Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine the effects of oral L-arginine and the hexamethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor atorvastatin on endothelial function in young patients with type I diabetes mellitus (DM). BACKGROUND:Endothelial dysfunction, a key early event in atherosclerosis, occurs in young patients with type I DM, and its reversal may benefit the progression of vascular disease. Cholesterol reduction in L-arginine improve endothelial function in nondiabetic subjects, but their effect in patients with type I DM is unknown. METHODS:In a double-blind, 2x2 factorial study, we investigated the effect of L-arginine (7 g twice daily) and atorvastatin (40 mg/day) on conduit artery vascular function in 84 normocholesterolemic young adults (mean+/-SD: age 34 years [range 18 to 46], low density lipoprotein [LDL] cholesterol 2.96+/-0.89 mmol/liter) with type I DM. Brachial artery dilation to flow (flow-mediated dilation [FMD]) and to the direct smooth muscle dilator glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) were assessed noninvasively using high resolution ultrasound at baseline and after six weeks of treatment. RESULTS:Atorvastatin resulted in a 48+/-10% decrease in serum LDL cholesterol levels, whereas L-arginine levels increased by 247+/-141% after L-arginine therapy. By analysis of covariance, treatment with atorvastatin resulted in a significant increase in FMD (p = 0.018. L-Arginine therapy had no significant effect on endothelial function, and there was no significant change in dilation to GTN after either intervention. CONCLUSIONS:In young patients with type I DM, improvement in endothelial dysfunction can be demonstrated after just six weeks of treatment with atorvastatin. In contrast to studies of hypercholesterolemia, however, L-arginine had no benefit. Treatment with atorvastatin at an early stage may have an impact on the progression of atherosclerosis in these high risk patients.
journal_name
J Am Coll Cardioljournal_title
Journal of the American College of Cardiologyauthors
Mullen MJ,Wright D,Donald AE,Thorne S,Thomson H,Deanfield JEdoi
10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00743-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-08-01 00:00:00pages
410-6issue
2eissn
0735-1097issn
1558-3597pii
S0735-1097(00)00743-9journal_volume
36pub_type
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