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D Kupczyk1, R Bilski1, K Sokołowski2
1Department of Medical Biology and Biochemistry, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Karłowicza 24 85-092, Poland.
Objectives:
Obesity has serious consequences such as the onset of metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, or cardiovascular complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate the levels of paraoxonase 1 (PON1), lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor-1 (LOX-1), antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx)), and lipid peroxidation processes in the course of obesity.
Methods:
28 men took part in the experiment. Fourteen of them were obese; the control group consisted of 14 physically active men without obesity features. The concentrations of malondialdehyde (MDA), PON1, LOX-1, and tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) as well as the activities of erythrocytic SOD, CAT, and GPx were determined in the study.
Results:
Statistically significant higher MDA, LOX-1, and TNFα levels were observed in obese subjects. Conversely, lower concentrations of PON1 in obese men were found.
Conclusions:
An imbalance in oxidation-reduction processes accompanies obesity. Moreover, inflammatory cytokines and atherosclerotic complications are involved in the obesity process. The obtained results suggest that the studied parameters may be independent prognostic markers preceding the development of cardiovascular and metabolic complications in people afflicted with type II obesity.
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