Serum amino acids imbalance in canine chronic hepatitis
In humans, chronic liver disease may cause alterations in amino acids (AAs) metabolism, with serum branched-chain AAs (BCAAs) decreasing and aromatic AAs (AAAs) increasing.
A reduced Fischer ratio (BCAAs/AAAs) has been found to be associated with hepatic fibrosis and is useful for assessing prognosis in human patients. In veterinary medicine, few studies have been performed, and in contrast to human patients, dogs with different kinds of hepatopathy tend to show both increased AAAs and BCAAs.
In dogs, the association between histological scores and serum AAs has not been previously investigated.
The aim of this study was to evaluate serum AAs in dogs with chronic hepatitis (CH) compared with a healthy control group (C) and, among CH dogs, in relation to their histological fibrosis and necro inflammatory activity scores.
Leftover serum samples of 16 dogs with histological CH and 25 healthy dogs were employed. Serum AAs were measured by high performance liquid chromatography. Proline and the AAAs phenylalanine and tyrosine progressively increased with the histological severity. In contrast, cysteine, tryptophan and BCAA isoleucine progressively reduced. Lysine and the BCAAs leucine and valine showed a non-linear trend with the histological findings.
The BCAAs/AAAs ratio was significatively reduced if higher grades of liver fibrosis were present.
Verena Habermaass, et al. “Serum Amino Acids Imbalance in Canine Chronic Hepatitis: Results in 16 Dogs.” Vet Sci. 2022 Aug 25;9(9):455. doi: 10.3390/vetsci9090455.
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