Circulating Oxidative Stress Biomarkers in Clinical Studies on Type 2 Diabetes and Its Complications

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and its complications constitute a major worldwide public health problem, with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Biomarkers for predicting the occurrence and development of the disease may therefore offer benefits in terms of early diagnosis and intervention. This review provides an overview of human studies on circulating biomarkers of oxidative stress and antioxidant defence systems and discusses their usefulness from a clinical perspective. Most case-control studies documented an increase in biomarkers of oxidative lipid, protein, and nucleic acid damage in patients with prediabetes and in those with a diagnosis of T2DM compared to controls, and similar findings were reported in T2DM with micro- and macrovascular complications compared to those without. The inconsistence of the results regarding antioxidant defence systems renders difficulty to draw a general conclusion. The clinical relevance of biomarkers of oxidative lipid and protein damage for T2DM progression is uncertain, but prospective studies suggest that markers of oxidative nucleic acid damage such as 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine and 8-hydroxyguanosine are promising for predicting macrovascular complications of T2DM. Emerging evidence also points out the relationship between serum PON1 and serum HO1 in T2DM and its complications. Overall, enhanced oxidative damage represents an underlying mechanism of glucose toxicity in T2DM and its related micro- and macrovascular complications suggesting that it may be considered as a potential additional target for pharmacotherapy. Therefore, further studies are needed to understand whether targeting oxidative stress may yield clinical benefits. In this view, the measurement of oxidative stress biomarkers in clinical trials deserves to be considered as an additional tool to currently used parameters to facilitate a more individualized treatment of T2DM in terms of drug choice and patient selection.

1. Introduction

Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and its complications constitute a major worldwide public health problem, with high rates of morbidity and mortality [1]. T2DM is strongly associated with both microvascular (retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy) and macrovascular complications, including ischemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, and stroke [2]. Since T2DM often remains undiagnosed due to the mild or asymptomatic nature of this condition, vascular complications may be already present in the early phases of the disease and even in the prediabetic stage [3]. Biomarkers predictive of the occurrence and development of T2DM and its complications may therefore offer benefits in terms of early diagnosis and intervention, thus slowing down disease progression. Oxidative stress, defined as an imbalance between the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidant defence systems, has been often associated with the development of diabetes and its complications [4–6].

Several biomarkers of oxidative stress are available, including ROS themselves. However, since ROS are very reactive and have a short half-life, it is more suitable to estimate oxidative stress by measuring their oxidation target products, including lipid peroxidation, oxidized proteins, and oxidative nucleic acid damage [7].

In this review, we will provide an overview of human studies on circulating biomarkers of ROS-induced modifications of lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins as well as markers of antioxidant defence systems evaluated in the plasma, serum, or urines of T2DM patients and discuss their utility in predicting the onset and progression of the disease.

2. Overview on the Mechanisms of Oxidative Stress Generation and Antioxidant Defence Systems

ROS including superoxide (O₂^·-), hydroxyl radical (OH^·), hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), and singlet oxygen (¹O₂^-) are generated during normal aerobic metabolism, and low levels are necessary for several basic biological processes including cellular proliferation and differentiation [8, 9]. Many cell types can produce ROS including macrophages, neutrophils, and endothelial and epithelial cells; however, excessive production can induce oxidative stress with detrimental effects on cellular components such as nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids [10–13] (Figure 1).

Figure 1 

Mechanisms of hyperglycaemia-induced oxidative damage to nucleic acids, lipids and proteins. All abbreviations are spelled out in the text.

2.1. Sources of Oxidative Stress

Mitochondria have a major contribution to ROS production, particularly O₂^·-, a side product of electron transport during oxidative phosphorylation. H₂O₂ is produced in vivo by many reactions, easily crosses cellular membranes and, receiving one or more electrons from iron or copper, generates OH^·, the most abundant and damaging radical in the body, although very short-lived [14].

