MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE AND IN VIVO AGING

描述（改编自研究者摘要）：拟定的研究 本文探讨了锰超氧化物歧化酶（MnSOD）的需要量， 通过一些独特的突变模型， 果蝇这些突变体模型将用于（1）研究 MnSOD在不同组织中以定向方式过表达，测试MnSOD在不同组织中的表达。 MnSOD在特定组织或细胞类型中过表达假说 通过提供更好的抗氧化保护来延长使用寿命 （2）研究特定组织中MnSOD功能丧失的影响 或细胞类型，检验MnSOD功能丧失与 增加的氧化应激导致加速的组织损伤;（3） 研究MnSOD基因错义突变的影响，测试MnSOD基因的表达。 假设与家族性肌萎缩侧索硬化症（FALS）患者相似， MnSOD活性改变可引起神经病理学和组织变性 损害赔偿

DESCRIPTION (adapted from the Investigator's abstract): The proposed research will probe into the requirement of manganese-superoxide dismutase [MnSOD] in aging and tissue damages thereof through some unique mutant models in Drosophila. These mutant models will be used to (1) investigate the effect of overexpression of MnSOD in different tissues in a directed fashion, testing the hypothesis that overexpression of MnSOD in specific tissue or cell types extends the life span by offering increased protection against oxidative damage; (2) investigate the effect of loss of MnSOD function in specific tissue or cell types, testing the hypothesis that loss of MnSOD function is associated with increased oxidative stress causing accelerated tissue damages; (3) investigate the effects of missense mutations in MnSOD gene, testing the hypothesis that like in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS) patients, altered MnSOD activity could cause neuropathology and degenerative tissue damages.