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Paraoxonase gene polymorphisms and plasma oxidized low-density lipoprotein level as possible risk factors for exudative age-related macular degeneration.

PURPOSE: Paraoxonase (E.C.3.1.1.2) is a polymorphic protein shown to prevent low-density lipoprotein oxidation. Our purpose is to evaluate the hypothesis that paraoxonase gene polymorphisms and plasma oxidized low-density lipoprotein level play a role in the occurrence of exudative age-related macular degeneration.

METHODS: We analyzed paraoxonase genotypes (A/B, Gln-Arg192 and L/M, Leu-Met54) and plasma oxidized low-density lipoprotein levels in 72 unrelated Japanese patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration and compared the results with those of 140 age-matched and sex-matched control subjects.

RESULTS: The distribution of paraoxonase 192 and paraoxonase 54 polymorphisms was significantly different between the patients with age-related macular degeneration and control subjects (chi-square = 6.226, P =.0445, and chi-square = 6.863, P =.0323, respectively). The high frequency of the BB genotype at position 192 was observed in the exudative age-related macular degeneration group compared with control subjects (52.8% vs 35.0%, respectively; P =.0127). The high frequency of the LL genotype at position 54 was observed in the patients more than the controls (91.7% vs 77.1%, respectively; P =.0090). The mean (+/- SE) oxidized low-density lipoprotein levels in the patients was significantly higher than in the controls (19.1 +/- 1.0 vs 16.2 +/- 0.6 U/ml, P <.01).

CONCLUSION: These results indicate that the paraoxonase gene polymorphisms may represent a possible genetic risk factor for age-related macular degeneration and that increased plasma oxidized low-density lipoprotein may be involved in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration.

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