title: Peritoneal elimination of homocysteine moieties in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The amount of total homocysteine eliminated by peritoneal dialysis and its relationship to peritoneal transport characteristics in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients are unknown.
  
  
  METHODS
  The influence of total homocysteine, folate, and vitamin B12 plasma concentrations, serum albumin levels, age, sex, dialysate to plasma ratio (D/P) creatinine, D/D0 glucose, D/P albumin, dialysate effluent volume, and effluent albumin on the daily peritoneal excretion of total homocysteine was investigated in 39 CAPD patients. The relationship of D/P creatinine to D/P total homocysteine, D/P free homocysteine, and D/P protein-bound homocysteine was analyzed additionally in a subgroup of 25 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We observed a significant influence of plasma total homocysteine concentrations (P = 0.0001) of the daily dialysate effluent volume (P = 0.0221) and of the D/P creatinine (P = 0.0132) on peritoneal elimination of total homocysteine. The daily peritoneal excretion of total homocysteine was 38.94 +/- 20.82 mumol (5.27 +/- 2.81 mg). There was a positive linear association of the daily total homocysteine elimination with plasma total homocysteine concentrations (P = 0.0001). A significant linear correlation was observed between D/P creatinine and D/P total homocysteine (P = 0.0001), D/P free homocysteine (P = 0.0001), as well as D/P protein-bound homocysteine (P = 0.0001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The peritoneal elimination of total homocysteine primarily depends on the plasma total homocysteine concentration. Elevated total homocysteine plasma levels cannot be reduced efficiently by peritoneal dialysis.
authors.affiliation: Klinische Abteilung für Nephrologie und Dialyse, Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin III, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vychytil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Födinger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Papagiannopoulos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wölfl
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Hörl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sunder-Plassmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D015314:Dialysis Solutions / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D005260:Female; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D020138:Hyperhomocysteinemia / Q000097:blood*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory
chemical_list: D015314:Dialysis Solutions; D006710:Homocysteine; D003404:Creatinine