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Methionine and total homocysteine in hypertensive patients with renal excretory dysfunction
- Source :
- Russian Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics. 67:625-632
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- EKOlab, 2022.
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Abstract
- The role of the kidneys in the metabolism and homeostasis of sulfur-containing amino acids is great, so the levels of methionine (Met), total homocysteine (tHcy) and their ratios can be of diagnostic value in chronic kidney disease (CKD), in a course of the arterial hypertension (AH). The aim of the study was to evaluate the Met/tHcy ratio in hypertensive patients with CKD. We used blood plasma of 76 patients aged 40-75 years with AH and the excretory dysfunction of the kidneys; subgroups: 1 - with proteinuria (n=37); 2 - without proteinuria with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) < 90 ml/min/1.73 m2 (n=39) and comparison group 3 - patients with AH without renal excretory dysfunction (n=28). Significantly lower Met levels were in subgroup 1. THcy levels were higher in subgroups 1 and 2 than in group 3. The Met/tHcy ratio revealed differences in subgroups 1and 2 vs group 3. No differences were found in Arg and Lys levels. Positive correlations of the Met/tHcy ratio with the number of erythrocytes, but not with the level of hemoglobin, were revealed. In the ROC analysis, the cut-off points for the Met/tHcy ratio compared to group 3 were 3.08 for subgroup 1 and 3.36 for subgroup 2. With the progression of CKD, there is an increase in the levels of tHcy in the blood, and a decrease in the content of Met. A decrease in GFR, especially in a case with proteinuria, is accompanied by a decrease in the level of Met. The Met/tHcy ratio above 3.36 can be considered as the minimum of the balance between these sulfur-containing amino acids contents in a blood necessary for hypertensive patients with CKD.
Details
- ISSN :
- 24121320 and 08692084
- Volume :
- 67
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Russian Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....04d00b1c5919277aa3b3a140be1ebaff
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.51620/0869-2084-2022-67-11-625-632