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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-13
pubmed:abstractText
1. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the steady state NOx concentration reflects NOx formation in vivo. 2. A NO3- load study was performed after achieving NOx steady state. Chronological changes in NOx concentrations in plasma and whole blood samples from nine healthy subjects were determined by the HPLC-Griess system and NOx concentrations in erythrocytes were estimated as a possible NOx compartment influential in regulating plasma NOx concentrations. 3. Analysis was performed using the first-order one-compartment open model and the NOx formation rate was subsequently calculated. 4. The mean (+/-SEM) steady state NOx concentration of plasma (15.5 +/- 1.6 micromol/L), whole blood (12.8 +/- 1.2 micromol/L) and erythrocytes (11.9 +/- 0.7 micromol/L) did not correlate with the NOx formation rate in the compartments (0.50 +/- 0.05, 0.61 +/- 0.04 and 0.91 +/- 0.17 micromol/kg per h, respectively), whereas a significant correlation was found between the steady state NOx concentration and NOx elimination rate (Kel) in plasma (r=-0.69; P=0.04) and whole blood (r=-0.79; P=0.01). 5. Although there was no direct correlation between steady state NOx concentrations and serum creatinine levels, the correlation between half-life and serum creatinine levels was significant (plasma: r=0.60, P=0.02; whole blood: r=0.49, P=0.04). 6. Plasma NOx concentrations correlated significantly with erythrocyte NOx concentrations (r=0.92, P <0.01; erythrocyte NOx=0.66 x plasma NOx). 7. The results of the present study indicate that NOx does not accumulate excessively into erythrocytes at steady state and during a NO3- load and that the steady state NOx concentration in whole blood and plasma preferentially implies NOx elimination (mainly depending on renal function) rather than NOx formation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0305-1870
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
591-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Implication of steady state concentrations of nitrite and nitrate metabolites of nitric oxide in plasma and whole blood in healthy human subjects.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't