In type 1 diabetic patients, acute loss of metabolic control is associated with increased blood flow, which is believed to favor the development of long-term complications. The mechanisms for inappropriate vasodilation are partially understood, but a role of endothelium-derived nitric oxide (NO) production can be postulated. We assessed, in type 1 diabetic patients, the effect of the acute loss of metabolic control and its restoration on forearm endothelial function in 13 type 1 diabetic patients who were studied under conditions of mild ketosis on two different occasions. In study 1, after basal determination, a rapid amelioration of the metabolic picture was obtained by insulin infusion. In study 2, seven type 1 diabetic patients underwent the same experimental procedure, except that fasting plasma glucose was maintained constant throughout. Basal plasma venous concentrations of nitrites/nitrates (NO2- + NO3-) were determined both before and after intravenous insulin infusion. Endothelium-dependent and -independent vasodilation of the brachial artery was assessed by an intra-arterial infusion of N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP), respectively. The same parameters were determined in 13 control subjects at baseline conditions and during a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic glucose clamp. Baseline forearm blood flow (4.89 +/- 0.86 vs. 3.65 +/- 0.59 ml x (100 ml tissue)(-1) x min(-1)) and NO2- + NO3- concentration (30 +/- 8 vs. 24 +/- 3 micromol/l) were higher in type 1 diabetic patients than in control subjects (P < 0.05). Insulin infusion was associated with lower forearm blood flow and plasma (NO2- + NO3-) concentration (P < 0.05), irrespective of the prevailing glucose levels, as compared with patients under ketotic conditions. The responses to L-NMMA were significantly lower in type 1 diabetic patients during euglycemia and hyperglycemic hyperinsulinemia (-11 +/- 5 and -10 +/- 4%, respectively, of the ratio of the infused arm to the control arm) than in control subjects at baseline (-18 +/- 6%, P < 0.05) and during hyperinsulinemia (-32 +/- 11%, P < 0.01). We conclude that the acute loss of metabolic control is associated with a functional disturbance of the endothelial function characterized by hyperemia and increased NO release during ketosis and blunted NO-mediated vasodilatory response during restoration of metabolic control by intravenous insulin. This functional alteration is unlikely to be explained by hyperglycemia itself.
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February 01 1999
Effect of acute ketosis on the endothelial function of type 1 diabetic patients: the role of nitric oxide.
A Avogaro;
A Avogaro
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Italy. [email protected]
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L Calò;
L Calò
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Italy. [email protected]
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F Piarulli;
F Piarulli
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Italy. [email protected]
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M Miola;
M Miola
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Italy. [email protected]
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S deKreutzenberg;
S deKreutzenberg
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Italy. [email protected]
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A Maran;
A Maran
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Italy. [email protected]
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A Burlina;
A Burlina
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Italy. [email protected]
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R Mingardi;
R Mingardi
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Italy. [email protected]
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A Tiengo;
A Tiengo
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Italy. [email protected]
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S Del Prato
S Del Prato
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Italy. [email protected]
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A Avogaro, L Calò, F Piarulli, M Miola, S deKreutzenberg, A Maran, A Burlina, R Mingardi, A Tiengo, S Del Prato; Effect of acute ketosis on the endothelial function of type 1 diabetic patients: the role of nitric oxide.. Diabetes 1 February 1999; 48 (2): 391–397. https://doi.org/10.2337/diabetes.48.2.391
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