Literature DB >> 34133590

Still Trying to Understand the Role of Uric Acid in Cardiovascular Diseases.

Gilson Soares Feitosa1,2.   

Abstract

Entities:  

Mesh:

Substances:

Year:  2021        PMID: 34133590      PMCID: PMC8288542          DOI: 10.36660/abc.20210390

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Arq Bras Cardiol        ISSN: 0066-782X            Impact factor:   2.000


× No keyword cloud information.
Neste número dos Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, Zhu et al. [1] relatam, em estudo transversal, em uma população do norte da China, uma associação entre o nível sérico de ácido úrico e a presença de pré-hipertensão e hipertensão arterial, trazendo à tona, mais uma vez, um possível papel a ser melhor conhecido do ácido úrico na determinação de doenças cardiovasculares. No caso do presente estudo, chama a atenção que essa associação foi vista mesmo que com taxas bem reduzidas para os padrões de valores normais reconhecidos no Ocidente, que são ≥7,0mg/dL (para homens) e ≥6,3mg/dL (para mulheres), [2] enquanto os valores de referência como taxas elevadas no presente estudo foram de ≥4,75mg/dL (para homens) e ≥4,04mg/dL (para mulheres). No Rio de Janeiro, em trabalhadores de ambos os sexos e com faixa etária predominante entre 50 e 59 anos, da Companhia de Geração e Distribuição de Energia no Rio de Janeiro, [3] a taxa média observada de ácido úrico foi de 4,7 ± 1,3mg/dL. [4] Já no estudo transversal PROCARDIO-UFV, também no Brasil, as médias foram de 4,4 ± 1,6mg/dL e de 5,4 ± 1,4mg/dL, quer se tratasse de indivíduo de baixo ou intermediário risco de Framingham, respectivamente. [5] Estudos dessa natureza realizados na Ásia demonstram valores mais reduzidos de apresentação da taxa de ácido úrico, seja por questões alimentares ou mesmo de origem genética. [6 - 8] O fato é que níveis séricos de AU (mg/dL) no grupo pré-hipertensão (3,5±1,1) e hipertensão (3,4±1,1) em comparação com o grupo controle (3,2±1,0) foram significativamente maiores no grupo de pré-hipertensos e hipertensos, a despeito do ajuste feito para fatores como idade, sexo, IMC, glicemia, e taxas lipídicas. Uma questão que se levanta é se, diante do minúsculo grau de diferença entre os valores, concorreria tal achado para possíveis conjecturas de disfunção endotelial, como causa de doença cardiovascular nesses indivíduos. [9 - 11] Além disso, há potencial benefício do conhecimento para alguma ação terapêutica a ser oferecida. In this issue of Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia , Zhu et al.[1] report an association between uric acid and the presence of pre-hypertension or hypertension in a cross-sectional study done in a population in North China, bringing about, once more, a possible role of uric acid in the determination of cardiovascular disease. In the study, the authors call our attention to the possibility of a relationship even though the measured uric acid serum level is relatively low as compared to what is referred to as normal in several Western populations, which presents a cutoff value of ≥7.0 mg/dL for men and ≥6.3 mg/dL for women[2] in the United States and also so considered, a cutoff value of ≥7.0 mg/dL for men and ≥ 6.0 mg/dL for women in a Brazilian population of healthy individuals aged 20 to 55, in Rio de Janeiro,[3] whereas in their the cut off values were ≥4.75 mg/dL and ≥4.04 mg/dL for men and women, respectively. In workers from the Company of Generation and Distribution of Energy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from both sexes, aged predominantly between 50 and 59, the mean uric acid level was 4.7±1.3 mg/dL.[4] In another study in Brazil, in a cross-sectional study named PROCARDIO-UFV, the mean serum uric acid levels were 4.4±1.6 mg/dL and 5.4±1.4 mg/dL in low and intermediate Framingham risk score, respectively.[5] Similar studies that come from Asia display lesser uric acid values in the general population, and eating habits or genetic factors are speculated as its cause.[6 - 8] In the study the values of 3.5±1.1 mg/dL in pre-hypertensives and 3.4±1.1 mg/dL in hypertensives were significantly higher than 3.2±1.0 mg/dL in the control group, regardless of the adjustments made for confounding factors such as age, sex, body mass index, glucose, and lipid levels. A question that arises is whether such a minuscule difference of values would justify the conjectured changes in endothelial function as a cause of cardiovascular disease in such individuals,[9 - 11] in addition to its potential therapeutic target.
  9 in total

1.  High serum uric acid level and low urine pH as predictors of metabolic syndrome: a retrospective cohort study in a Japanese urban population.

