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Microalbuminuria and oxidative stress in essential hypertension
Author(s) -
Giner V.,
Tormos C.,
Chaves F. J.,
Sáez G.,
Redón J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2003.01280.x
Subject(s) - microalbuminuria , medicine , glutathione , oxidative stress , endocrinology , ambulatory blood pressure , blood pressure , essential hypertension , deoxyguanosine , body mass index , urine , biochemistry , chemistry , enzyme
. Objective. To assess the relationship between microalbuminuria and oxidative stress in mononuclear peripherals cells in essential hypertension. Methods. A total of 123 hypertensive patients in absence of antihypertensive treatment were included. A 24‐h ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring was performed using a Spacelabs 90207 monitor, and microalbuminuria was measured in 24‐h urine collections. Oxidized/reduced glutathione ratio and the content of malondialdehide and damaged base 8‐oxo‐2′‐deoxyguanosine in genomic and mitochondrial DNA were measured in peripheral mononuclear cells. Results. In the 29 (24%) microalbuminuric subjects, the amount of reduced glutathione was significantly lower and the ratio oxidized/reduced glutathione was significantly higher than in the normoalbuminuric subjects. In contrast, the simultaneous measurement of the levels of malondialdehide and 8‐oxo‐2′‐deoxyguanosine from both genomic and mitochondrial DNA oxidation did not achieve statistical significance between the two groups. Subjects with the highest oxidized/reduced glutathione ratio tertile showed the highest urinary albumin excretion (UAE) ( P = 0.04 for trend). In a stepwise multiple regression analysis, oxidized/reduced glutathione ratio was the main significant determinant of UAE accounting for the 9% of the variance when 24‐h mean BP, age, sex, body mass index, glucose and total cholesterol were included in the model. Conclusions. Oxidative stress seems to be a determinant of UAE independent of BP levels even in hypertensive subjects.