The two major ROS-generating enzymatic systems are nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase (NOX family) and xanthine oxidase (XO). Although the expression of NOX was initially thought to be confined to neutrophils and macrophages, it is also present in endothelial cells, cardiomyocytes, hematopoietic stem cells, and platelets [15]. During purine degradation, XO catalyses electron transfer to oxygen molecules which generates H₂O₂ and O₂^·- species [16]. Although with minor activity, other sources of ROS include myeloperoxidase (MPO), which contributes to the progression of atherosclerotic plaque by oxidizing LDL [15], lipoxygenase (LOX), cyclooxygenase (COX), and monoamine oxidases (MAO-A and MAO-B) [17]. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) normally produces the potent vasodilator NO^· by catalysing the conversion of L-arginine to L-citrulline, and in this process, the presence of cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH₄) is essential [18]. However, in the absence of either L-arginine or BH₄, eNOS can produce O₂^·-, in a phenomenon referred as “eNOS uncoupling” associated with increased ROS production in aging and cardiovascular diseases [18] (Figure 1).

2.2. Enzymatic and Nonenzymatic Antioxidant Defence Systems

The enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidant defence systems regulate ROS formation and protect biological systems from ROS-induced oxidative damage. Among the antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and paraoxonase (PON) are the most studied. The nonenzymatic sources of antioxidants include ascorbic acid, tocopherol, uric acid, and glutathione (GSH); the latter acts as a ROS scavenger, and it is the substrate of the GPx enzyme; during this reaction, GSH is oxidized to GSSG, and through glutathione reductase (GR) activity, it is reconverted to GSH with NADPH as cofactor. SOD catalyses the conversion of O₂^·- to H₂O₂ that can be converted to H₂O through the CAT enzyme [19] or through GSH by GPx [20]. PONs are a family of three enzymes able to hydrolyse aryl esters, lactones, and organophosphates, synthesized mainly in the liver and secreted into the plasma. PON1 is involved in lipid metabolism since it is a key functional constituent of HDL and protects low-density lipoprotein (LDL) from oxidation [21]. Among antioxidant protective systems, Nrf2 (nuclear factor-E2-related factor 2) is a transcription factor capable to induce a set of antioxidant and detoxification enzymes [22]. Under stressful conditions or in the presence of Nrf2-activating compounds, Nrf2 translocates to the nucleus to induce the expression of its target genes such as heme oxygenases (HOs), a family of enzymes that catalyses the degradation of heme producing biliverdin, ferrous iron, and carbon monoxide [23]. HO1 is localized in the brain, kidney, heart, liver, and vascular smooth muscle cells, and its induction is important in initiating protective mechanisms in response to stressful stimuli [24] (Figure 1).

3. Association between Oxidative Damage and Antioxidant Defence Systems with the Development of T2DM and Its Complications

Chronic hyperglycaemia leads to the generation of oxidative stress in pancreatic β-cells which are particularly vulnerable to the damaging effects of excessive ROS production because of their lower abundance of antioxidant defence enzymes, compared to other tissues [25]. Due to their ability to directly damage and oxidize DNA, protein and lipid ROS lead to β-cell dysfunction and death. In addition to macromolecular damage, ROS can activate a number of cellular stress-sensitive pathways that have been linked to insulin resistance and decreased insulin secretion [6]. The development of not only β-cell dysfunction and insulin resistance but also the late complications of diabetes has been linked to hyperglycaemia-induced oxidative stress through the four main molecular mechanisms: the polyol pathway, advanced glycation end product (AGE) formation, the protein kinase C- (PKC-) diacylglycerol (DAG), and the hexosamine pathways [26, 27]. Moreover, oxidative stress originates from the oxidative biochemistry of glucose itself, which undergoes autoxidation generating ROS which in turn can directly oxidize and damage DNA, RNA, proteins, and lipids activating a number of cellular stress-sensitive pathways that cause cellular damage in the endothelial cells of large and small vessels as well as in the myocardium engaging vicious cycles that further exacerbate organ dysfunction [5]. In fact, oxidative stress is associated with increased expression of proinflammatory cytokines, growth factors, procoagulant factors, adhesion molecules, and decreased nitric oxide release, all pathophysiological events leading to endothelial dysfunction and micro- and macrovascular diseases [28, 29] (Figure 2).

