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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-6
pubmed:abstractText
Aceruloplasminemia is a newly recognized autosomal recessive disorder of iron metabolism that causes neurodegeneration of the retina and basal ganglia as well as diabetes mellitus. Our previous studies suggested that increased susceptibility to plasma lipid peroxidation secondary to iron accumulation may contribute to the pathogenesis in this disease. We now have identified increases in the very long-chain fatty acids cis-17-hexacosenoic (C26:1) and hexacosanoic (C26:0) acid in the erythrocyte membranes of three family members affected with aceruloplasminemia. All of them had elevated C26:1/C22:0 and C26:0/C22:0 ratios. These findings suggest that free radicals generated in persons with aceruloplasminemia may interrupt the peroxisomal beta-oxidation of fatty acids.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0028-3878
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
130-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Increased very long-chain fatty acids in erythrocyte membranes of patients with aceruloplasminemia.
pubmed:affiliation
The First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't