Abstract:
:This study was designed to investigate the effect of diabetic duration on serum concentrations of endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase N(G), N(G)-asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) in patients and rats with diabetes, and to determine whether elevated endogenous ADMA is implicated in endothelial dysfunction or macroangiopathy in diabetes. Experimental diabetic model was induced by a single intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin to male Sprague-Dawley rats and fed for 2-, 4- and 8-week, respectively. Type 2 diabetic patients with different diabetic duration were recruited from Xiangya Hospital. Plasma glucose and serum ADMA levels were measured in both patients and rats. Moreover, endothelium-dependent relaxation of thoracic aortas and some parameters of metabolic control were examined in rats. Serum ADMA concentrations were significantly elevated in type 2 diabetic patients compared with healthy subjects (3.44 +/- 0.40 vs 1.08 +/- 0.14 micromol/L, n = 50 in diabetic patients and n = 40 in healthy subjects, P < 0.01). The serum levels of ADMA in patients with macroangiopathy were higher than the patients without macroangiopathy (P < 0.01). But no difference was observed in serum ADMA concentrations between groups of patients with different diabetic duration. Similarly, serum levels of ADMA in diabetic rats were also significantly elevated at 2-week duration compared with duration-matched control (3.71 +/- 0.20 vs 1.04 +/- 0.23 micromol/L, n = 5 approximately 6, P < 0.01). This elevation of ADMA was retained to 4- and 8-week (3.54 +/- 0.76 vs 0.95 +/- 0.06 micromol/L for 4-week, 3.21 +/- 0.50 vs 1.03 +/- 0. 09 micromol/L for 8-week, n = 5 approximately 6, all P < 0.01) and remained unchanged among three diabetic groups. The elevation of ADMA was accompanied by impairment of endothelium-dependent relaxation and poor metabolic control in diabetic rat. These results first reveal that the extent of elevation in serum ADMA in both rats and patients with diabetes is not proportion with the length of their diabetic duration but rather with the metabolic control of this disease. Elevated endogenous ADMA may be implicated in diabetes-induced endothelial dysfunction and macroangiopathy. This study is helpful to prevention and treatment of diabetic-induced endothelial dysfunction or macroangiopathy.
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Life Scijournal_title
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Xiong Y,Lei M,Fu S,Fu Ydoi
10.1016/j.lfs.2004.10.062subject
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2005-05-27 00:00:00pages
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1879-0631pii
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