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Increasing evidence indicates the involvement of immune reactions in the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease. We have investigated whether ethanol-induced oxidative stress might contribute to immune response in alcoholics. Antibodies against human serum albumin modified by reaction with malondialdehyde (MDA), 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE), 2-hexenal, acrolein, methylglyoxal, and oxidized arachidonic and linoleic acids were measured by ELISA in 78 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and/or hepatitis, 50 patients with nonalcoholic cirrhosis, 23 heavy drinkers with fatty liver, and 80 controls. Titers of IgG-recognizing epitopes derived from MDA, HNE, and oxidized fatty acids were significantly higher in alcoholic as compared to nonalcoholic cirrhotics or healthy controls. No differences were instead observed in the titers of IgG-recognizing acrolein-, 2-hexenal-, and methylglyoxal-modified albumin. Alcoholics showing high IgG titers to one adduct tended to have high titers to all the others. However, competition experiments showed that the antigens recognized were structurally unrelated. Anti-MDA and anti-HNE antibodies were significantly higher in cirrhotics with more severe disease as well as in heavy drinkers with cirrhosis or extensive fibrosis than in those with fatty liver only. We conclude that antigens derived from lipid peroxidation contribute to the development of immune responses associated with alcoholic liver disease. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc.
Author(s): Day CP; Mottaran E; Stewart SF; Rolla R; Vay D; Cipriani V; Moretti M; Vidali M; Sartori M; Rigamonti C; Albano E
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Free Radical Biology & Medicine
Year: 2002
Volume: 32
Issue: 1
Pages: 38-45
ISSN (print): 0891-5849
ISSN (electronic): 1873-4596
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0891-5849(01)00757-2
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(01)00757-2
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