Uncomplicated Type 1 Diabetes Is Associated with Increased Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Concentrations

Author:

Altinova Alev E.1,Arslan Metin1,Sepici-Dincel Aylin2,Akturk Mujde1,Altan Nilgun2,Toruner Fusun B.1

Affiliation:

1. Departments of Endocrinology and Metabolism (A.E.A., M.Ar., M.Ak., F.B.T.), Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, 06550 Ankara, Turkey

2. Medical Biochemistry (A.S.-D., N.A.), Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, 06550 Ankara, Turkey

Abstract

Abstract Context: Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) has recently emerged as an independent risk marker for cardiovascular disease, but studies investigating the ADMA levels in type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) are scarce. Objective: We aimed to evaluate plasma ADMA, l-arginine concentrations, and l-arginine to ADMA ratio in uncomplicated type 1 diabetic patients and controls. Design and Subjects: Forty patients with type 1 DM who did not have clinical evidence of vascular complications and 35 healthy controls were included in the study. Results: Plasma ADMA concentrations were higher (2.6 ± 1.9 vs. 1.7 ± 0.7 μmol/liter, P < 0.01), and l-arginine levels were lower (79.3 ± 22.6 vs. 89.6 ± 19.4 μmol/liter, P < 0.05) in the diabetic group, compared with controls. The l-arginine to ADMA ratio was also lower in the diabetic group (38.7 ± 17.1 vs. 62.0 ± 27.9, P < 0.0001). In diabetic patients, logADMA correlated positively with body mass index (BMI) (P = 0.01), fasting blood glucose (P = 0.006), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) (P = 0.01) and negatively with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (P = 0.03). l-Arginine to ADMA ratio correlated negatively with BMI (P = 0.004), fasting blood glucose (P = 0.02), and LDL-c (P = 0.01) and positively with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (P = 0.04). In controls, logADMA and l-arginine to ADMA ratio correlated with BMI and LDL-c (P < 0.05). In regression analysis, BMI predicted 15% variance of ADMA levels (P = 0.02). Conclusions: We demonstrated that ADMA increases and l-arginine to ADMA ratio decreases, even before the development of vascular complications in type 1 DM.

Publisher

The Endocrine Society

Subject

Biochemistry, medical,Clinical Biochemistry,Endocrinology,Biochemistry,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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