title: Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) levels in predialysis patients with chronic renal failure.
abstract: We studied the changes in the urinary cAMP level in fifty-five predialysis patients (30 men and 25 women) with chronic renal failure (CRF). The excretion of cAMP in 20 patients with first-degree CRF (serum creatinine levels below 356.6 mmol/I) and 15 patients with second or third degree CRF (serum creatinine below 800 mmol/I) was compared with that of 20 age-matched controls using the original I-125 RIA (radioimmunoassay) kit of Incstar Corporation, USA. The urinary cAMP was within normal limits in first-degree CRF patients (mean +/- Sx = 2,617 +/- 268.2 nmol/l) whose serum calcium level was slightly decreased. When calculated per 100 ml of glomerular filtration rate, their urinary cAMP level was significantly elevated--101.17 +/- 0.39--as compared with that of the controls--2.5 +/- 0.2. The urinary cAMP excretion was significantly higher in second and third degree CRF patients--mean 3,755 +/- 435.2 nmol/l, p < 0.05. This increase correlated with hypocalcemia whereas the serum alkaline phosphatase levels remained normal. 20% of the patients with second or third degree CRF had normal urinary cAMP excretion. In our opinion, urinary cAMP levels can reliably be employed as a sensitive and specific indicator of the onset of mild secondary hyperparathyroidism in predialysis patients with CRF.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Nephrology, University of Medicine, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dimitrakov
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kumchev
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lyutakova
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ledzhev
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nikolov
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tsekov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006962:Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / Q000150:complications / Q000652:urine; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy / Q000652:urine*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000242:Cyclic AMP; D002118:Calcium