ORBi: Pincemail Joël - Evaluation of Autoantibodies against Oxidized Ldl and Antioxidant Status in Top Soccer and Basketball Players after 4 Months of Competition

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	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Life sciences : Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/112536

Title :	Evaluation of Autoantibodies against Oxidized Ldl and Antioxidant Status in Top Soccer and Basketball Players after 4 Months of Competition
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Pincemail, Joël [Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Chirurgie cardio-vasculaire >]
	Lecomte, J. [> >]
	Castiau, J. [> > > >]
	Collard, E. [> > > >]
	Vasankari, T. [> > > >]
	Cheramy-Bien, Jean-Paul [Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Chirurgie cardio-vasculaire >]
	Limet, Raymond [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences cliniques > Chirurgie cardio-vasculaire et thoracique]
	Defraigne, Jean-Olivier [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Biochimie générale, bioch. et path. humaine et pathologiques]
Publication date :	10-Feb-2000
Journal title :	Free Radical Biology & Medicine
Volume :	28
Issue/season :	4
Pages :	559-65
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBi)
Audience :	International
ISSN :	0891-5849
Abstract :	[en] Antioxidant status and titers of autoantibodies against oxidized low-density lipoproteins (ox-LDL-Ab) were investigated in top soccer (S; n = 21, age 24.6 +/- 4.3 years) and basketball (B; n 3,000 mIU/ml) in ox-LDL-Ab were found in half the players (12S and 4B) with a maximum reaching 6000 mIU/ml (normal range: 200-600 mIU/ml), showing an in vivo LDL oxidation. There was no correlation between ox-LDL-Ab titers and chlolesterol, LDL cholesterol, or antioxidant levels. Nevertheless, plasma vitamin C concentration was lower in athletes having high levels of ox-LDL-Ab when compared with those with normal levels (8.49 +/- 3.14 mirogram/ml vs. 10.39 +/- 2.55 microgram/ml), but this difference was not statistically significant. In conclusion, our data suggest that potential atherogenic and cardiovascular risks as reflected by high titers in ox-LDL-Ab may exist in some top athletes despite a nonaltered antioxidant status.
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