Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology
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Investigation of Dynamic Thiol/Disulfide Homeostasis and Nitrosative Stress in Patients with Wilson Disease

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Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey

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Department of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey

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Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey

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Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey

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Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Rumeli University, Istanbul, Turkey

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Vocational School of Health Services, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey

Turk J Gastroenterol 2021; 32: 765-773
DOI: 10.5152/tjg.2021.20549
Read: 1136 Downloads: 526 Published: 01 September 2021

Background: Wilson disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder of copper (Cu2+) metabolism, resulting in Cu2+ accumulation and liver and central nervous system toxicity. Oxidative stress may have a role in the pathogenesis of Wilson disease, but the roles of thiol/disulfide homeostasis and nitrosative stress have not been examined. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether there is a modification in thiol/disulfide homeostasis and nitrosative stress in patients with Wilson disease.

Methods: A total of 50 patients with Wilson disease (42 under drug treatment and 8 newly diagnosed patients with no drug treatment) and 50 healthy gender- and age-matched controls were enrolled for this study. Serum native thiol and total thiol levels were measured with a spectrophotometric method. The number of disulfide bonds and the related ratios were determined from these measurements. Serum nitric oxide (NO) and 3-nitrotyrosine (3-NT) levels were analyzed using chemiluminescence and ELISA assays, respectively.

Results: The average native thiol levels of the patient group under drug treatment were found to be markedly higher than the levels of controls (P < .05). We detected no marked changes in total thiol and disulfide levels, and disulfide/total thiol, disulfide/native thiol, or
native thiol/total thiol ratios between groups. We found significant elevations in NO levels in Wilson disease group before drug treatment, and the 3-NT levels in the Wilson disease groups prior to (P < .05) and under drug treatment (P < .01), when compared to controls.

Conclusion: Our data are the first to show that nitrosative stress and thiol/disulfide homeostasis can contribute to the pathogenesis of Wilson disease.

Cite this article as: Yücel EM, Konduk BT, Saracaloglu A, et al. Investigation of dynamic thiol/disulfide homeostasis and nitrosative stress in patients with wilson disease. Turk J Gastroenterol. 2021; 32(9): 765-773.

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