Investigação de parâmetros de estresse oxidativo e inflamação em pacientes com doença de Fabry submetidos à terapia de reposição enzimática : correlações com globotriaosilceramida

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2012

RESUMO

Fabry disease (FD) is an X-linked inborn error of glycosphingolipid catabolism due to deficient activity of C-galactosidase A. Patients present as main findings angiokeratomas in skin and acroparesthesias and usually die in adult age of renal failure and stroke. As a consequence of the enzyme deficiency, the substrates (mainly globotriaosylceramide - Gb3) accumulate in body fluids and lysosomes of many cell types of organism. Since 2001, the available therapy for FD is the Enzyme Replacemente Therapy (ERT). Before that, treatment was just for the symptoms. Some pathophysiology hypotheses are intimately linked to reactive species production and inflammation, but until this moment there were no in vivo studies about it. Hence, the aim of this study was to investigate oxidative stress parameters, pro-inflammatory cytokines and Gb3 in patients with FD under treatment with ERT and, finally, to establish a possible relation between them. We analyzed blood and urine samples of Fabry patients under ERT (n=14) and healthy age-matched controls (n=14). Patients presented decreased levels of antioxidant defenses, assessed by glutathione (GSH), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity and increased superoxide dismutase/catalase (SOD/CAT) ratio in erythrocytes. Concerning to the damage to biomolecules (lipids and proteins), we verified in patients increase of malondialdehyde (MDA) and protein carbonyl groups in plasma and of dityrosine (di-Tyr) in urine. The pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-C were also increased in plasma from patients. Urinary Gb3 presented significant direct correlation with the plasma levels of IL-6, carbonyl groups and MDA. IL-6 was directly and significantly correlated with di-Tyr and inversely correlated with GPx activity. This data suggest that a pro-inflammatory and pro-oxidant state occur, are correlated and seem to be induced by Gb3 in Fabry patients under ERT treatment.

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erros inatos do metabolismo doença de fabry estresse oxidativo antioxidantes inflamação terapia de reposição de enzimas

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