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Published on: July 14, 2016
Combined effect of oxidative stress-related gene polymorphisms on atherosclerosis
N Katakami1, K Sakamoto, H Kaneto
1Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita City, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. katakami@medone.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
It is well known that oxidative stress plays critical roles in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. In this study, we enrolled 1746 type 2 diabetic subjects, determined 4 common genetic variants related to oxidative stress (glutamate-cysteine ligase modifier subunit (GCLM) C-588T, myeloperoxidase G-463A, human paraoxonase 1 Gln192Arg and NAD(P)H oxidase p22phox C242T polymorphisms), and measured carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) as a surrogate marker for atherosclerosis. GCLM C-588T polymorphism was associated with average IMT (AveIMT) (r=0.090, p=0.0008), but the association between the other 3 polymorphisms and AveIMT did not reach the statistical significance. However, AveIMT was significantly greater as the total number of 4 concomitant "pro-oxidant alleles" in each subject was increased (r=0.108, p<0.0001). Furthermore, the number of "pro-oxidant alleles" was a risk factor for a high AveIMT independently of conventional risk factors (p=0.0003). In conclusion, accumulation of oxidative stress-associated alleles was associated with carotid atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetic patients.
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