title: Nitric oxide and carbon monoxide production and metabolism in preeclampsia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To elucidate the regulation of the nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO) pathways in preeclampsia and to evaluate the ratio of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) to symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) as a marker for preeclampsia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Maternal plasma and placental samples were obtained from 20 participants with preeclampsia and 23 controls. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to measure plasma NO, ADMA, and SDMA as well as placental NO and hemeoxygnase 1 (HO-1). Western blot was used to measure placental dimethylarginine dimethylaminotransferases (DDAH-I and DDAH-II).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Placental DDAH-I, placental DDAH-II, placental NO, and placental HO-1 were significantly decreased in participants with preeclampsia. While ADMA and SDMA levels were decreased in preeclampsia, the ADMA-SDMA ratio was not significantly different.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Decreased DDAH and HO with preeclampsia suggest that they are important points in the regulatory pathways of NO and CO production that are altered in preeclampsia. The ADMA-SDMA ratio is not a useful test for preeclampsia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California-Irvine, Orange, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Ehsanipoor
authors.forename: Wilbert
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fortson
authors.forename: Laura E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Fitzmaurice
authors.forename: Wu-Xiang
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Deborah A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Wing
authors.forename: Dong-Bao
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000097:blood; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D010920:Placenta / Q000201:enzymology; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000097:blood / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C024917:symmetric dimethylarginine; C018524:N,N-dimethylarginine; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D001120:Arginine; C496541:HMOX1 protein, human; D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1; D000581:Amidohydrolases; C059999:dimethylargininase