Serum ferritin levels may have a pro-atherosclerotic role in coronary artery disease patients with sleep disordered breathing

Elevated ferritin levels may lead to oxidative stress, and are associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is frequently present in atherosclerosis patients, and causes endothelial dysfunction leading to atherosclerotic plaque progression. Hypoxic conditions, such as SDB, may upregulate ferritin. The aim of this study was to evaluate ferritin levels in CAD patients and to correlate ferritin levels with parameters related to CAD progression, including SDB. We studied 27 patients with CAD (defined as >30% coronary narrowing) and 29 controls. We found that ferritin was increased in CAD patients, and was positively correlated with the apnea–hypopnea index (AHI), age, Creactive protein (CRP), transferrin, hemoglobin, and testosterone levels, and was negatively correlated with O2 saturation. Nitrites and nitrates, an indirect measure of nitric oxide ( NO) concentration, were lower in CAD patients, and were negatively correlated with ferritin. The increase in ferritin may be related to oxidative stress, suggesting a possible pro-atherosclerotic role of increased ferritin in CAD patients with SDB

Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, antioxidants and markers of oxidative damage in human blood: main analytical methods for their determination

We review here the chemistry of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, their biological sources and targets; particularly, biomolecules implicated in the redox balance of the human blood, and appraise the analytical methods available for their detection and quantification. Those biomolecules are represented by the enzymatic antioxidant defense machinery, whereas coadjutant reducing protection is provided by several low molecular weight molecules. Biomolecules can be injured by RONS yielding a large repertoire of oxidized products, some of which can be taken as biomarkers of oxidative damage. Their reliable determination is of utmost interest for their potentiality in diagnosis, prevention and treatment of maladies.13231338Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES

Liberação de S100B in vitro modulada por adrenalina

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Insulina: vilã ou amiga

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Hiperinsulinemia afeta os níveis de SOD e ânion superóxido em adipócitos brancos "in vitro"

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Hiperinsulinemia afeta os níveis de SOD e ânion superóxido em adipócitos brancos "in vitro"

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High levels of catalase in SOD mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisae in high aeration conditions

Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants deficient in superoxide dismutase genes (sod1Δ, sod2Δ and sod1Δsod2Δ mutants) in a stationary phase of growth under high aeration conditions were subjected to H2O2 stress. All the mutants were sensitive after H2O2 treatment. Glutathione peroxidase levels were significantly lower in sod1Δ and sod2Δ single mutants than in the wild-type without treatment. After exposure to H2O2 concentrations, glutathione peroxidase levels were increased in sod1Δsod2Δ double mutants and the sod2Δ single mutant, while sod1Δ maintained lower gluthatione peroxidase activities. The sod2Δ mutant demonstrated a similar catalase activity to that of the wild-type without treatment, whilst decreased catalase activity was observed in conditions of low aeration. Untreated sod1Δsod2Δ double mutant cells presented a lower catalase activity. Catalase levels were higher under high aeration conditions than under microaerophilic conditions, including in sod1Δsod2Δ cells that contain less H2O2, since SOD catalyzes the cleavage of superoxide producing H2O2 and oxygen. We suggest that catalase is not essential for sod mutants under normal conditions, but plays an important role in the acquisition of tolerance to oxidative stress induced by high aeration