Thiol/disulfide homeostasis in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome

Thiol/disulfide homeostasis in pSS

  • Nuray YILMAZ CAKMAK MD; Ankara City Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
  • Salih BASER Yıldırım Beyazıt University Ankara City Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine
  • Sükran ERTEN MD, Prof; Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara City Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey
  • Emin GEMCIOGLU MD; Ankara City Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9751-8452
  • Ozcan EREL MD, Prof; Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara City Hospital, Department of Medical Biochemistry Ankara, Turkey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/jomb0-27281
Keywords: Primary Sjögren's syndrome, Oxidative stress, Thiol/disulfide homeostasis

Abstract


ABSTRACT

Background/aim

Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a disease associated with the overexpression of proinflammatory cytokines, and oxidative stress is one of the factors responsible for its etiopathogenesis. This study aimed to investigate the thiol/disulfide homeostasis in pSS patients.

Materials and Methods

The study included 68 pSS patients and 69 healthy controls. Thiol/disulfide homeostasis (total thiol, native thiol, and disulfide levels) was measured using the automatic spectrophotometric method developed by Erel and Neselioglu, and the results of the 2 groups were compared.

Results

The gender and age distributions of the pSS and control groups were similar (P = 1.000 and P = 0.065). Total thiol and native thiol levels were lower in the pSS group than in the control group (470.08 ± 33.65 µmol/L vs. 528.21 ± 44.99 µmol/L, P < 0.001, and 439.14 ± 30.67 µmol/L vs. 497.56 ± 46.70 µmol/L, P < 0.001, respectively). There were no differences in disulfide levels  between groups [17.00 (range0.70–217.0) µmol/L vs. 14.95 (range 2.10–40.10) µmol/L, P = 0.195].

Conclusion

It was concluded that the thiol/disulfide balance shifted towards disulfide in patients with pSS.

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Published
2020/11/06
Issue
Vol. 40 No. 3 (2021): Journal of Medical Biochemistry
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