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Shi F, Feng S, Zhu J, Wu Y, Chen J. Left Ventricular Strain and Dyssynchrony in Young and Middle-Aged Peritoneal Dialysis Patients and Healthy Controls: A Case-Matched Study. Cardiorenal Med 2018; 8:271-284. [PMID: 30045025 DOI: 10.1159/000490395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the role of two-dimensional speckle-tracking imaging (2D-STI) and myocardial layer-specific analysis in evaluating early left ventricular (LV) myocardial function and systolic dyssynchrony in young and middle-aged uremic patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). METHODS We enrolled 31 PD patients aged ≤65 years with preserved LV ejection fraction (LVEF, ≥54%) as the PD group and 49 age-matched healthy people as the control group. Echocardiography was used to assess the left atrial diameter index (LADI, LAD/BSA), LV mass index (LVMI), LVEF, peak early diastolic velocity/late diastolic velocity (E/A) (measured by pulsed Doppler), and peak early diastolic velocity (by pulsed Doppler)/peak velocity of the early diastolic wave (by pulsed-wave tissue Doppler) (E/e'). Next, we used 2D-STI and myocardial layer-specific analysis to obtain longitudinal strains (LS) of the endocardium (LSendo), the myocardium (LSmyo), the epicardium (LSepi), and the global myocardium (GLS). Then, we measured the postsystolic index (PSI) to evaluate LV myocardial function. Time to peak LS (TTP) and peak strain dispersion (PSD) from 17 consecutive segments were assessed to quantify LV dyssynchrony. RESULTS Compared with the controls, PD patients had significantly increased LADI (p = 0.041), LVMI (p = 0.000), and E/e' (p = 0.009), but reduced LVEF (p = 0.000) and E/A (p = 0.000). The average values of GLS (GLS avg) (p = 0.01) and GLS of the apical 2-chamber view (p = 0.003), including the LSendo (p = 0.024), LSmyo (p = 0.024), and LSepi (p = 0.032), were significantly decreased in patients with PD compared with controls. In PSI, segments of LS were markedly delayed in the anterior septum (p = 0.047), anterior (p = 0.000) and septum wall (p = 0.024) from basal segments, anterior wall (p = 0.001) from middle segments, and anterior (p = 0.024) and inferior (p = 0.024) wall from apical segments. Moreover, PSD was significantly increased in PD patients (p = 0.015), while TTP was evidently delayed in the anterior septum (p = 0.004), anterior (p = 0.000) and posterior (p = 0.042) wall from basal segments, and inferior wall (p = 0.048) from apical segments. CONCLUSIONS Despite preserved LVEF, young and middle-aged PD patients developed LV dysfunction and myocardial systolic dyssynchrony earlier compared with controls.
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- Fei Shi
- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Chachaj A, Wiśniewski J, Rybka J, Butrym A, Biedroń M, Krzystek-Korpacka M, Fleszar MG, Karczewski M, Wróbel T, Mazur G, Gamian A, Szuba A. Asymmetric and symmetric dimethylarginines and mortality in patients with hematological malignancies-A prospective study. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0197148. [PMID: 29787597 PMCID: PMC5963779 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The study was designed to determine the associations of asymmetric (ADMA) and symmetric (SDMA) dimethylarginines plasma concentrations with all-cause mortality in patients with hematological malignancies. 33 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), 31 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (nHL), 32 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and 48 patients without malignancy were enrolled into the study. Each patient was followed until death or for at least 14.5 months (range: 14.5-53). Median ADMA and SDMA were significantly elevated in AML, nHL and CLL compared to controls (ADMA: 1.36, 1.24, 1.03, 0.55 μmol/l respectively, p<0.0001; SDMA: 0.86, 0.76, 0.71, 0.52 μmol/l respectively, p<0.0001). High ADMA and SDMA were associated with increased risk for all-cause mortality in CLL group (Hazard ratio (HR) for ADMA: 3.05, 95% CI:1.58-5.88, p = 0.001; HR for SDMA: 4.71, 95% CI:1.91-11.58, p = 0.001). Our study suggests that ADMA and SDMA could be novel prognostic factors for all-cause mortality in CLL patients.
