Consequences of Low Plasma Histidine in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: Associations With Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Mortality.

Watanabe Makoto, et al.
The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2008

Abstract

Background

Histidine is considered as an antiinflammatory and antioxidant factor. Histidine deficiency may contribute to an impaired nutritional state in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Objective

We aimed to investigate the consequences of plasma histidine deficiency in CKD patients.

Design

CKD patients (n = 325; 203 M) with a median age of 54 y (range: 19-70 y) were evaluated shortly before the beginning of renal replacement therapy. The median glomerular filtration rate was 6.4 mL/min (range: 0.8-14.5 mL/min). Nutritional status was assessed by subjective global assessment. Survival was followed for up to 60 mo; 101 patients died.

Results

Plasma histidine concentrations were significantly lower in CKD patients with history of cardiovascular disease, presence of plaques, protein-energy wasting, and inflammation. Plasma histidine was negatively associated with age, C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, leukocytes, thrombocytes, fibrinogen, hepatocyte growth factor, adhesion molecules, insulin-like growth factor-1, and 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine and was positively associated with handgrip strength, hemoglobin, S-albumin and fetuin-A. A multivariate regression analysis showed that histidine concentrations were independently associated with hepatocyte growth factor, hemoglobin, and fetuin-A. In unadjusted analysis, a low histidine concentration was associated with all-cause mortality (log rank chi-square test = 8.9; P = 0.002). After adjustment for age, sex, cardiovascular disease, inflammation, diabetes mellitus, serum S-albumin, and amino acid supplementation, the association between low histidine and mortality remained significant (hazard ratio: 1.55; 95% CI: 1.02, 2.40; P < 0.05).

Conclusion

Low plasma concentrations of histidine are associated with protein-energy wasting, inflammation, oxidative stress, and greater mortality in CKD patients.

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