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Purpose   To investigate systemic oxidative stress-induced DNA damage in patients with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PXG), we estimated plasma levels of 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) as a marker for oxidative DNA damage in comparison to controls. In addition, we also examined a combined effect of lysyl oxidase-like 1 ( LOXL1 ) polymorphism status and 8-OHdG levels on PXG risk.Materials and Methods   A retrospective case-control study was performed to estimate plasma levels of 8-OHdG in 41 PXG patients and 45 nonglaucomatous controls using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The assay was performed in duplicate on an automated ELISA analyzer. Two common polymorphisms (rs1048661 and rs3835942) in  LOXL1  gene were genotyped by Sanger sequencing.Results   The mean and median levels of 8-OHdG were significantly increased in the PXG cases ( p =0.032) and male subjects ( p =0.041). Subjects with levels greater than the third quartile (75% percentile) exhibited a significant increased risk of PXG (odds ratio = 4.06, 95% confidence interval (CI = 1.11–14.80,  p =0.029)). Within- and between-group comparisons showed that the mean levels were higher in individuals carrying the  LOXL1  risk variant (G/G), but not statistically significant. In logistic regression analysis, both 8-OHdG ( p =0.044) and rs3835942 ( p =0.012) showed a statistically significant effect on the PXG outcome. However, the effect was lost when age, sex, and rs1048661 were included. A significant positive correlation was observed between 8-OHdG levels and intraocular pressure ( R =0.284,  p =0.008) and cup/disc ratio ( R =0.233,  p =0.031). Furthermore, in receiver operating characteristic analysis, the area under the curve was statistically significant ( p =0.032) with a value of 0.635 (95% CI = 0.518–0.751).Conclusion   The study demonstrates an association of increased plasma levels of 8-OHdG in patients with PXG, supporting the role of oxidative stress, and increased oxidative DNA damage in PXG development.

Increased Plasma Levels of 8-Hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) in Patients with Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma