title: Genetic deficiency of a mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase increases serum lipid peroxides in community-dwelling females.
abstract: Mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) plays a major role in acetaldehyde detoxification. The alcohol sensitivity is associated with a genetic deficiency of ALDH2. We and others have previously reported that such a deficiency influences the risk for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD), hypertension, and myocardial infarction. Then we tried to find phenotypes to which the ALDH2 polymorphism contributes by conducting several evaluations including biochemical and functional analyses of various tissues in a community-dwelling population. Several serum proteins, lipids, and lipid peroxides (LPO) levels showed differences between the nondefective (ALDH2*1/1) and defective (ALDH2*1/2 and ALDH2*2/2) ALDH2 individuals. However, alcohol-drinking behavior is known to affect these evaluations. Thus, we excluded the effects of alcohol-drinking behavior from the association with the ALDH2-deficient genotype through correction and found that the concentration of LPO was significantly lower in the nondefective ALDH2 females than the defective females. The effect of frequent alcohol-drinking behavior in males seems to override the phenotype of the high serum LPO level. These results indicate that the ALDH2 deficiency may enhance oxidative stress in vivo. Thus, these findings suggest that ALDH2 functions as a protector against oxidative stress and the decrease in protection may influence the onset of AD, hypertension, and myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Development and Aging Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-396 Kosugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211-8533, Japan.
authors.forename: Ikuroh
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ohsawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Development and Aging Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-396 Kosugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211-8533, Japan.|Division of Psychiatry and Behavioral Proteomics, Department of Post-Genomics and Diseases, Osaka University Graduate Medical School, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Kouzin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamino
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Development and Aging Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-396 Kosugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211-8533, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagasaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, Obu, Aichi 474-8522, Japan.
authors.forename: Fujiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, Obu, Aichi 474-8522, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoakira
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Niino
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, Obu, Aichi 474-8522, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimokata
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Development and Aging Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-396 Kosugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211-8533, Japan. ohta@nms.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D028361:Mitochondrial Diseases / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D008054:Lipid Peroxides