Biomarkers of vascular wall damage in patients with cerebrovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus: 616.8-005
Тромбоз, гемостаз и реология

Tromboz, Gemostaz I Reologiya
scientific and practical journal

ISSN 2078–1008 (Print); ISSN 2687-1483 (online)

Keywords

cerebrovascular diseases
type 2 diabetes mellitus
nitric oxide
asymmetric dimethylarginine

Abstract

Summary. Background. Vascular complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) are one of the leading causes of increased mortality in patients of employable age. Hyperglycemia-induced oxidative stress and impaired antioxidant protection have been suggested to play a role in the pathological mechanism of vascular damage, in part due to the effects of nitric oxide (NO). Objectives: clari- fication of relationships in the systems of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and NO in patients with cerebrovascular diseases (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (DM-2). Patients/Methods. We examined 72 CVD patients with stenosing lesions of the internal carotid artery outside the acute period: group 1 consisted of 39 patients (18 men and 21 women; 65 [58; 72] years old) with DM-2; group 2 consisted of 33 patients (15 men and 18 women; 66 [56; 74] years old) without DM-2. The control group consisted of 30 volunteers (16 men and 14 women; 62 [50; 66] years old) without manifestations of cerebral ischemia and carbohydrate metabolism disorders, with normal body mass index, non-smokers. A clinical examination, neuro- and angio-imaging study, a spectrum of biochemical blood tests, including the concentration of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and indicators of NO system were carried out. Results. In group 1, the content of nitrate, nitrite and NO was 62.1 [56; 68] μmol/l, 48.5 [26; 52] μmol/l and 13.6 [9; 23] μmol/l, respec- tively, that significantly differed from the content of these parameters in group 2 — 58.3 [45; 64] μmol/l, 39.6 [26.0; 42.3] μmol/l and 18.7 [16.1; 24.7] μmol/l, respectively. Noted also a higher blood level of ADMA in patients with CVD combined with DM-2 — 0.42 [0.21; 0.53] mmol/l. Conclusions. A relationship was found between ADMA and NO levels in CVD patients with DM-2. This requires further studies of biomarkers of vascular wall damage to determine their place in the pathogenesis of ischemic cerebral compli- cations of DM-2.

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