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Detection and Quantification of Free Radicals in Peroxisomal Disorders: A Comparative Study with Oxidative Stress
Sohair Abd-El Mawgood Abd-Elmaksoud1, Hala El-Bassyouni2, Hanan Afifi2
1Professor, Department of Clinical Pathology, National Research Centre , Egypt .
Introduction:
Free radicals have been thought to participate in pathogenesis of peroxisomal disorders.
Objective:
The aim of the work is to detect free oxide radicals in blood of patients with peroxisomal disorders and to study their relation with various oxidative stress parameters.
Materials And Methods:
Twenty patients with peroxisomal disorders and 14 age and sex matched healthy subjects were included in the study. Patients with peroxisomal disorders were subdivided according to diagnosis into peroxisomal biogenesis disorders and single enzyme deficiency. Oxidative stress was evaluated in both patients and control subjects by assessment of free radicals, malondialdehyde, nitric oxide metabolites and superoxide dismutase.
Results:
There was increase in free radicals, malondialdehyde, nitric oxide metabolites in patients compared with control subjects. However, there was decrease in superoxide dismutase levels in patients compared with control subjects.
Conclusion:
We concluded that there is excess free radicals production accompanied with decrease in antioxidant defenses in patients with peroxisomal disorders. These results strongly support a role of free radicals in the pathophysiology of peroxisomal disorders and strengthen the importance of oxidative stress phenomenon in peroxisomal disorders pathogenesis.
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