OBJECTIVE: To evaluate an in vivo pro-oxidant state in patients with ataxia telangiectasia (AT). METHODS: A set of oxidative stress endpoints were measured in 9 AT homozygotes, 16 AT heterozygotes (parents) and 83 controls (grouped in age ranges as for patients and parents, respectively). The following analytes were measured: (a) leukocyte 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG); (b) blood glutathione (GSSG and GSH); and (c) plasma levels of glyoxal (Glx) and methylglyoxal (MGlx). RESULTS: AT patients displayed a significant decrease in blood GSSG (p=0.012) and in MGlx plasma concentrations (p=0.012). A non-significant decrease in the GSSG:GSH ratio (p=0.1) and a non-significant increase in 8-OHdG and Glx levels were observed in AT patients vs. young controls (age range 4-35 years). AT heterozygotes failed to display any significant changes vs. adult controls (age range 36-68 years). CONCLUSION: No significant increase in oxidative stress biomarkers was detected in blood from AT patients. The decrease in GSSG and MGlx levels in AT patients may suggest an adaptive response to a pro-oxidant state in AT-related target organs.

Glutathione levels in blood from ataxia telangiectasia patients suggest in vivo adaptive mechanisms to oxidative stress

BRUSCO, Alfredo;CAVALIERI, Simona;
2007-01-01

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate an in vivo pro-oxidant state in patients with ataxia telangiectasia (AT). METHODS: A set of oxidative stress endpoints were measured in 9 AT homozygotes, 16 AT heterozygotes (parents) and 83 controls (grouped in age ranges as for patients and parents, respectively). The following analytes were measured: (a) leukocyte 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG); (b) blood glutathione (GSSG and GSH); and (c) plasma levels of glyoxal (Glx) and methylglyoxal (MGlx). RESULTS: AT patients displayed a significant decrease in blood GSSG (p=0.012) and in MGlx plasma concentrations (p=0.012). A non-significant decrease in the GSSG:GSH ratio (p=0.1) and a non-significant increase in 8-OHdG and Glx levels were observed in AT patients vs. young controls (age range 4-35 years). AT heterozygotes failed to display any significant changes vs. adult controls (age range 36-68 years). CONCLUSION: No significant increase in oxidative stress biomarkers was detected in blood from AT patients. The decrease in GSSG and MGlx levels in AT patients may suggest an adaptive response to a pro-oxidant state in AT-related target organs.
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ataxia telangectasia; oxidative stress; glutathione; glyoxal; methylglyoxal; 8-Hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine
DEGAN P; D'ISCHIA M; PALLARDÓ FV; ZATTERALE A; BRUSCO A; CALZONE R; CAVALIERI S; KAVAKLI K; LLORET A; MANINI P; PISANTI MA; VUTTARIELLO E; PAGANO G...espandi
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