N-acetyltransferase 2 phenotype may be associated with susceptibility to age-related cataract.

Abstract:

:Free radicals and oxidative damage play roles in aging and age-related ocular diseases such as cataracts, so defensive mechanisms become important factors for protection. Because N-acetylation is involved in a wide variety of detoxification processes, this study was conducted to examine the relationship between the acetylator phenotypes and genotypes in a group of patients with age-related cataract. Sixty-one cases of age-related cataract and 104 controls were included in this study. Blood was collected in EDTA-containing tubes, and genomic DNA was extracted from the white blood cells by high pure PCR template preparation kit. Genotyping of NAT2 polymorphisms were detected by using a LightCycler-NAT2 mutation detection kit in real-time PCR. There was a significant difference in the distribution of the NAT2*6A acetylator phenotype between cases and the controls. The odds ratio of cataract for the NAT2*6A slow phenotype was 3.8 (95% CI = 1.08 to 13.11, p = 0.032) compared with the fast type. Our results suggest that slow acetylators are at higher risk of developing age-related cataracts than fast acetylators. As NAT2 is an important xenobiotic-metabolizing enzyme and theoretically xenobiotics such as ultraviolet B radiation, smoking, and alcohol use may induce cataract formation, NAT2 gene polymorphisms may be associated with genetic susceptibility of cataract.

journal_name

Curr Eye Res

journal_title

Current eye research

authors

Tamer L,Yilmaz A,Yildirim H,Ayaz L,Ates NA,Karakas S,Oz O,Yildirim O,Atik U

doi

10.1080/02713680591003799

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-10-01 00:00:00

pages

835-9

issue

10

eissn

0271-3683

issn

1460-2202

pii

P179756470538508

journal_volume

30

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