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ArticleAmino acids2020

Creatine, guanidinoacetate and homoarginine in statin-induced myopathy.

Axel Neu, Sönke Hornig, Ali Sasani, Dirk Isbrandt, Christian Gerloff, Dimitris Tsikas, Edzard Schwedhelm, Chi-Un Choe

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Article in Amino acids, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Axel NeuExperimental Neuropediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Sönke HornigExperimental Neuropediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Ali SasaniDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
Dirk IsbrandtGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.
Christian GerloffDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
Dimitris TsikasCore Unit Proteomics, Hannover Medical School, Institute of Toxicology, Hannover, Germany.
Edzard SchwedhelmInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Chi-Un ChoeDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany. cchoe@uke.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9154-8439
Universität Hamburg · DEMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEUniversity of Cologne · DE

Funding

Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (DE) 2018_EKES.04Werner-Otto-Stiftung 5/86
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our study evaluated the effect of creatine and homoarginine in AGAT- and GAMT-deficient mice after simvastatin exposure. Balestrino and Adriano suggest that guanidinoacetate might explain the difference between AGAT- and GAMT-deficient mice in simvastatin-induced myopathy. We agree with Balestrino and Adriano that our data shows that (1) creatine possesses a protective potential to ameliorate statin-induced myopathy in humans and mice and (2) homoarginine did not reveal a beneficial effect in statin-induced myopathy. Third, we agree that guanidinoacetate can be phosphorylated and partially compensate for phosphocreatine. In our study, simvastatin-induced damage showed a trend to be less pronounced in GAMT-deficient mice compared with wildtype mice. Therefore, (phospo) guanidinoacetate cannot completely explain the milder phenotype of GAMT-deficient mice, but we agree that it might contribute to ameliorate statin-induced myopathy in GAMT-deficient mice compared with AGAT-deficient mice. Finally, we agree with Balestino and Adriano that AGAT metabolites should further be evaluated as potential treatments in statin-induced myopathy.

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AmidinotransferasesAmino Acid Metabolism, Inborn ErrorsAnimalsCreatineDevelopmental DisabilitiesGlycineGuanidinoacetate N-MethyltransferaseHomoarginineHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsIntellectual DisabilityMiceMuscular DiseasesPhosphocreatineSpeech DisordersAmidinotransferasesCreatineGlycineglycocyamineGuanidinoacetate N-MethyltransferaseHomoarginineHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsPhosphocreatine

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PMID32594255
PMCPMC7406479
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