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Nitric oxide (NO) is involved in blood pressure regulation, and its synthesis is inhibited by methylarginines. It has been hypothesized that one of these, asymmetrical dimethylarginine (ADMA), may contribute to dialysis-associated hypertension because it accumulates in the plasma of hemodialysis (HD) patients in a concentration high enough (4 mumol/L) to inhibit NO synthesis in experimental model systems. A precolumn HPLC technique was used to quantify methylarginines (ADMA and symmetrical dimethylarginine [SDMA]) in plasma from HD patients before and after dialysis, from continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients, and from healthy subjects. Plasma ADMA concentrations were 0.59 +/- 0.22 (SD) mumol/L in HD patients predialysis (n = 19) and 0.70 +/- 0.27 mumol/L in CAPD patients (n = 11), versus about half of the concentration in control subjects (0.36 +/- 0.08 mumol/L, n = 7). The concentrations of SDMA (not an inhibitor of NO formation) were approximately four to five times the ADMA concentrations in both HD and CAPD patients, in contrast to a ratio of 1:1 in the control subjects. Methylarginine concentrations were reduced by 23% and 40% postdialysis, as calculated from ADMA and SDMA values, respectively. No significant correlations were observed between ADMA concentrations, on the one had, and blood pressure, creatinine and dialysis dose (Kt/V urea), on the other hand. It is concluded that plasma levels of ADMA are considerably lower than those reported earlier in patients treated with HD and also below the levels that hitherto have been thought to have clinical relevance. The role of ADMA in inhibiting NO in dialysis-associated hypertension is questioned.

Serum levels of NG, NG-dimethyl-L-arginine, a potential endogenous nitric oxide inhibitor in dialysis patients.