Evaluation of oxidative stress in Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) patients

doi:10.1186/1746-1596-2-22

Diagnostic Pathology

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Evaluation of oxidative stress in Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) patients

Vadde Ramakrishna¹^,2 and Rama Jailkhani¹

¹Department of Biochemistry, Shri B.M. Patil Medical College, Bijapur 586 103, India

²Department of Biotechnology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur 515 003, India

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Diagnostic Pathology 2007, 2:22doi:10.1186/1746-1596-2-22


Published:	1 July 2007

Abstract

Background

Free radical mediated oxidative stress is mainly involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications. Proteins and lipids are among the prime targets for oxidative stress. In the present study, we evaluated the oxidative stress in chronic IDDM patients by estimating the lipid peroxidation, protein oxidation, and antioxidants status.

Subjects and design

A total of 35 (15 IDDM + 20 normal healthy) children were examined in the study and estimated the lipid peroxidation, protein oxidation, and antioxidants – vitamin A (β-carotene, retinol), vitamin C, vitamin E and enzymatic antioxidants and nitric oxide.

Results

A statistically significant higher values of protein carbonyl groups and MDA as lipid peroxides were observed in diabetic patients with slight reduction in the synthesis of nitric oxide. It is interesting to note that there was a decrease in the antioxidant levels with corresponding increased protein and lipid oxidation. On PAGE under native conditions, we observed decreased levels of proteins – albumin, transferrin, ceruloplasmin and heptoglobulins and variable GC globulin fractions in IDDM compared to normal healthy controls.

Conclusion

Hyperglycemia induces the overproduction of oxygen free radicals and consequently increases the protein oxidation and lipid oxidation. A significance difference in the mean plasma concentration of total antioxidant status was observed in IDDM patients. The findings of the present study suggest that diabetes in an altered metabolic state of oxidation-reduction and that it is convenient to give therapeutic interventions with antioxidants.