Local and systemic oxidant/antioxidant status before and during lung cancer radiotherapy
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Free Radical Research
- Vol. 43 (7), 646-657
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10715760902942824
Abstract
To examine local and systemic oxidative status of lung cancer (LC) and oxidant effects of radiotherapy (RT), this study evaluated antioxidants and markers of oxidative and nitrosative stress in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and in the blood of 36 LC patients and 36 non-cancer controls at baseline and during and after RT for LC. LC patients had higher baseline serum urate, plasma nitrite and lower serum oxidized proteins than controls (p=0.016, p<0.001 and p=0.027, respectively), but BAL fluid oxidative stress markers were similar. RT tended to raise some antioxidants, however, significant increases were seen in serum urate, conjugated dienes and TBARS (p=0.044, p=0.034 and p=0.004, respectively) 3 months after RT. High urate at baseline may compensate against the oxidative stress caused by LC. RT shifts the oxidant/antioxidant balance towards lipid peroxidation, although the antioxidant defense mechanisms of the body appear to counteract the increased oxidative stress rather effectively.Keywords
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