Figure 2 

Schematic diagram summarizing the damaging effects of oxidative stress-induced damage to nucleic acids, lipids, and proteins leading to the development and progression of diabetic complications including cardiomyopathy and cardiovascular diseases, retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy. All abbreviations are spelled out in the text.

3.1. AGEs in the Development of T2DM and Its Complications

In T2DM, the presence of persistently elevated glucose levels increases the frequency of AGEs, a heterogeneous group of compounds derived from the nonenzymatic glycation of proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids through the Maillard reaction [30]. Glycation, in addition to glycoxidation, can cause structural and functional impairments of plasma proteins in particular albumin [31], and it is involved in the pathophysiological mechanism of vascular diseases in T2DM [32]. By binding to their cell surface receptor (RAGE) on macrophages and endothelial cells, AGEs trigger a cascade of ROS generation and activation of proinflammatory pathways and profibrotic factors such as nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB), vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) involved in the progression of atherosclerosis and vascular pathology [33]. Immunohistochemical studies have shown that AGEs accumulate in the mesangium and glomerular capillary wall [34] and in the peripheral nerves of diabetic patients [35] suggesting their role in the pathogenesis of microvascular complications.

3.2. Lipid Peroxidation in the Development of T2DM and Its Complications

Bioactive products of lipid peroxidation induce disturbances in membrane organization, functional loss, and modifications of enzymes, carriers, and cytoskeletal and mitochondrial proteins as well as DNA bases leading to cell death or inducing alterations in the biochemical properties of these biomolecules [36].

3.3. Protein Oxidation in the Development of T2DM and Its Complications

The oxidative modification of proteins has been also linked to the pathological conditions of the vascular system: the most well-studied proteins are carbonylated proteins which accumulate as nonfunctional protein aggregates that can become cytotoxic [7].

Advanced oxidation protein products (AOPPs) are dityrosine-containing and crosslinking proteins found in atherosclerotic lesions and promote vascular inflammation, monocyte activation, and endothelial dysfunction through the overexpression of adhesion molecules such as ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 [37, 38].

3.4. Nucleic Acid Oxidative Damage in the Development of T2DM and Its Complications

Oxidative stress also leads to DNA damage and accumulation of 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) in atherosclerotic plaques [39] as well as in the kidney of diabetic rats [40]. Another possible mechanism by which DNA oxidation could be involved in the development of vasculopathy and atherosclerosis is the induction of cell senescence via telomeric or nontelomeric DNA damage [41]. RNA also undergoes significant oxidation forming 8-hydroxyguanosine (8-oxoGuo), which leads to ribosomal dysfunction, formation of nonfunctional or truncated proteins, and reduced levels of functional proteins [42]. RNA and DNA oxidation appears in the early stage of diabetic nephropathy [43], and the levels of oxidized purines and pyrimidines are elevated in the iris tissues of diabetic patients with glaucoma [44].

3.5. Antioxidant Defence System in the Development of T2DM and Its Complications

A defective antioxidant defence system has been also associated with diabetes and its complications: because of their low levels of antioxidants, β-cells are particularly susceptible to ROS, and hyperglycaemia itself depletes GSH by causing nonenzymatic glycation of GR and GPx, with inhibition of their reductive enzymatic activity [45]. Decreased SOD activity has been implicated in the pathogenesis of retinopathy in diabetes, and its overexpression prevented hyperglycaemia-associated production of ROS, activation of PKC, and AGE formation [46, 47]. There is also evidence that HO1 can protect against vascular damage and atherogenesis [48]: HO1 is upregulated in macrophages during the development of inflammation in atherosclerosis, with a consequently decreased expression of VCAM-1 and proinflammatory cytokines [49]; HO1 overexpression inhibits atherosclerosis by reducing ox-LDL both in the plasma and in the artery wall and reduces glomerular injury and apoptosis in diabetic rats [50–52]. PON1 also has an atheroprotective function, and its reduced activity in T2DM seems to be due to its nonenzymatic glycation [53].

