Total antioxidant capacity – a novel early bio-chemical marker of oxidative stress in HIV infected individuals

Suresh Dr, Annam Vamseedhar, Pratibha K, Prasad

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Oxidative stress induced by the production of reactive oxygen species may play a critical role in the stimulation of HIV replication and the development of immunodeficiency. This study was conducted as there are limited and inconclusive studies on the significance of a novel early marker of oxidative stress which can reflect the total antioxidant capacity in HIV patients, Methods Total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and lipid peroxidation were evaluated in 50 HIV-1 seropositive patients (including HIV-1 symptomatics and asymptomatics). Controls included 50 age and sex matched and apparently healthy HIV-1 seronegative subjects. Serum malondialdehyde (MDA), Total antioxidant capacity [TAC] (by ferric reducing antioxidant power assay), vitamin E, vitamin C and superoxide dismutase (SOD) enzyme activity were estimated among controls and cases. Statistical comparisons and correlations at 5% level of significance were determined. Results and Discussion The mean MDA concentrations were significantly elevated in both HIV-1 asymptomatic (CD4+ count > 500 cells/microliter) and HIV-1 symptomatic (CD4+ count <500 cells/microliter) groups (Mean ± S.D values were 2.2 +/- 0.7 nmol/ml and 2.8 +/- 0.8 nmol/ml respectively) when compared with the control group (Mean ± S.D value was 0.9 +/- 0.2 nmol/ml) (p < 0.01). The mean TAC of HIV- 1 asymptomatic and HIV-1 symptomatic (Mean ± S.D values were 754.6 ± 135.6 μmol/L and 676.6 ± 154.1 μmol/L respectively) patients were significantly reduced compared with the control group (Mean ± S.D value was 1018.7 ± 125.6 μmol/L) (p < 0.01). Also, there were significantly decreased levels of vitamin E, vitamin C and SOD among HIV-1 seropositive patients(controls > asymptomatic > symptomatic) compared to controls (p < 0.01). TAC showed significant negative correlation with MDA among HIV-1 infected patients (p < 0.01). Conclusion Our results clearly show that severe oxidative stress occurs in the HIV-1 seropositive patients in comparison with controls, and increases significantly with the progression of disease, i.e. HIV-1 symptomatics > asymptomatics > controls. TAC can be used as a novel early bio-chemical marker of oxidative stress in HIV-1 infected patients which may result in reduced tissue damage by free radicals and help to monitor and optimize antioxidant therapy in such patients.

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• Publié par: biomed
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2009
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• Langue: English

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Journal of Biomedical Science

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Open Access Research Total antioxidant capacity – a novel early bio-chemical marker of oxidative stress in HIV infected individuals 1 21 3 DR Suresh*, Vamseedhar Annam, K Pratibhaand BV Maruti Prasad

1 2 Address: Departmentof Biochemistry, Sri Siddhartha Medical College, Tumkur, India,Department of Pathology, Sri Siddhartha Medical College, 3 Tumkur, India andDepartment of Biochemistry, Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, India Email: DR Suresh*  [e-mail]; Vamseedhar Annam  [e-mail]; K Pratibha  [e-mail]; BV Maruti Prasad  [e-mail] * Corresponding author

Published: 7 July 2009Received: 2 April 2009 Accepted: 7 July 2009 Journal of Biomedical Science2009,16:61 doi:10.1186/1423-0127-16-61 This article is available from: http://www.jbiomedsci.com/content/16/1/61 © 2009 Suresh et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract Background:Oxidative stress induced by the production of reactive oxygen species may play a critical role in the stimulation of HIV replication and the development of immunodeficiency. This study was conducted as there are limited and inconclusive studies on the significance of a novel early marker of oxidative stress which can reflect the total antioxidant capacity in HIV patients, Methods:Total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and lipid peroxidation were evaluated in 50 HIV-1 seropositive patients (including HIV-1 symptomatics and asymptomatics). Controls included 50 age and sex matched and apparently healthy HIV-1 seronegative subjects. Serum malondialdehyde (MDA), Total antioxidant capacity [TAC] (by ferric reducing antioxidant power assay), vitamin E, vitamin C and superoxide dismutase (SOD) enzyme activity were estimated among controls and cases. Statistical comparisons and correlations at 5% level of significance were determined. Results and Discussion:The mean MDA concentrations were significantly elevated in both HIV- 1 asymptomatic (CD4+ count > 500 cells/microliter) and HIV-1 symptomatic (CD4+ count <500 cells/microliter) groups (Mean ± S.D values were 2.2 +/- 0.7 nmol/ml and 2.8 +/- 0.8 nmol/ml respectively) when compared with the control group (Mean ± S.D value was 0.9 +/- 0.2 nmol/ml) (p < 0.01). The mean TAC of HIV- 1 asymptomatic and HIV-1 symptomatic (Mean ± S.D values were 754.6 ± 135.6μmol/L and 676.6 ± 154.1μmol/L respectively) patients were significantly reduced compared with the control group (Mean ± S.D value was 1018.7 ± 125.6μmol/L) (p < 0.01). Also, there were significantly decreased levels of vitamin E, vitamin C and SOD among HIV- 1 seropositive patients(controls > asymptomatic > symptomatic) compared to controls (p < 0.01). TAC showed significant negative correlation with MDA among HIV-1 infected patients (p < 0.01). Conclusion:Our results clearly show that severe oxidative stress occurs in the HIV-1 seropositive patients in comparison with controls, and increases significantly with the progression of disease, i.e. HIV-1 symptomatics > asymptomatics > controls. TAC can be used as a novel early bio-chemical marker of oxidative stress in HIV-1 infected patients which may result in reduced tissue damage by free radicals and help to monitor and optimize antioxidant therapy in such patients.

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