title: Effect of acute myocardial infarction on erythrocytic glutathione peroxidase 1 activity and plasma vitamin e levels.
abstract: Glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPX-1) has an important role in antioxidant defense and has been suggested to have a protective role against the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. In the present study, erythrocytic GPX-1 activity from 42 patients with acute myocardial infarction and 285 healthy control subjects of Taiwanese origin were determined. Our data showed that mean GPX-1 activity decreased in patients with acute myocardial infarction (40.7 +/- 9.2 vs 47.3 +/- 16.6 U/g hemoglobin; p <0.001). There was a significant inverse correlation between GPX-1 activity and acute myocardial infarction incidence (p = 0.032). In addition, plasma vitamin E inversely correlated with acute myocardial infarction incidence (p = 0.017). The incidence of acute myocardial infarction increased only in patients with low plasma vitamin E and low erythrocytic GPX-1 activity, but not in those with high vitamin E and low GPX-1 activity, low vitamin E and high GPX-1 activity, or high vitamin E and high GPX-1 activity. In conclusion, acute myocardial infarction incidence significantly increased in patients with a concomitant decrease in plasma vitamin E and erythrocytic GPX-1 activity, suggesting that both GPX-1 and vitamin E may be valuable markers for monitoring cardiovascular events, particularly when used in combination.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Medical Biotechnology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-san, Tao-yuan, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Mei-ling
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Chin-ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hung-yao
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Jui-ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Daniel Tsun-yee
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D005260:Female; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000453:epidemiology; D013624:Taiwan; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood*; D000094765:Glutathione Peroxidase GPX1
chemical_list: D014810:Vitamin E; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D000094765:Glutathione Peroxidase GPX1; C000722067:GPX1 protein, human