Relationship between ultrasonographic liver steatosis degree and oxidative/nitrosative stress in patients diagnosed with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease

Year 2024, Volume: 6 Issue: 6, 391 - 396, 28.10.2024

Kamil Doğan , Ergül Belge Kurutaş , Velid Ünsal , Murat İspiroğlu , Mürvet Yüksel

Abstract

Aims: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) remains the most common chronic liver disease worldwide. It is considered to be a complication of metabolic syndrome. The main element in intra- and extrahepatic disorders in MASLD is oxidative/nitrosative stress (ONS). The relationship between the increase and decrease in these markers and the degree of liver steatosis defined sonographically has not been specifically studied before.
Methods: Patients in the MASLD spectrum were divided into 3 groups according to the degree of liver steatosis on ultrasonography (US). Patients without liver steatosis on US were taken as the control group. Nitric oxide (NO), malondialdehyde (MDA), catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were studied in the blood of these patients.
Results: Changes in the degree of liver steatosis on US and changes in the studied parameters were found to be statistically significant. In addition, the cut-off values of NO and MDA were shown to be 8.98 and 2.375, respectively, in distinguishing the healthy control group from the patient group.
Discussion: As the degree of liver steatosis increases on US, NO and MDA levels increase, while antioxidant enzymes CAT and SOD levels decrease. NO and MDA can be used to distinguish healthy and patient groups in the preliminary diagnosis of MASLD.
Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between the degree of liver steatosis on US and ONS parameters.

Keywords

Oxidative/nitrosative stress, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, ultrasonography

Ethical Statement

Ethics committee approval was obtained for this study from the local tertiary university hospital Medical Faculty Local Ethics Committee (2022/37 decision no: 06, Decision: Positive). The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained from patients in the patient group and control group.

Supporting Institution

No

Nonalkolik Yağlı Karaciğer Tanısı Alan Hastalarda Ultrasonografik Karaciğer Steatozis Derecesi ile Oksidatif/Nitrozatif Stres Arasındaki İlişki

Abstract

Giriş: Metabolik disfonksiyonla ilişkili steatotik karaciğer hastalığı (MASLD), dünya çapında en sık görülen kronik karaciğer hastalığıdır. Metabolik sendromun bir komplikasyonu olarak kabul edilir. MASLD'deki intra- ve ekstrahepatik bozukluklardaki temel unsur, oksidatif türlerde artış ve antioksidan sistemlerde azalma ile oluşan oksidatif strestir. Bu belirteçlerdeki artış ve azalış ile sonografik olarak tanımlanan karaciğer steatozu derecesi arasındaki ilişki daha önce özel olarak incelenmemiştir.
Materyal ve yöntem: MASLD spektrumundaki hastalar, US'deki karaciğer steatozu derecesine göre 3 gruba ayrıldı. US'de karaciğer steatozu olmayan hastalar kontrol grubu olarak alındı. Bu hastaların kanında nitrik oksit (NO), maledialdehit (MDA), katalaz (CAT) ve süperoksit dismutaz (SOD) çalışıldı.
Sonuçlar: US'de karaciğer steatozu derecesindeki değişiklikler ve çalışılan parametrelerdeki değişiklikler istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulundu. Ayrıca, NO ve maledialdehitin kesme değerlerinin sağlıklı kontrol grubunu hasta grubundan ayırmada sırasıyla 8,98 ve 2,375 olduğu gösterildi.
Tartışma: US'de karaciğer yağlanması derecesi arttıkça NO ve MDA düzeyleri artarken, antioksidan enzimler CAT ve SOD düzeyleri azalır. NO ve MDA, MASLD'nin ön tanısında sağlıklı ve hasta gruplarını ayırt etmek için kullanılabilir.
Sonuç: ABD'de karaciğer yağlanması derecesi ile Oksidatif/nitrozatif stres parametreleri arasında anlamlı bir ilişki vardır.

Keywords

Ultrasonografi, Oksidatif/nitrozatif stres, Metabolik disfonksiyonla ilişkili karaciğer yağlanması

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