Research Article

Role of Human NADPH Quinone Oxidoreductase (NQO1) in Oxygen-Mediated Cellular Injury and Oxidative DNA Damage in Human Pulmonary Cells

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NADH decay curve indicated enhanced NQO1 enzyme activity in cells stably transfected with NQO1 cDNA (a), or by hyperoxia (b–e). (a) 50 μg lysate from each of the stably transfected BEAS-2B cell lines Ctr, NQO1-NQO1, and SNP was subjected to the NQO1 assay. (b–e) Four cell lines were incubated under room air (RA) or 80% O2 (O2) conditions for 48 h. 30 μg lysate was subjected to the NQO1 assay. One way ANOVA indicated statistically significant difference between specified curves. value and half-life were the curve fitting results using the “one phase decay” model in GraphPad Prism 5. Statistically significant difference with Ctr cells (a) or between RA and O2 (b–e) (; ).
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