title: High plasma concentration of myeloperoxidase in cirrhosis: a possible marker of hypersplenism.
abstract: Plasma myeloperoxidase levels in patients with cirrhosis were compared with those in patients with chronic hepatitis and healthy controls by means of a specific radioimmunoassay for myeloperoxidase. The mean concentration of plasma myeloperoxidase in cirrhotic patients (309.1 +/- 17.2 ng/ml, n = 41) was markedly higher than that in chronic hepatitis patients (222.6 +/- 17.2 ng/ml, n = 21) (p < 0.01) and normal controls (219.5 +/- 5.7 ng/ml, n = 50) (p < 0.01). Plasma myeloperoxidase showed good negative correlations with neutrocyte count (r = -0.32, p < 0.01), thrombocyte count (r = -0.40, p < 0.01), red blood cell count (r = -0.32, p < 0.01), serum albumin (r = -0.35, p < 0.01), and cholinesterase (r = -0.32, p < 0.02) and positive correlations with serum alkaline phosphatase (r = 0.49; p < 0.01) and lactate dehydrogenase (r = 0.31, p < 0.01) in patients with cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis. Among lactate dehydrogenase isozymes, a good positive correlation was seen between plasma myeloperoxidase and lactate dehydrogenase-2 (r = 0.40, p < 0.01) and lactate dehydrogenase-1 (r = 0.03, p < 0.02). Plasma myeloperoxidase was significantly higher in the cirrhotic and chronic hepatitis patients with splenomegaly (341.1 +/- 19.4 ng/ml, n = 31) than in those without splenomegaly (217.4 +/- 12.2 ng/ml, n = 29) (p < 0.01). We also examined the difference between plasma levels of myeloperoxidase in the portal and peripheral blood.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Fukuoka City Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamuta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiroshige
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nawata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D006971:Hypersplenism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000201:enzymology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000209:etiology; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D011169:Portal Vein; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D009195:Peroxidase