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The relation between oxidant and antioxidant parameters and severity of acute coronary syndromes

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Pages 373-380 | Received 29 Nov 2006, Accepted 13 Apr 2007, Published online: 23 May 2017
 

Abstract

Objective — Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) encompass a continuum of cardiac ischaemic events, ranging from unstable angina pectoris (UA) to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Oxidative stress may play an important role in the pathogenesis of acute coronary diseases. In the present study, we examined the associations between lipid and protein susceptibility to oxidation and total sialic acid (SA) and antioxidant status and the severity of ACS as determined by having UA, non-STEMI or STEMI.

Methods and results — The study sample consisted of 102 patients with ACS and 45 controls. Malondialdehyde (MDA) as a marker of lipid peroxidation and protein carbonyls as a marker of protein oxidation were measured to show the susceptibility to oxidation.Antioxidant status was determined by measuring the carotenoids, vitamin C and vitamin E levels and paraoxonase and arylesterase activities. In addition to conventional lipid and lipoprotein analysis, MDA and vitamin E were quantitated by high-performance liquid chromatography.Total SA and other oxidant and antioxidant parameters were studied spectrophotometrically.As expected, patients had significantly higher total cholesterol, triacylglycerol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, lipoprotein (a), apolipoprotein (apo) B values and lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and apoAI values than controls. Our results demonstrated significant increases both in total SA levels and in indicators of oxidative stress in patients with ACS compared with the controls. However, antioxidant parameters were decreased in patients with ACS. When the patients were divided into groups with UA, non-STEMI and STEMI, respectively, total SA and oxidant parameters were significantly increased and antioxidant parameters were significantly decreased in going from UA to STEMI.

Conclusions — Our study shows gradually increased lipid and protein oxidation and total SA and gradually decreased antioxidant status when the conditions advance from UA to STEMI.These results indicate that these markers may be useful both in understanding plaque destabilization and in determination of risk stratification of patients. Also, measurement of these markers may provide a noninvasive window to study atherosclerotic lesions.

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