Age-related aqueous humor (AH) and lens epithelial cell/capsule protein carbonylation and AH protein concentration in cataract patients who have pseudoexfoliative diseases.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the age-correlation of oxidative stress (OS, assessed by the accumulative OS damage marker protein carbonyls) in aqueous humour (AH; together with protein concentration) and lens epithelial cells plus capsule (LECs/capsule) in patients with cataract (CAT), and also suffering from pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX), primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma (PXG).

Methods: AH samples from 78 male/female patients (21, 20, 19 and 18 with CAT, PEX, PXG, and POAG, respectively), and LECs/capsule samples from 104 male/female patients (34, 32, 18, and 20 with CAT, PEX, PXG and POAG, respectively) were collected during phacoemulsification CAT surgery. Average protein carbonyl concentrations were measured in patients grouped in 5-year age intervals (ranging from 56-60 to 86-90).