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Carbonyl groups: Bridging the gap between sleep disordered breathing and coronary artery disease
Cristini Klein1, Denis Martinez, Fernanda S Hackenhaar
1Departamento de Biofísica, Universidade Federal of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Abstract:
Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is related to coronary artery disease (CAD), but the mechanisms are uncertain. SDB is characterized by periods of intermittent hypoxia and free radical formation. This study tested the hypothesis that carbonylation can be the link between SDB and CAD. It included 14 cases with CAD and 33 controls with <50% coronary narrowing. CAD cases have higher erythrocyte carbonyl levels than controls (p = 0.012). Positive correlation was observed between apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and erythrocyte carbonyl concentration (rho = 0.310; p = 0.027). To predict CAD, including as regressors: AHI, erythrocyte carbonyl, gender, age and body mass index, the significant variables in the Poisson multiple regression model were AHI and erythrocytes carbonyl. An increase of 1 pmol/gHb in erythrocyte carbonyl levels increases by 1.8% the risk of CAD and one unit of AHI increases by 3.8% the risk of CAD. The present findings represent the first evidence in humans that SDB may cause CAD through protein carbonylation.
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