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Investigate guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) metabolism and renal glycine amidinotransferase (GAT) activity in the presence of uremia.

December 4, 2008The Nephron journals/Nephron journals

Impaired Metabolism of Guanidinoacetic Acid in Uremia

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YTY TofukuKanazawa Hospital HMHiroaki MuramotoSakai Municipal Hospital MKMitsuhiko KurodaKanazawa University

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Comparative study demonstrates impaired renal guanidinoacetic acid synthesis in chronic renal failure, suggesting extrarenal metabolic compensation during advanced uremic stages.

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Investigate guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) metabolism and renal glycine amidinotransferase (GAT) activity in the presence of uremia.
Quantified serum guanidino compounds, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and creatinine in healthy controls, conservatively managed chronic renal failure (CRF) patients, and maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients, including four anephric individuals.
Measured renal GAA content and GAT enzymatic activity in experimentally induced CRF rabbits versus sham-operated controls.
Serum GAA levels decreased inversely with rising BUN in conservatively treated CRF patients, but remained preserved in MHD patients and anephric patients despite elevated BUN.
Renal GAA content and GAT activity were significantly lower in CRF rabbits than in sham controls, with GAT activity correlating positively with serum GAA and inversely with BUN.

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Tofuku et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8f7bbc9a736aadbcff5db8 https://doi.org/10.1159/000183576

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Comparative study demonstrates impaired renal guanidinoacetic acid synthesis in chronic renal failure, suggesting extrarenal metabolic compensation during advanced uremic stages.

Impaired Metabolism of Guanidinoacetic Acid in Uremia

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