Arginines Plasma Concentration and Oxidative Stress in Mild to Moderate COPD

Angelo Zinellu, Alessandro Giuseppe Fois, Salvatore Sotgia, Elisabetta Sotgiu, Elisabetta Zinellu, Fabiana Bifulco, Arduino A Mangoni, Pietro Pirina and Ciriaco Carru

PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, issue 8, 1-10

Abstract: Background: Elevated plasma concentrations of the endogenous nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) have been observed in respiratory conditions such as asthma and cystic fibrosis. Since oxidative stress has been shown to increase the activity of arginine methylating enzymes, hence increased ADMA synthesis, and to reduce ADMA degrading enzymes, hence increased ADMA concentrations, we assessed methylated arginines concentrations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a disease characterized by increased oxidative stress. Methods: Plasma arginine, ADMA and symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA), oxidative stress markers (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, TBARS, and plasma proteins SH, PSH) and antioxidants (taurine and paraoxonase 1, PON1, activity) were measured in 43 COPD patients with mild (n = 29) or moderate (n = 14) disease and 43 age- and sex-matched controls. Results: TBARS significantly increased with COPD presence and severity (median 2.93 vs 3.18 vs 3.64 μmol/L, respectively in controls, mild and moderate group, p

Date: 2016
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