Low serum aminotransferase activity in patients undergoing regular hemodialysis.
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Of 150 patients undergoing regular hemodialysis (HD), 14 (9.3%) and 12 (8.0%), respectively, showed low serum activity of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT). An investigation was conducted to elucidate the underlying mechanisms in 20 patients with low serum AST and/or ALT activity. Fifty-five percent of the patients with low aminotransferase activity manifested serum levels of pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) that were lower than normal. Serum PLP levels correlated neither with AST nor with ALT activity. Oral administration of vitamin B6 to the cases with low aminotransferase activity resulted in an increase in pre-hemodialysis aminotransferase activity. Addition of vitamin B6 in vitro to the sera from the patients with low aminotransferase activity did not increase the values when the added vitamin B6 was within the physiological range, but did increase when added in larger (pharmacological) amounts. However, aminotransferase activity increased, but PLP levels remained unchanged when these values were compared before and after HD. On the other hand, guanase being within the normal range in all cases studied, did not change after HD. Although our study does not correlate with vitamin B6 deficiency, but rather with some uremic substance(s) which interfere(s) with the enzyme reaction as a cause of low aminotransferase activity, the fact that less than 10% of our patients showed low AST and/or ALT points to the latter possibility, suggesting the need of further study.
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