Differential malondialdehyde (MDA) detection in plasma samples of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD): A potential biomarker
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Major depressive disorder (MDD) Oxidative stress Malondialdehyde (MDA) Plasma biomarker
Date
2022-05-25Referencia bibliográfica
Alvarez-Mon, M. A... [et al.] (2022). Differential malondialdehyde (MDA) detection in plasma samples of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD): A potential biomarker. Journal of International Medical Research. [https://doi.org/10.1177/03000605221094995]
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Fondo de Investigaci~on de la Seguridad Social, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain PI18/01726 PI19/00766; Programa de Actividades de IthornD de la Comunidad de Madrid en Biomedicina B2017/BMD3804Abstract
Objective: To measure plasma levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), a marker of oxidative stress
(OS), in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) compared with healthy control (HC)
subjects in order to determine if it is a possible biomarker of depression. Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study enrolled patients with MDD and HC subjects.
The plasma levels of MDA were measured using a commercially-available colorimetric assay.
Results: A total of 30 patients with MDD and 20 HC subjects with similar sex, age and body
mass index distribution were enrolled in the study. Patients with MDD had significantly higher
plasma levels of MDA than the HC subjects. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis for
plasma MDA levels in patients with MDD demonstrated an area under the curve of 0.9767.
Conclusion: The findings of this current study provide further evidence of the role pathophysiological
relevance of OS and MDA in MDD. This study provides the basis for the use of MDA as a
biomarker for MDD.