4. Biomarkers of Lipid Peroxidation

Lipid peroxidation is the free radical oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) such as linoleic acid or arachidonic acid, and it is capable of extensive tissue damage [54]. ROS-induced peroxidation of membrane lipids, in fact, alters the structure and the fluidity of biological membranes, which ultimately affect their function. Among the most frequently studied markers of lipid peroxidation are isoprostanes such as 8-iso-prostaglandin F2α (8-iso-PGF2α), malondialdehyde (MDA), thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), and hydroxynonenal (HNE) [55]. MDA is a highly reactive nucleophilic agent generated by both lipid peroxidation and as a by-product of prostaglandin and thromboxane synthesis that can attack macromolecules, including amino acid or sulfhydryl moiety of proteins leading to alterations in their functions [56]. HNE is a major toxic aldehyde generated by ROS attack to ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids and reacts with proteins forming advanced lipoxidation end products. Both HNE and MDA adducts were detected in atherosclerotic lesions [7].

Another lipid peroxidation product with prostaglandin-like structure, produced primarily from esterified arachidonic acid by nonenzymatic reactions catalysed by free radicals, is 8-iso-PGF2α [55] that can contribute to platelet activation [36].

4.1. Lipid Peroxidation in the Prediabetic Stage (Retrospective Studies)

In prediabetic patients, urinary 8-iso-PGF2α were higher than in healthy volunteers but negatively correlated with HbA1c [57]. Similarly, the levels of 8-iso-PGF2α and MDA were higher in the plasma of prediabetics compared to healthy subjects but lower than in the T2DM patients [58]. However, other studies reported no differences in urinary isoprostanes and TBARS between prediabetes and controls [59, 60] (Table 1).

4.2. Lipid Peroxidation in T2DM with and without Complications (Retrospective Studies)

One of the most consistent findings on lipid peroxidation markers in T2DM patients with and without complications was a significant increase in TBARS or MDA compared to healthy controls [61] (Table 1) and in T2DM patients with micro- and macrovascular complications as compared to those without [62–64] (Table 2). MDA was also significantly increased in T2DM both with and without complications and performed better than ischemia-modified albumin (IMA), but it was of minor value compared to glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) measurement in the evaluation of diabetes progression [65] (Table 2). T2DM patients with poor glycaemic control had significantly higher levels of MDA, when compared with the controlled T2DM patients and the control group [66, 67] (Tables 1 and 2). We also previously reported that circulating MDA was increased in poorly controlled T2DM with and without complications [63], and this effect was more pronounced in females [68]; however, other authors found no differences in MDA and isoprostanes between female T2DM patients with high or low HbA1c [69] (Table 2).

Significantly higher levels of MDA in T2DM with ischemic heart disease were found in the study of Djindjic et al. [70] and in T2DM with chronic kidney disease as compared to patients without complications and healthy controls [71] whereas other studies reported no differences in patients with or without nephropathy [72, 73] (Table 2).

5. Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs)

AGEs are a complex group of compounds formed via a nonenzymatic reaction between reducing sugars and amine residues on proteins, lipids, or nucleic acids. The major AGEs in vivo appear to be formed from highly reactive intermediate carbonyl groups, including 3-deoxyglucosone, glyoxal, and methylglyoxal [74]. Some of the best chemically characterized AGEs in humans include pentosidine and N(carboxymethyl)lysine [75].

5.1. AGEs in T2DM with and without Complications (Retrospective Studies)

Plasma AGE levels were significantly higher in T2DM compared to controls and in diabetics with vascular complications compared to those without [64, 76, 77] (Table 2). On the contrary, Chou and Tseng [73] found no differences in AGE levels in T2DM with mild or severe nephropathy and those without (Table 2).

5.2. AGEs in Prospective Clinical Studies

Baseline plasma levels of AGEs were associated with several subclinical atherosclerosis parameters over 10 years of follow-up in patients with long-standing T2DM [78] and predicted the incidence of cardiovascular disease [79]. However, in a recent large prospective clinical trial, AGEs were not associated with the risk of major adverse cardiovascular disease in multivariate analysis [80] and were not associated with the risk of major lower extremity artery disease in T2DM [81] (Table 3).

