Assessment of serum levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine, symmetric dimethylarginine and L-arginine in coronary artery disease

Biomarkers. 2010 Dec;15(8):746-52. doi: 10.3109/1354750X.2010.519784. Epub 2010 Oct 11.

Abstract

Serum asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA), L-arginine, and C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels were assessed in 100 Egyptian male 35-50-year-old patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), classified into: patients under conservative medical treatment, patients directed for percutaneous coronary interventions, patients directed for coronary artery bypass graft operation and patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction. Age- and sex-matched controls (n=100) were included. Correlation between serum levels of biomarkers and dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase-2 (DDAH-2) genotypes was studied. No association between biomarkers and carriage of the specific DDAH2 SNP2 (-449C/G, rs805305) genotype was detected. Further studies are required to confirm the contribution of the biomarkers in the predisposition of CAD.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amidohydrolases / genetics
  • Arginine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Arginine / blood*
  • Arginine / chemistry
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Coronary Artery Disease / blood*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide

Substances

  • dimethylarginine
  • Arginine
  • Amidohydrolases
  • dimethylargininase