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Diabetes, Vol 40, Issue 12 1685-1690, Copyright © 1991 by American Diabetes Association

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Charge selectivity of proteinuria in type I diabetes explored by Ig subclass clearance

P Pietravalle, S Morano, G Cristina, MG De Rossi, G Mariani, P Cotroneo, G Ghirlanda, A Clementi, D Andreani and U Di Mario
Department of Endocrinology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.

To investigate the role of protein charge in early diabetic proteinuria, the clearance of proteins differing in charge and/or size (anionic and cationic Igs, albumin) was evaluated in 98 insulin-dependent (type I) diabetic patients selected as a representative sample of the 418 patients attending our clinics. Of the patients, 12.9% were microalbuminuric and 4.8% were macroalbuminuric. Anionic and total IgG clearances were significantly increased in 30.6 and 12.2% of patients and were correlated with duration of disease. Anionic IgG4 clearances were increased in patients (9.2%) with normal IgG excretion, suggesting that charge-selectivity impairment is responsible for protein loss. Anionic Ig clearances were also higher in some patients (14.3%) with normal albumin clearance, probably as a result of different glomerular filtration and/or tubular reabsorption. The anionic-cationic IgG clearance ratio tended to increase in parallel with albumin clearance, but once above macroalbuminuric levels, it tended to fall again, indicating the concomitant presence of size-selectivity loss. The anionic IgG clearance and the anionic-cationic IgG ratio, in addition to albumin excretion, may be valuable in assessing early kidney protein charge-selectivity impairment and better characterizing normoalbuminuric patients and those in the preclinical stage of diabetic nephropathy.
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