Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo1, Vanessa El Kamari2, Abdus Sattar2, Khurshid Alam2, Nicholas Funderburg3, Danielle Labbato1, Lisa Pirro1, Chris T Longenecker4, Wai Hong Wilson5, Grace A McComsey6. 1. University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA; Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. 2. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. 3. Ohio State University School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Division of Medical Laboratory Science, Columbus, OH, USA. 4. University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. 5. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. 6. University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA; Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. Electronic address: Grace.mccomsey@case.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is an inhibitor of nitric oxide and an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We examined the effect of statin on ADMA in HIV + patients on stable ART, and whether such an effect contributes to the favorable changes on carotid intima media thickness. METHODS: This is a secondary analysis of SATURN-HIV, in which HIV + adults on stable ART with HIV-1 RNA< 1000 copies/mL and LDL-cholesterol <130 mg/dL were randomized to 10 mg daily rosuvastatin or placebo. Arginine metabolites, ADMA, and markers of inflammation were assessed at baseline and 48 weeks. Carotid intima media thickness (c-IMT) was measured at baseline, 48 and 96 weeks. Spearman correlations, and linear mixed-effect models were used to study relationships among variables. RESULTS:Overall, 79% were male, 68% African Americans, with a median age of 46 years. In the statin arm, no change in ADMA levels was observed at 48 weeks (0.70%), whereas a trend towards an increase in ADMA levels (23.78%) was observed in the placebo group (p = 0.06). Elevated baseline ADMA (highest tertile) was associated with a 0.04 mm increase in c-IMT (p = 0.03) after adjusting for statin and study duration. No interaction was seen between baseline ADMA and statin randomization on change in c-IMT (p = 0.21). CONCLUSIONS: In HIV + subjects on ART, rosuvastatin suppressed the increase over time in ADMA levels. Elevated baseline levels of ADMA were associated with increases in c-IMT, regardless of statin assignment. The favorable effect of rosuvastatin on c-IMT appears to be independent of the arginine pathway.
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is an inhibitor of nitric oxide and an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We examined the effect of statin on ADMA in HIV + patients on stable ART, and whether such an effect contributes to the favorable changes on carotid intima media thickness. METHODS: This is a secondary analysis of SATURN-HIV, in which HIV + adults on stable ART with HIV-1 RNA< 1000 copies/mL and LDL-cholesterol <130 mg/dL were randomized to 10 mg daily rosuvastatin or placebo. Arginine metabolites, ADMA, and markers of inflammation were assessed at baseline and 48 weeks. Carotid intima media thickness (c-IMT) was measured at baseline, 48 and 96 weeks. Spearman correlations, and linear mixed-effect models were used to study relationships among variables. RESULTS: Overall, 79% were male, 68% African Americans, with a median age of 46 years. In the statin arm, no change in ADMA levels was observed at 48 weeks (0.70%), whereas a trend towards an increase in ADMA levels (23.78%) was observed in the placebo group (p = 0.06). Elevated baseline ADMA (highest tertile) was associated with a 0.04 mm increase in c-IMT (p = 0.03) after adjusting for statin and study duration. No interaction was seen between baseline ADMA and statin randomization on change in c-IMT (p = 0.21). CONCLUSIONS: In HIV + subjects on ART, rosuvastatin suppressed the increase over time in ADMA levels. Elevated baseline levels of ADMA were associated with increases in c-IMT, regardless of statin assignment. The favorable effect of rosuvastatin on c-IMT appears to be independent of the arginine pathway.
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