title: Evidence against increased oxidative DNA-damage in Down syndrome.
abstract: In Down syndrome (DS), oxidative DNA-damage may play a role in the pathogenesis of characteristic mental retardation and precocious dementia of Alzheimer type. We measured the oxidized nucleoside, 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), in nuclear DNA (nDNA) isolated from four different regions of cerebral cortex and cerebellum in 10 adult DS and 10 Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients compared to normal controls. Levels of 8-OHdG in post-mortem brain tissue were investigated by means of high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. There was no significant increase in DS and AD compared to controls in any of the brain regions. Highest amounts of 8-OHdG were in temporal cortex in DS (180.0 +/- 9.6 nmol/g wet weight tissue), AD (172.4 +/- 14.6 nmol/g wet weight tissue) and controls (183.4 +/- 12.7 nmol/g). We conclude that the results provide evidence against an increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced damage to nDNA in DS and AD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seidl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Greber
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schuller
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bernert
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cairns
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lubec
mesh_terms: D000080242:8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004249:DNA Damage; D003849:Deoxyguanosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D000080242:8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine; D003849:Deoxyguanosine