The intensity of oxidative stress and systemic inflammation in patients with a combination of bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Abstract

Background. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma, when combined in one patient, are characterized by a low level of control. Excess weight aggravates the course of obstructive diseases. The study of the features of this syntropy will improve the effectiveness of therapeutic measures.

Aim. The study of the level of cytokines and carbonylated proteins in patients with a combination of bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with overweight and normal weight during an exacerbation.

Material and methods. The study included 136 people: the first group — a combination of bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (n=30), the second — bronchial asthma (n=36), the third — chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (n=29), the fourth — volunteers without respiratory diseases (n=41). Each group was divided into two subgroups depending on the body mass index (less than 25 kg/m² or 25 kg/m² and more). The concentrations of interleukins-6 and -8, tumor necrosis factor α in blood plasma were determined by enzyme immunoassay. The level of carbonylated plasma proteins was assessed spectrophotometrically. Statistical processing was performed in the Statistica 10.0 program using nonparametric criteria. The correlation of the studied parameters was assessed using the Spearman coefficient.

Results. In patients with a combination of bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, statistically significant positive correlations between the levels of interleukins-6 and -8, tumor necrosis factor α and carbonylated proteins were found — 0.51, 0.59 and 0.55, respectively (p <0.05). Patients of the first group with overweight differed by 37.5% in higher levels of interleukin-6 compared with patients with body mass index <25 kg/m².

Conclusion. The intensity of systemic inflammation in patients with a combination of bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during exacerbation correlates with the intensity of oxidative damage.

Keywords

bronchial asthma / COPD / overweight / cytokines / carbonylated proteins

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Исследование проведено при поддержке ФГБОУ ВО РязГМУ Минздрава России

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