title: Oxidative status in stable renal transplantation.
abstract: Increased oxidative stress and hyperhomocysteinemia are frequently observed in patients with end-stage renal disease. The effects of kidney transplantation on oxidative state are incompletely understood. With an aim to evaluate the prevalence and severity of oxidative stress in living donor renal transplant recipients, we conducted a cross-sectional study. Thirty-five renal transplant recipients (mean age 34 years; body mass index 21.93 +/- 1.92) with normal renal function (mean serum creatinine 1.41 +/- 0.33 mg%) were enrolled in the study. All patients were on cyclosporine-based immunosuppression. We assessed serum nitric oxide (NO) levels, plasma total homocysteine levels (tHCy), and malonaldehyde (MDA) levels. We evaluated the antioxidant power ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP) assay. The mean duration to the first sampling was 9.23 months after transplantation. Fourteen age- and sex-matched normotensive people were used as controls. The mean tHCy was significantly higher among patients (15.29 +/- 0.66 mmol/L compared with controls (9.58 +/- 2.90 mmol/L; P < .05). The MDA levels in patients (6.405 +/- 2.05 nmol/mL) were comparable to controls (6.093 +/- 1.93 nmol/mL; P = .099). The status of antioxidative power as measured by FRAP showed a trend to higher antioxidative status (697.57 +/- 103.07 mmol/L) in patients compared with controls (518 +/- 120.99 mmol/L; P = NS). The mean NO levels in patients (545.01 +/- 281.49 mmol/mL) were significantly higher than controls (183.49 +/- 64.53 nmol/mL; P < .05). Stable renal transplant recipients display a pattern of increased oxidant stress that may be counterbalanced by an enhanced antioxidant mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplant Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khullar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000097:blood*; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D006710:Homocysteine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D003404:Creatinine