Plasma reactive oxygen species levels are correlated with severity of age-related hearing impairment in humans
Plasma reactive oxygen species levels are correlated with severity of age-related hearing impairment in humans
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DOI:
10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.10.012
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发表时间:
2012-09-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Liu, Tien-Chen
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作者:
Hwang, Juen-Haur;Chen, Jin-Cherng;Liu, Tien-Chen
To investigate the relationship between plasma reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels and severity of age-related hearing impairment in humans. We recruited 302 adult subjects aged 40-77 years with normal or symmetrical sensorineural hearing loss. The association of plasma ROS levels on pure tone average of low frequencies (PTA-low) and pure tone average of high frequencies (PTA-high) were analyzed. Luminol-dependent chemiluminescence signals, which reflect hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), hypochlorite (HOCl/OCl-) and hydroxyl radicals (center dot OH) levels, showed significant positive association with PTA-low and PTA-high after adjusting for age, gender, central obesity, systemic diseases, and health-related habits (smoking, drinking, antioxidant intake). Lucigenin-dependent chemiluminescence signals, which mainly reflect superoxide anion (O-2 center dot(-)) levels, showed significant positive association with PTA-low, but not with PTA-high after adjusting for other variables. We concluded that plasma ROS levels were associated with severity of age-related hearing impairment in humans. Various ROS may differently affect auditory dysfunctions. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.