Oral glucose tolerance test effects on endothelial inflammation markers in healthy subjects and diabetic patients.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) on the level of endothelial dysfunction and vascular inflammation markers in healthy subjects (H) and diabetic overweight patients (D). We enrolled 256 healthy subjects and 274 type 2 diabetic patients. We evaluated blood glucose (BG), soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6), high-sensitivity C reactive protein (hsCRP), soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1), soluble E-selectin (sE-selectin), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) at baseline and after OGTT. We observed that BG, sICAM-1, IL-6, hs-CRP, sVCAM-1, sE-selectin, and TNF-alpha values were higher in D group than in H group. In a large sample of adult healthy subjects and type 2 diabetics we observed that both answer to an OGTT with a significant increase in biomarkers of systemic low-grade inflammation and endothelial dysfunction such as hsCRP, IL-6, TNF-alpha, sICAM-1, sVCAM-1, and sE-selectin. Type 2 diabetics experienced, however, a more significant increase in TNF-alpha, and sE-selectin.

• Authors: G Derosa, A D'Angelo, S A T Salvadeo, I Ferrari, E Fogari, A Gravina, R Mereu, I Palumbo, P Maffioli, S Randazzo, A F G Cicero
• Journal: Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme (Horm Metab Res) Vol. 42 Issue 1 Pg. 8-13 (Jan 2010) ISSN: 1439-4286 [Electronic] Germany
• PMID: 19735057 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Multicenter Study)
• Copyright: Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart New York.

Chemical References

• Biomarkers
• Blood Glucose
• Interleukin-6
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
• Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
• C-Reactive Protein

Topics

• Adult
• Biomarkers (blood)
• Blood Glucose
• C-Reactive Protein (metabolism)
• Cardiovascular Diseases (blood, etiology, immunology)
• Case-Control Studies
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 (blood, complications, immunology)
• Endothelium (immunology)
• Endothelium, Vascular (immunology)
• Female
• Glucose Tolerance Test
• Humans
• Interleukin-6 (blood)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (blood)
• Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (blood)