Glucose-induced vascular smooth muscle dysfunction: the role of protein kinase C.
Glucose-induced vascular smooth muscle dysfunction: the role of protein kinase C.
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葡萄糖引起的血管平滑肌功能障碍:蛋白激酶 C 的作用。
DOI:
10.1097/00004872-199505000-00001
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发表时间:
1995
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Williams,B
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作者:
Williams,B
Diabetes mellitus is characterized by the premature development of microvascular and macrovascular disease [1]. It is widely accepted that the development of vas-cular disease in diabetic patients is greatly accelerated by the coexistence of hypertension. Moreover, patients with diabetes are more commonly hypertensive than the non-diabetic population. For these reasons evaluating the mechanisms underlying the development of vascular injury in the diabetic patient is relevant to the understanding of the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease in a significant proportion of hypertensive patients. Previous [2] and morc-recent [3] clinical trials have emphasized that hyperglycaemia is an independent risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease. The fact that glucose uptake by vascular cells is largely insulin-independent renders vascular cells vulnerable to glucose-induced injury when the extracellular glucose concentration is elevated. The mechanism by which a high extracellular-intracellular flux of glucose contributes to the pathogenesis of vascular injury has not been confirmed, although numerous possibilities have been explored, including glucose-induced increases in intracellular sorbitol accumulation [4], the formation of advanced glycosylation end-products [5] and, more rcccntly, glucose-induced changes in cellular redox state [6].Attention has also been focused on a potcntial role for protein kinase C as a mediator of diabetes-induced vas–cular injury|| 7-14]. In this regard, protein kinase C is an attractive candidate, because it plays a pivotal role in the regulation of many biological functions within various cell types [15–17]. Moreover, vascular smooth