6. Biomarkers of Protein Oxidation

Carbonyl derivatives (aldehydes and ketones) are formed by direct oxidation of amino acid residues by ROS or nonoxidative reactions with carbonyl-containing oxidized lipids [82]. Carbonyl levels are the most widely used marker of oxidative protein damage, because of the relative early formation and stability [83]. Advanced oxidation protein products (AOPPs) are formed in the reaction of chlorinated oxidants, such as chloramines and hypochlorous acid with plasma proteins, mostly albumin [82].

6.1. Protein Carbonyl and AOPPs in T2DM with and without Complications (Retrospective Studies)

Protein carbonyl and AOPPs were significantly higher in T2DM patients in comparison to healthy volunteers [62, 65, 76, 84] and were also increased in those with micro- or macrovascular complications compared to T2DM without complications [62, 64, 65, 76, 84] (Tables 1 and 2). A progressive increase in AOPP plasma levels in the course of albuminuria was also noted, and AOPP was better than IMA in distinguishing patients with micro- and macroalbuminuria [85] (Table 2). Plasma AOPP concentrations were an independent risk factor for endothelial dysfunction in individuals at an early stage of diabetes [86] (Table 2). Increased protein carbonyls in red blood cells were also observed in diabetic retinopathy [87] but not in T2DM with stable ischemic heart disease [70] (Table 2). Carbonyl residues in poorly controlled T2DM with and without complications were higher compared to well controlled without complications [63] and were positively associated with the cardiovascular risk score [88] (Table 2).

6.2. Protein Carbonyl and AOPPs in Prospective Clinical Studies

A recent large prospective clinical trial indicated that both carbonyls and AOPP were not associated with the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events [80]; similarly, no association between the baseline levels of protein carbonyls and lower-extremity artery disease was observed by Nativel et al. [81] (Table 3).

7. Biomarkers of Oxidative DNA and RNA Damage

7.1. 8-OHdG and 8-oxoGuo in Prediabetes and in T2DM (Retrospective Studies)

A well-known biomarker of oxidative DNA damage is 8-OHdG [89], and consistent evidence from observational studies showed increased urinary 8-OHdG levels in both prediabetes and T2DM compared to controls [57, 59, 90] (Tables 1 and 2). Urinary levels of 8-OHdG and of the RNA oxidation marker, 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanosine (8-oxoGuo), were elevated in T2DM patients with and without complications compared with age-matched healthy controls [91]. Jelinek et al. [92] also identified 8-OHdG as a HbA1c comarker for T2DM diagnosis.

7.2. 8-OHdG and 8-oxoGuo in T2DM with and without Complications (Retrospective Studies)

Patients with complications, especially macrovascular complications, exhibited higher levels of 8-OHdG than those without complications [91] (Table 2). Chou and Tseng [73] reported increased plasma-8-OHdG levels in diabetic patients with micro- and macroalbuminuria compared to normoalbuminuric patients. Similarly, urinary 8-OHdG levels were significantly higher in T2DM with microvascular complications when compared to those without and better discriminate microvascular complications compared with urinary albumin [93]. On the contrary, Serdar et al. [90] found no differences in patients with and without nephropathy (Table 2).

7.3. 8-OHdG and 8-oxoGuo in Prospective Clinical Studies

Urinary excretion of 8-oxoGuo measured shortly after the diagnosis of T2DM predicted long-term mortality independent of conventional risk factors [94] (Table 3). In the ADVANCE prospective trial, increased levels of 8-OHdG were independently associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in 3766 T2DM [95]. In a recent prospective cohort study involving 1863 patients with T2DM, 8-oxoGuo was associated with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular death after multiple regression analysis [96]. Moreover, recent findings suggest that urinary 8-oxoGuo provides additional information about risk to that obtained from urinary albumin and that the combined use of 8-oxoGuo and urinary albumin could be useful for a better identification of patients at risk of CVD and death over a period of 19 years of follow-up [97] (Table 3).

