Richa Arora1, Sonal Saxena1*, Sameer Shrivastava1, Shahid Hussain1, Saumya Sirivastava1, Resma Kochumanayin Vasu1, Priyanka Sharma1, monalisa Sahoo2, Naveen Kumar3
1Division of Veterinary Biotechnology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP, India; 2Division of Veterinary Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar Bareilly, UP, India; 3Di- vision of Veterinary Surgery, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP, India.
Abstract | Cancer onset typically encompasses alterations in cellular proliferation, production of reactive oxygen spe- cies (ROS), and DNA damage. Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) is one of the key enzymes for controlling oxidative stress. e role of MnSOD in cancer development is complex. Although initially considered as a tumour sup- pressor protein, recently it has been looked upon as a potential marker for cancer metastasis. ough MnSOD has been studied extensively in human cancers, not much work has been done for elucidating its role in dog cancers. Further dog MnSOD gene has not been sequenced so far, although dog MnSOD gene sequence predicted using computational biology approaches is present in the GenBank database. erefore in this study, full-length ORF of sod2 gene, a gene encoding MnSOD enzyme, from a case of canine mixed mammary capillary cystic adenocarcinoma was cloned and sequenced. e sequence showed 100% similarity with the predicted dog MnSOD sequence present in GenBank data- base based on computational algorithms. Comparison of deduced amino acid sequence from Canis lupus familiaris and Homo sapiens revealed 92% similarity, con rming the conserved nature of the protein. Further the full-length MnSOD was expressed in E.coli and puri ed protein was isolated successfully. e recombinant MnSOD from dog o ers a new tool for studying e ect of the anti-oxidant enzyme on dog cancer cells, wound healing and other disorders.