Authors:  Shigeko Hara; Hiroshi Tsuji; Yuki Ohmoto; Kazuhisa Amakawa; Shiun Dong Hsieh; Yasuji Arase; Hiromu Nakajima
Journal:  Metabolism       Date:  2011-08-23       Impact factor: 8.694

2.  Uric acid-induced endothelial dysfunction is associated with mitochondrial alterations and decreased intracellular ATP concentrations.

Authors:  Laura Gabriela Sánchez-Lozada; Miguel A Lanaspa; Magdalena Cristóbal-García; Fernando García-Arroyo; Virgilia Soto; David Cruz-Robles; Takahiko Nakagawa; Min A Yu; Duk-Hee Kang; Richard J Johnson
Journal:  Nephron Exp Nephrol       Date:  2012-12-07

3.  Prevalence of gout and hyperuricemia in the US general population: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2008.

Authors:  Yanyan Zhu; Bhavik J Pandya; Hyon K Choi
Journal:  Arthritis Rheum       Date:  2011-10

4.  Serum uric acid and metabolic syndrome in Taiwanese adults.

Authors:  Pei-Wen Liu; Tsui-Yen Chang; Jong-Dar Chen
Journal:  Metabolism       Date:  2009-12-16       Impact factor: 8.694

5.  Uric acid induces oxidative stress and growth inhibition by activating adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase and extracellular signal-regulated kinase signal pathways in pancreatic β cells.

Authors:  Yongneng Zhang; Tetsuya Yamamoto; Ichiro Hisatome; Youfeng Li; Weijie Cheng; Ning Sun; Bozhi Cai; Tianliang Huang; Yuzhang Zhu; Zhi Li; Xubin Jing; Rui Zhou; Jidong Cheng
Journal:  Mol Cell Endocrinol       Date:  2013-05-23       Impact factor: 4.102

Review 6.  The role of uric acid in the pathogenesis of human cardiovascular disease.

Authors:  Mehmet Kanbay; Mark Segal; Baris Afsar; Duk-Hee Kang; Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe; Richard J Johnson
Journal:  Heart       Date:  2013-01-23       Impact factor: 5.994

7.  Serum Uric Acid Levels are Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Healthy Young and Middle-Aged Adults.

Authors:  Thaís da Silva Ferreira; Julia Freitas Rodrigues Fernandes; Luciene da Silva Araújo; Lívia de Paula Nogueira; Priscila Mansur Leal; Vanessa Parada Antunes; Maria de Lourdes Guimarães Rodrigues; Debora Cristina Torres Valença; Sergio Emanuel Kaiser; Márcia Regina Simas Torres Klein
Journal:  Arq Bras Cardiol       Date:  2018-10-11       Impact factor: 2.000

8.  Association between Serum Uric Acid and Pre-hypertension and Hypertension among Chinese Adults.

Authors:  Lijun Zhu; Xiaoyu Zhang; Zhengmei Fang; Yuelong Jin; Weiwei Chang; Yan Chen; Yingshui Yao
Journal:  Arq Bras Cardiol       Date:  2021-06       Impact factor: 2.000

9.  Serum uric acid and appropriate cutoff value for prediction of metabolic syndrome among Chinese adults.

Authors:  Mei-Lin Zhang; Yu-Xia Gao; Xuan Wang; Hong Chang; Guo-Wei Huang
Journal:  J Clin Biochem Nutr       Date:  2012-10-24       Impact factor: 3.114

  9 in total

北京卡尤迪生物科技股份有限公司 © 2022-2023.