Enzyme Lifespan Effect Healthspan References
Gpx1+/0 nd Diabetic with insulin resistance/obesity, Angiotensin-II vascular problems, cerebrovasodilation issues, neuroprotection. [123,219-222]
Gpx4+/0 nd Reduced cardiovascular disease, amyloidosis, retinal lens and mitochondrial dysfunction. [107-111,224]
Trx1+/0 ↑14% median Increased skin cancer, protection from myocardial infarction, diabetic embryopathy, pancreatitis, and lung dysfunction [196, 199-206]
Grx1+/0 nd Reduced infarct size. [80,120]
Grx2+/0 nd Reduced infarct size, and doxorubicin-dependent cardiac injury as well as CuZnSOD1-dependent neurodegeneration. [80,120,225-226]
Prx3+/0 nd Improved glucose tolerance, reduction in left ventricular remodeling and amyloidosis in APP transgenic mice. [125,132]
Prx4+/0 nd Protection from toxin induced diabetes [129]
Prx6+/0* nd Reduced reperfusion injury, atherosclerosis, lung dysfunction and alcoholic fatty liver. Improved wound healing. [118-119,132,187-189, 227]
MSRA+/0 Normal Reduced reperfusion injury, sensitive to oxidative stress. [112]
PCat+/0 Normal Protects against hypertension in angiotensin-II mice. Cardiac contractility improves in type 1 &2 diabetes. [214-216]
NCat+/0 Normal Carcinomas sensitized to bleomycin and DNA damage to paraquat. Reduced DNA damage by hydrogen peroxide. [217-218]
MCat+/0 ↑21% Invasive breast tumors, protection from cardiac myopathy in mutator mice and anti-retrovirals, as well as aging-dependent pathologies. [207-213]
ECSOD+/0 nd Reduces cardiovascular abnormalities after reperfusion injury, and hyperoxia damage to lungs. [134,232-234]
MnSOD+/0 Normal No benefit from lung irradiation or muscle atrophy. Improves diabetic cardiomyopathy. [14,117,228-229]
CuZnSOD+/0 Normal No effect on diaphragm fatigue or recovery. [14,122]
Antioxidants with changes in life- or healthspan are presented. However, many antioxidant transgenic models have not yet been generated, which includes methionine sulfoxide reductase B, peroxiredoxin-1, -2, -5, glutaredoxin-3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, thioredoxin reductase-1, -2, -3, thioredoxin 2, glutathione peroxidase-2, -3, -5, -6, -7, -8 and nicatinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase.nd not determined
Table 2: Antioxidant Transgenic Mouse Life- and Healthspan.