Assessment of symmetric dimethylarginine as a biomarker of renal function in hyperthyroid cats treated with radioiodine

Autor: Sylvie Daminet, Eva Vandermeulen, Hervé P. Lefebvre, Pascale Smets, Lisa Stammeleer, Emmelie Stock, Luc Duchateau, Dominique Paepe, Eva Buresova
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
ISSN: 1939-1676
0891-6640
Popis: BACKGROUND: Measurement of serum creatinine (sCr) and urea nitrogen fail to detect decreased renal function in many hyperthyroid cats because of low muscle mass and glomerular hyperfiltration of affected cats. Serum symmetric dimethylarginine (sSDMA) is an earlier and more sensitive renal biomarker than sCr. OBJECTIVE: Evaluate sSDMA as a biomarker of renal function in hyperthyroid cats before (T0) and 1 month after (T1) radioiodine (¹³¹I) treatment. ANIMALS: Forty‐seven client‐owned hyperthyroid nonazotemic cats were evaluated at T0 and T1. METHODS: A prospective study in which sCr and sSDMA concentrations were determined in 47 hyperthyroid cats at T0 and at T1. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was estimated at T0 and T1 in 10 of these 47 cats using plasma exogenous creatinine clearance test. RESULTS: Serum SDMA was elevated (>14 μg/dL) in 6 of 47 cats at T0 and normalized after treatment in 4 of those cats. All cats remained nonazotemic after treatment. In 10 cats in which GFR was measured, correlation between GFR and sSDMA was low and not significant (τb = −0.35, P = .17 at T0 and τb = −.22, P = .41 at T1), whereas correlation between GFR and sCr was moderate and significant (τb = −0.52, P
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