Diabetic retinopathy risk correlates with intracellular concentrations of the glycoxidation product Nε-(carboxymethyl) lysine independently of glycohaemoglobin concentrations
Diabetic retinopathy risk correlates with intracellular concentrations of the glycoxidation product Nε-(carboxymethyl) lysine independently of glycohaemoglobin concentrations
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DOI:
10.1007/s001250051201
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发表时间:
1999-05-01
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影响因子:
8.2
通讯作者:
Bretzel, RG
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作者:
Hammes, HP;Brownlee, M;Bretzel, RG
Aims/hypothesis. We investigated whether either the amount of diabetes-induced intracellular oxidative stress or the concentration of hyperglycaemia-induced advanced glycation endproducts is associated with the risk of diabetic retinopathy.Methods. We measured concentrations of the glycoxidation product N-epsilon-(carboxymethyl)lysine and two non-oxidation-dependent advanced glycation endproducts (methylglyoxal-derived and 3-deoxyglucosone-derived) in CD45RA(+) T-cells from 21 Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients with and without diabetic retinopathy and from age-matched nondiabetic control subjects,Results. Intracellular concentrations of both oxidation-dependent N-epsilon-(carboxymethyl)lysine and oxidation-independent advanced glycation endproducts were increased in memory T-cells from diabetic patients. N-epsilon-(carboxymethyl)lysine: diabetic median-24176 arbitrary units/mg protein (95% confidence interval 18690-34099 arbitrary units/mg protein); nondiabetic-9088 arbitrary units/mg protein (confidence interval 6994-10696 arbitrary units/mg protein; p < 0.0001). Methylglyoxal-derived advanced glycation end products: diabetic-5430 arbitrary units/mg protein (confidence interval 3458-13610); non-diabetic-271 arbitrary units/mg protein (confidence interval 61-760 arbitrary units/mg protein; p < 0.0001). 3-Deoxyglucosone-derived advanced glycation end products: diabetic-8070 arbitrary units/mg protein (confidence interval 7049-16551 arbitrary units/mg protein); nondiabetic-1479 arbitrary units/mg protein (confidence interval 1169-3170; p < 0.0001). Only N-epsilon-(carboxymethyl)lysine concentrations, however, inversely correlated with the duration of retinopathy-free diabetes (r = -0.51; p < 0.02). Diabetes-dependent N-epsilon-(carboxymethyl)lysine accumulation did not correlate with age, diabetes duration, or averaged glycohaemoglobin concentrations. In vitro experiments wih menadione and lymphocytes confirmed that N-epsilon-(carboxymethyl)lysine concentrations reflect intracellular oxidative stress.Conclusion/interpretation. Monitoring intracellular concentrations of increased oxidative stress in long-lived CD45RA(+) lymphocytes by markers such as N-epsilon-(carboxymethyl)lysine possibly identifies a subgroup of patients at high risk for microvascular complications.