than that achieved by hypoxic preexposure…
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