title: Decrease of the inhibition of lipid peroxidation by glutathione-dependent system in erythrocytes of non-insulin dependent diabetics.
abstract: The inhibition of lipid peroxidation of erythrocyte membranes by glutathione-dependent protection was studied in patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Incubation of red cells from diabetics with 1.5 mM t-butyl hydroperoxide resulted in a lipid peroxidation increase greater than that of normal controls. Glutathione-dependent and glutathione-independent protection against oxidative damage was examined using an artificial system, in which erythrocyte ghosts were incubated with t-butyl peroxide and dialysed hemolysate in the presence or the absence of 2 mM glutathione. The glutathione-dependent protection of hemolysate from diabetics was approximately 70% of that from normal controls. The results suggest that decrease in glutathione-dependent protection against lipid peroxidation, along with decrease in glutathione levels, increases oxidative damage in erythrocyte membranes taken from diabetic patients.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawakami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood*; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005978:Glutathione / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D005978:Glutathione