8. Biomarkers of Antioxidant Defence Systems

8.1. Nonenzymatic Antioxidant Defence Systems (Retrospective Studies)

Reduced levels of GSH and Nrf2 [59, 67] and no change in total antioxidant status [58] were reported in the prediabetic stage compared to controls. Total antioxidant status was reduced in T2DM patients compared to controls and prediabetic patients in [58, 67, 84], increased in T2DM patients compared to controls in [98], and unchanged in [99] (Table 1). We previously reported that FRAP levels were significantly lower only in diabetics with poor glycaemic control, while patients with good glycaemic control had FRAP values similar to controls [100]; on the contrary, total antioxidant status was reduced in T2DM compared to controls, independently of glycaemic control in [67] (Table 1).

Reduced GSH [67] was observed in T2DM with good and poor glycaemic control compared to controls [61, 67, 99], whereas Nrf2 was reduced only in T2DM with poor glycaemic control [67] (Table 1). Grindel et al. [69] found no differences in GSH and FRAP between T2DM female patients with and without good glycaemic control. Comparing T2DM patient with complication to those without, decreased GSH and FRAP [62, 71] and vitamin C [73] increase in FRAP levels [68], and no differences in GSH and total antioxidant status were reported [73] (Table 2). Recently, in a large prospective clinical trial, the total antioxidant capacity of plasma was not associated with the risk of major cardiovascular events [80] (Table 3).

8.2. Enzymatic Antioxidant Defence Systems (Retrospective and Prospective Studies)

Regarding antioxidant enzymatic defence systems, SOD activity was reduced [58] or unchanged [67, 70] in prediabetes compared to controls and either increased [60, 67] or decreased [58, 61] in T2DM compared to controls. No differences in CAT and GPx activity were observed between prediabetes and control in [60] (Table 1). GPx was increased in uncontrolled T2DM compared to prediabetes [67] and decreased compared to controls [98, 99] (Table 1).

Inconsistent results on SOD, CAT, and GPx were also found when T2DM patients with complications were compared to those without complications [62, 63, 68, 69, 72, 73] (Table 2). Regarding the protective antioxidant defence of GPx, González de Vega et al. [101] found the presence of glycated GPx in sera from diabetic patients, with lower GPx activity than that measured in healthy individuals, and this reduction was greater in patients with higher HbA1c.

PON1 levels decreased in T2DM patients compared to controls and correlated to the duration of diabetes [102–106] (Table 1). PON1 was reduced in T2DM with retinopathy and macrovascular disease compared to those without [105, 106] and predicted cardiovascular events in T2DM [107] (Table 3). Lower PON1 activity was associated with an increased risk of developing T2DM in a longitudinal study with a 20-year follow-up [108]; on the contrary, in the PREVEND prospective study involving 5947 participants, no association was found [109] (Table 3). Plasma HO1 concentrations were significantly increased in new-T2DM patients compared to controls and correlated with plasma glucose levels [110] (Table 1); increased urine HO1 levels were detected in T2DM before the onset of significant albuminuria and were associated with renal derangement in patients with established diabetic nephropathy [111] (Table 2).

9. Discussion

Several oxidative stress biomarkers in the form of lipid, protein, and nucleic acid oxidation products have been studied in T2DM patients, while fewer data in the prediabetic stage are currently available. In the majority of the studies, urinary and plasma levels of 8-iso-PGF2α and urinary levels of 8-OHdG were elevated in the prediabetic stage representing potential early disease markers in patients at risk for T2DM which may also enable therapeutic interventions from the early stages of diabetes where cardiovascular risk is already increased. Similarly, when oxidative stress biomarkers were evaluated in patients with clinical diagnosis of T2DM, the most consistent finding across many of these studies was a significant increase in the plasma levels of TBARS, MDA, AGEs, protein carbonyls, and AOPP and in the urinary levels of 8-OHdG in T2DM patients compared to healthy controls; similar results were observed in T2DM patients with micro-and macrovascular complications in comparison to those without complications.