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- Angelika Chachaj
- Department of Angiology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Haematology, Blood Neoplasms, and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Physiology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.,Department of Internal Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Haematology, Blood Neoplasms, and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Mathematics, The Faculty Of Environmental Engineering And Geodesy, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Haematology, Blood Neoplasms, and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.,Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Angiology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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Kruszelnicka O, Świerszcz J, Bednarek J, Chyrchel B, Surdacki A, Nessler J. Asymmetric Dimethylarginine versus Proton Pump Inhibitors Usage in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:454. [PMID: 27092494 PMCID: PMC4848910 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17040454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2016] [Revised: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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A recent experimental study suggested that proton pump inhibitors (PPI), widely used to prevent gastroduodenal complications of dual antiplatelet therapy, may increase the accumulation of the endogenous nitric oxide synthesis antagonist asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an adverse outcome predictor. Our aim was to assess the effect of PPI usage on circulating ADMA in coronary artery disease (CAD). Plasma ADMA levels were compared according to PPI use for ≥1 month prior to admission in 128 previously described non-diabetic men with stable CAD who were free of heart failure or other coexistent diseases. Patients on PPI tended to be older and with insignificantly lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR). PPI use was not associated with any effect on plasma ADMA (0.51 ± 0.11 (SD) vs. 0.50 ± 0.10 µmol/L for those with PPI (n = 53) and without PPI (n = 75), respectively; p = 0.7). Additionally, plasma ADMA did not differ between PPI users and non-users stratified by a history of current smoking, CAD severity or extent. The adjustment for patients’ age and GFR did not substantially change the results. Thus, PPI usage does not appear to affect circulating ADMA in non-diabetic men with stable CAD. Whether novel mechanisms of adverse PPI effects on the vasculature can be translated into clinical conditions, requires further studies.
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- Olga Kruszelnicka
- Department of Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Failure, Jagiellonian University Medical College and John Paul II Hospital, 80 Prądnicka, 31-202 Cracow, Poland.
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- Second Department of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College and University Hospital, 17 Kopernika, 31-501 Cracow, Poland.
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- Department of Electrocardiology, John Paul II Hospital, 80 Prądnicka, 31-202 Cracow, Poland.
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- Second Department of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College and University Hospital, 17 Kopernika, 31-501 Cracow, Poland.
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- Second Department of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College and University Hospital, 17 Kopernika, 31-501 Cracow, Poland.
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- Department of Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Failure, Jagiellonian University Medical College and John Paul II Hospital, 80 Prądnicka, 31-202 Cracow, Poland.
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Elevated Levels of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine (ADMA) in the Pericardial Fluid of Cardiac Patients Correlate with Cardiac Hypertrophy. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135498. [PMID: 26313940 PMCID: PMC4551682 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2014] [Accepted: 07/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background Pericardial fluid (PF) contains several biologically active substances, which may provide information regarding the cardiac conditions. Nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated in cardiac remodeling. We hypothesized that L-arginine (L-Arg) precursor of NO-synthase (NOS) and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an inhibitor of NOS, are present in PF of cardiac patients and their altered levels may contribute to altered cardiac morphology. Methods L-Arg and ADMA concentrations in plasma and PF, and echocardiographic parameters of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, n = 28) or valve replacement (VR, n = 25) were determined. Results We have found LV hypertrophy in 35.7% of CABG, and 80% of VR patients. In all groups, plasma and PF L-Arg levels were higher than that of ADMA. Plasma L-Arg level was higher in CABG than VR (75.7±4.6 μmol/L vs. 58.1±4.9 μmol/L, p = 0.011), whereas PF ADMA level was higher in VR than CABG (0.9±0.0 μmol/L vs. 0.7±0.0 μmol/L, p = 0.009). L-Arg/ADMA ratio was lower in the VR than CABG (VRplasma: 76.1±6.6 vs. CABGplasma: 125.4±10.7, p = 0.004; VRPF: 81.7±4.8 vs. CABGPF: 110.4±7.2, p = 0.009). There was a positive correlation between plasma L-Arg and ADMA in CABG (r = 0.539, p = 0.015); and plasma and PF L-Arg in CABG (r = 0.357, p = 0.031); and plasma and PF ADMA in VR (r = 0.529, p = 0.003); and PF L-Arg and ADMA in both CABG and VR (CABG: r = 0.468, p = 0.006; VR: r = 0.371, p = 0.034). The following echocardiographic parameters were higher in VR compared to CABG: interventricular septum (14.7±0.5 mm vs. 11.9±0.4 mm, p = 0.000); posterior wall thickness (12.6±0.3 mm vs. 11.5±0.2 mm, p = 0.000); left ventricular (LV) mass (318.6±23.5 g vs. 234.6±12.3 g, p = 0.007); right ventricular (RV) (33.9±0.9 cm2 vs. 29.7±0.7 cm2, p = 0.004); right atrial (18.6±1.0 cm2 vs. 15.4±0.6 cm2, p = 0.020); left atrial (19.8±1.0 cm2 vs. 16.9±0.6 cm2, p = 0.033) areas. There was a positive correlation between plasma ADMA and RV area (r = 0.453, p = 0.011); PF ADMA and end-diastolic (r = 0.434, p = 0.015) and systolic diameter of LV (r = 0.487, p = 0.007); and negative correlation between PF ADMA and LV ejection fraction (r = -0.445, p = 0.013) in VR. Conclusion We suggest that elevated levels of ADMA in the PF of patients indicate upregulated RAS and reduced bioavailability of NO, which can contribute to the development of cardiac hypertrophy and remodeling.
