Diabetes, Vol 49, Issue 7 1258-1263, Copyright © 2000 by American Diabetes Association

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Increased circulating nitric oxide in young patients with type 1 diabetes and persistent microalbuminuria: relation to glomerular hyperfiltration

F Chiarelli, F Cipollone, F Romano, S Tumini, F Costantini, L di Ricco, M Pomilio, SD Pierdomenico, M Marini, F Cuccurullo and A Mezzetti
Centro per lo Studio dell'Ipertensione Arteriosa delle Dislipidemie e dell'Aterosclerosi, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University G.D'Annunzio School of Medicine, Chieti, Italy.

Hyperglycemia has been causally linked to vascular and glomerular dysfunction by a variety of biochemical mechanisms, including a glucose-dependent abnormality in nitric oxide (NO) production and action. NO is a candidate for mediating hyperfiltration and the increased vascular permeability induced by diabetes. Serum nitrite and nitrate (NO2-+ NO3-) concentrations were assessed as an index of NO production in 30 adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes, 15 with and 15 without microalbuminuria (albumin excretion rate [AER] between 20 and 200 microg/min), compared with a well-balanced group of healthy control subjects. In all subjects, glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was determined by radionuclide imaging. Our study showed that NO2- + NO3- serum content and GFR values were significantly higher in microalbuminuric diabetic patients than in the other 2 groups. GFR was significantly and positively related to AER levels (r2 = 0.75, P < 0.0001), whereas NO2- + NO3- serum content was independently associated with both AER and GFR values (beta = 2.086, P = 0.05, beta = 1.273, P = 0.0085, respectively), suggesting a strong link between circulating NO, glomerular hyperfiltration, and microalbuminuria in young type 1 diabetic patients with early nephropathy. Interestingly, mean HbA1c, serum concentration was significantly higher in microalbuminuric than in normoalbuminuric diabetic subjects (P < 0.05) and was independently associated with AER values, suggesting a role for chronic hyperglycemia in the genesis of diabetic nephropathy. Moreover, HbA1c serum concentration was significantly and positively related to NO2 + NO3 serum content (r2 = 0.45, P = 0.0063) and GFR values (r2 = 0.57, P = 0.0011), suggesting that chronic hyperglycemia may act through a mechanism that involves increased NO generation and/or action. In conclusion, we suggest that in young type 1 diabetic patients with early nephropathy, chronic hyperglycemia is associated with an increased NO biosynthesis and action that contributes to generating glomerular hyperfiltration and persistent microalbuminuria.
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