These studies present some limitations that should be addressed in future research: in particular, neither potential gender-related differences nor racial disparities in oxidative stress biomarkers have been actively investigated so far; nevertheless, both racial and gender differences in the markers of oxidative stress have been reported [68, 112, 113]. A limitation of many studies is that medications such as statins, β-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blockers which exhibit antioxidant effects were not always analysed as potential confounding factors [114]; a limitation of many studies is that these medications were not always included in the analyses as potential confounding factors.

From an overall point of view, despite the heterogeneity of T2DM patients in terms of stage and duration and the presence of different complications, what emerges from retrospective human studies is that there is an association between increased circulating oxidative damage biomarkers, T2DM, and its complications. Nevertheless, none of these biomarkers has never reached clinical practice mainly because of the lack of standardized methods and reference range intervals and the lack of validation in prospective trials. In fact, in spite of the promising results from observational clinical studies, a recent large prospective study concluded that none of the different biomarkers of oxidative stress used (AGE, AOPP, protein carbonyls, and antioxidant capacity of plasma) was associated with adverse cardiovascular events [80]. However, encouraging results were obtained with the nucleic acid oxidation biomarkers, 8-oxoGuo and 8-OHdG measured in the urines, which may be useful to predict micro- and macrovascular complications of T2DM. Data referring to antioxidant defence systems are more inconclusive since they have been found either decreased or increased. Emerging evidence also points out the relationship between serum PON1 and HO1 in T2DM and its complications, and a recent meta-analysis demonstrated that PON1 was significantly associated with the susceptibility of T2DM and to the development of macro- and microangiopathy [115].

From a mechanistic point of view, even if oxidative stress is involved in nearly all stages of micro- and macrovascular disease development [116–118], the relative importance of each biomarker of oxidative nucleic, protein, or lipid damage and whether one may be related to a greater extent with the key mechanisms of T2DM and its complications need further investigations (Figure 2).

The evaluation of oxidative damage biomarkers may be also relevant for better phenotyping patients; Seddon et al. [116] highlighted that oxidative stress is a redox disease and a potential covariate in predicting patient recovery on an antidiabetic treatment; this highlights the need to identify those patients who are likely to need specific pharmacological strategies that can target oxidative stress, beyond lowering glucose.

Moreover, several drugs used for the treatment of T2DM have been shown to exert pleiotropic effects [117] but, to date, the relationship between glycaemic control, oxidative stress, and endogenous antioxidant defence systems has received limited attention in clinical studies.

In particular, it is the case of the newer glucose-lowering drugs such as GLP-1 analogues, dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) inhibitors, and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i). Interestingly, a recent large study demonstrated that GLP-1 analogues, beyond improving glycaemic control and promoting weight loss, improve cardiovascular outcomes in patients at high cardiovascular risk [118], and this effect was associated with reduced oxidative stress [119].

10. Conclusions

There is a need to improve our knowledge about T2DM and its complications in order to be able to develop new targets of intervention. Oxidative stress represents one of the mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis and progression of T2DM and its complications, suggesting that it may be considered as an additional target for pharmacotherapy. In this view, the measurement of the circulating biomarkers of oxidative stress offers several advantages including easy collection, low cost, and the possibility of use in large clinical studies. At present, among several biomarkers, urinary 8-OHdG and 8-oxoGuo, serum PON1 and HO1 seem to be the most promising for predicting cardiovascular disease in T2DM.

However, the measurement of oxidative stress biomarkers may have several other clinical applications such as patient selection and stratification as well as monitoring the clinical efficacy of medications supposed to affect oxidative stress. Direction for future research should also include further mechanistic studies linking each biomarker to disease onset and progression including their temporal variations from the early to the late stages of the disease.

By better targeting the mechanisms involved in disease pathogenesis and progression, with old or new therapeutic strategies, we can expect to improve the outcomes of T2DM patients. Therefore, the measurement of oxidative stress biomarkers in clinical trials deserves to be considered as an additional tool to currently used parameters to facilitate a more individualized treatment of T2DM in terms of drug choice and patient selection.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper.

Acknowledgments

This research was supported by a grant from Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze No. 2017.0841.

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