Very nice paper, and thanks to cite one of my first papers!
But, I am sorry to notice that in this paper, again, arginase 1 activity is defined as limited mainly to liver. Arginase 1 expression is controlled by exogenous arginine and arginase 1 is present also in red blood cells (RBC), not only in liver! Therefore, Arginase 1 concentrations in RBC and availability of arginine as substrate for eNos and/or iNOs in may be of pivotal importance when evaluating peripheral vasomotor efficiency. Moreover, recycling of citrulline to arginine in peripheral endothelium is dependent both on availability of aspartate exported from citric acid cycle, which is blunted if beta-oxydation becomes prevalent on glucose full oxydation, and maintained expression of the enzymatic path.
For details: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21625171