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Current Alzheimer Research

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ISSN (Print): 1567-2050
ISSN (Online): 1875-5828

Increased Susceptibility to Plasma Lipid Peroxidation in Alzheimer Disease Patients

Author(s): Carmen Galbusera, Maurizio Facheris, Fulvio Magni, Gloria Galimberti, Gessica Sala, Lucia Tremolada, Valeria Isella, Franca Rosa Guerini, Ildebrando Appollonio, Marzia Galli-Kienle and Carlo Ferrarese

Volume 1, Issue 2, 2004

Page: [103 - 109] Pages: 7

DOI: 10.2174/1567205043332171

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Abstract

Oxidative stress, linked to Abeta-lipid interactions, plays a pathogenetic role in Alzheimers disease. We investigated modifications of lipid peroxidation products in plasma of 52 AD patients, 42 healthy controls and 16 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease where oxidative stress also plays a pathogenetic role. Final lipid peroxidation products were measured in plasma by thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) assay before and after ex vivo oxidative stress catalysed by copper. There were no significant changes at basal conditions, but after copperinduced oxidation TBARS levels were higher in AD patients (19.0 μM ± 2.2) versus both controls (5.2 μM ± 0.8, p < 0.001) and ALS patients (7.6 M ± 2.1, p < 0.01). Stimulated TBARS levels were significantly higher in mild and moderate AD (p < 0.0001) with respect to controls, but not in severe AD patients, with a significant inverse correlation between disease severity and lipid peroxidation (p < 0.005, r2=0.21). Treatment of a subgroup (13) of mild and moderate AD patients with vitamin C and E for three months decreased plasma lipoperoxidation susceptibility by 60%. Thus, oxidative stress, expressed as ex vivo susceptibility to lipid peroxidation, appears to be an early phenomenon, probably related to AD pathogenetic mechanisms.

Keywords: alzheimers disease, oxidative stress, tbars, beta amyloid, copper

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