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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
卷 105, 期 9, 页码 1217-1225出版社
AMER SOC CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INC
DOI: 10.1172/JCI7199
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- NCRR NIH HHS [RR88] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [P30 DK040561, R01 DK015856, P30DK40561, DK15856] Funding Source: Medline
The kidneys are thought to be a major site of net de novo arginine synthesis, but the quantitative status of arginine metabolism and its substrate precursor relationship to nitric oxide (NO) synthesis in end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have not been characterized. We have investigated kinetic aspects of whole body arginine metabolism in six patients with ESRD. They received two pre- and two post-hemodialysis intravenous tracer infusion studies with L-[guanidino-N-15(2)]arginine and L-[C-13]leucine during the first study, and L-[5-C-13]arginine and L-[5-C-13-ureido,5,5,H-2(2)]citrulline during the second study. Arginine homeostasis in ESRD patients was found to be associated with a lower rate ofarginine oxidation, and despite the decrease in renal function, the rate of de novo arginine synthesis appeared to be preserved. Plasma citrulline concentrations and flux were also elevated in these subjects compared with healthy adults. The rate of whole body NO synthesis was increased in the ESRD patients, but apparently not different pre- and post-hemodialysis therapy. The anatomic site(s) responsible for the maintenance of net de novo arginine synthesis and for the elevated NO synthesis and its pathophysiological importance in ESRD remain to be established.
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