Symmetric Dimethylarginine as a Biomarker for Chronic Kidney Disease

Authors

  • Khairat AS Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas/Dr. M. Djamil General Hospital, Padang, Indonesia
  • Harnavi Harun Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas/Dr. M. Djamil General Hospital, Padang, Indonesia
  • Deka Viotra Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas/Dr. M. Djamil General Hospital, Padang, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37275/bsm.v7i9.866

Keywords:

Chronic kidney disease, Endogenous biomarkers, GFR, Symmetric dimethylarginine

Abstract

Symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA), is a post-translationally stable catabolic product of arginine-methylated proteins that plays an important role in basic cellular metabolism. SDMA is an endogenous biomarker of kidney function that has been widely used in veterinary medicine. Symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) are 2 constant products of L-arginine proteolysis that undergo methylation. SDMA is almost completely excreted by the kidneys after filtration making SDMA an ideal GFR biomarker candidate. Apart from that, SDMA has several advantages as a biomarker of kidney function, namely that it is not affected by non-renal factors that influence creatinine and cystatin C. Apart from that, SDMA also increases earlier than other biomarkers.

Authors

  • Khairat AS1*
  • Harnavi Harun2
  • Deka Viotra2
  1. 1Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas/Dr. M. Djamil General Hospital, Padang, Indonesia
  2. 2Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas/Dr. M. Djamil General Hospital, Padang, Indonesia

Corresponding author Khairat AS — khairatsaiyadi@gmail.com

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2023-09-21

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AS K, Harnavi Harun, Deka Viotra. Symmetric Dimethylarginine as a Biomarker for Chronic Kidney Disease. Bioscmed [Internet]. 2023 Sep. 21 [cited 2026 Aug. 21];7(9):3602-8. Available from: https://bioscmed.com/index.php/bsm/article/view/866

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