Abstract
In blood, the hydrogen peroxide concentration is regulated by catalase. Decreased activity of catalase may lead to increased hydrogen peroxide concentration, which may contribute to the manifestation of age-related disease. The aim of this study is to examine association of decreased blood catalase activity and catalase exon mutations in patients (n=617) with diabetes (n=380), microcytic anemia (n=58), beta-thalassemia (n=43) and presbycusis (n=136) and in controls (n=295). Overall, 51 patients (8.3%) had less than half of normal blood catalase activity. Their genomic DNA was used for mutation screening of all exons and exon/intron boundaries with polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) and PCR-heteroduplex analyses, and mutations were verified with nucleotide sequencing. Seven patients (type 2 diabetes (n=3), gestational diabetes (n=1), microcytic anemia (n=2)) had four novel catalase exon mutations namely, c.106_107insC, p.G36Afs*5(n=3, Hungarian type G1), c.379C>T, p.R127Y (n=2, Hungarian type H1), c.390T>C, p.R129L, (n=1, Hungarian type H2) and c.431A>T, p.N143V (n=1, Hungarian type H3). In patients with decreased blood catalase, the incidence of acatalasemia mutations was significantly ...Continue Reading
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