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Paraoxonase-1 polymorphisms and cerebral ischemic stroke: pilot study in mexican patients
Martínez-Salazar, María Fernanda; Soriano-Martínez, María de la Luz; Juantorena-Ugas, Alina; Almenares-Lópe, Damianys; Yescas, Petra; Boll, Marie-Catherine & Monroy-Noyola, Antonio
Abstract
Background: The serum paraoxonase-1 (PON1) associated to HDL
presents two common polymorphisms in the positions 192 and 55.
These polymorphisms are considered determinant of the capacity
of HDL to protect LDL from their oxidative modification. In this
context, the PON1 genotype has been associated with cardiovascular
diseases, including stroke.
Objective: To determine the allelic and genotypic frequencies of
PON1 L55M and Q192R as well as the enzymatic activities of PON1
in subjects with and without atherothrombotic stroke.
Methods: There were included 28 people with atherothrombotic
stroke and 29 without stroke. The genotyping was carried out by
PCR-RFLP and the phenotyping by measurement of the activities of
paraoxonase and arylesterase in serum.
Results: For the polymorphism Q192R, the allelic frequencies (Q/R)
were 0.46/0.54 and 0.48/0.52 (p= 0.843) for the control group and the
group with stroke, respectively. While for the polymorphism L55M,
the allelic frequencies (L/M) were 0.81/0.19 for the control group,
and 0.78/0.22 for the group with stroke (p= 0.610). The activity levels
of paraoxonase were not significantly different between the control
and stroke groups (450 vs. 348 UI/mL, p= 0.093) While the activity
levels of arylesterase were significantly different between the studied
groups (90 vs. 70 UI/mL, p= 0.001); however, upon adjustment by
multiple linear regression, it was not longer significant.
Conclusion: The polymorphisms Q192R and L55M, and the
paraoxonase activity of PON1 are not risk factors for atherothrombotic
stroke according to the results of this study.
Keywords
Atherosclerosis; stroke; aryldialkylphosphatase; single nucleotide polymorphism; arylesterase; carboxylic ester hydrolases
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