Diabetes 56 , 19601968 (2007)
Adipocyte-specific deficiency of Janus kinase (JAK) 2 in mice impairs lipolysis and increases body weight, and leads to insulin resistance with ageing
Results Targeting functional GCL to mitochondria decreases ROS To direct -glutamylcysteine synthesis to mitochondria, the full-length complementary DNA encoding the catalytic GCL subunit was fused with the mitochondrial-targeting signal of ornithine transcarbamylase
More importantly, oxidant enzymes including mitochondrial electron transport chain complex I, complex II, complex III, as well as SODs, xanthine oxidase (XO), NO synthases (NOS), cytochrome p 450 enzymes (CYP), NADPH oxidases (NOX) and lipoxygenase (LOX), generate O 2 radicals which are quickly converted into H 2 O 2 , OH and other radicals [26]