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Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress in Stable Renal Transplant Recipients with Respect to the Immunosuppression Protocol - Differences or Similarities? J Med Biochem 2015; 34:295-303. [PMID: 28356840 PMCID: PMC4922351 DOI: 10.2478/jomb-2014-0047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background The aim of the study was to evaluate parameters of oxidative and nitrosative stress as well as antioxidative parameters in a group of renal transplant recipients with stable graft function and no clinical signs of cardiovascular disease. We also aimed to determine the correlations among these parameters and to evaluate potential differences in all the biomarkers with regard to the immunosuppression protocol. Methods We enrolled 57 renal transplant recipients and 31 controls who were age and sex matched with the renal transplant recipients. All of the patients included in this study had post-renal transplant surgery at least 12 months earlier and were on standard immunosuppressive therapy. In this study, we determined thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances in plasma and red blood cells and advanced oxidation protein products, nitrosative stress parameters (asymmetric and symmetric dimethylarginine – ADMA and SDMA), and antioxidative parameters (total SH groups and catalase activity). Results The results of our study demonstrated that the levels of oxidative and nitrosative stress were significantly increased compared to the healthy population (p<0.01 except for plasma catalase activity p<0.05). Correlation analysis showed significant positive correlations between: ADMA and SDMA (p<0.01); ADMA and nitrates (p<0.05); SDMA and nitrates (p<0.05); between OS parameters in the experimental group; AOPP and SH groups (p<0.05) and TBARS in plasma and SH groups (p<0.01), SDMA and AOPP (p< 0.05); SDMA and TBARS in plasma (p<0.05); SDMA and SH groups (p<0.01); nitrates and SH groups (p<0.05). Conclusion There was no significant difference in oxidative and nitrosative stress parameters with respect to the immunosuppressive protocol.
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Laskowska M, Laskowska K, Terbosh M, Oleszczuk J. A comparison of maternal serum levels of endothelial nitric oxide synthase, asymmetric dimethylarginine, and homocysteine in normal and preeclamptic pregnancies. Med Sci Monit 2013; 19:430-7. [PMID: 23739294 PMCID: PMC3675838 DOI: 10.12659/msm.883932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background The aim of this study was to determine the maternal serum concentrations of eNOS, ADMA, and homocysteine in preeclamptic pregnancies. Material/Methods The study was carried out on 62 patients with pregnancy complicated by early onset and 53 patients with late onset preeclampsia. The control group consisted of 65 healthy normotensive pregnant patients. The serum eNOS, ADMA and homocysteine concentrations were determined using ELISA assays. Results Our study revealed elevated levels of homocysteine and ADMA in the serum of women with preeclampsia. The highest levels were observed in patients with early onset preeclampsia, but the differences between both groups of preeclamptic patients with early and late onset of preeclampsia were not statistically significant. Both groups of preeclamptic women had slightly lower levels of maternal serum endothelial nitric oxide synthase than in normotensive pregnant women, but these differences were not statistically significant. Conclusions The higher levels of homocysteine and ADMA observed in patients with early onset preeclampsia may suggest that higher levels of maternal serum homocysteine and ADMA correlate with the severity, and may determine the earlier clinical onset of the disease. The elevated levels of ADMA and the unchanged levels of eNOS in preeclamptic pregnancies suggest that NO deficiency in this pregnancy disorder results not from a reduced level or activity of eNOS, but from elevated levels of ADMA, an endogenous eNOS inhibitor. The lowering of increased levels of homocysteine and ADMA may be helpful in therapy of vascular disturbances occurring in preeclampsia.
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- Marzena Laskowska
- Chair and Department of Obstetrics and Perinatology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
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Aldámiz-Echevarría L, Andrade F. Asymmetric dimethylarginine, endothelial dysfunction and renal disease. Int J Mol Sci 2012; 13:11288-11311. [PMID: 23109853 PMCID: PMC3472745 DOI: 10.3390/ijms130911288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2012] [Revised: 08/28/2012] [Accepted: 09/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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l-Arginine (Arg) is oxidized to l-citrulline and nitric oxide (NO) by the action of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS). In contrast, protein-incorporated Arg residues can be methylated with subsequent proteolysis giving rise to methylarginine compounds, such as asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) that competes with Arg for binding to NOS. Most ADMA is degraded by dimethylarginine dimethyaminohydrolase (DDAH), distributed widely throughout the body and regulates ADMA levels and, therefore, NO synthesis. In recent years, several studies have suggested that increased ADMA levels are a marker of atherosclerotic change, and can be used to assess cardiovascular risk, consistent with ADMA being predominantly absorbed by endothelial cells. NO is an important messenger molecule involved in numerous biological processes, and its activity is essential to understand both pathogenic and therapeutic mechanisms in kidney disease and renal transplantation. NO production is reduced in renal patients because of their elevated ADMA levels with associated reduced DDAH activity. These factors contribute to endothelial dysfunction, oxidative stress and the progression of renal damage, but there are treatments that may effectively reduce ADMA levels in patients with kidney disease. Available data on ADMA levels in controls and renal patients, both in adults and children, also are summarized in this review.
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