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PURPOSE: SGLT2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and GLP1 receptor agonists (GLP1-RA) protect the kidney in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) subjects. The role of patient's phenotype years before starting the treatment in determining the kidney response to these drugs has never been evaluated. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Clinical and biochemical parameters were collected in 92 T2DM patients with preserved kidney function from year -4 (T-4) to year +3 (T+3) from the introduction of semaglutide or empagliflozin (T0). Glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) slopes were evaluated to identify eGFR changes (ΔGFR) and predictors of treatment response. Urinary markers of kidney impairment were measured at T0, including KIM-1, TNFR1 and L-FABP. RESULTS: Characteristics of patients on semaglutide (n = 46) or empagliflozin (n = 37) were similar at T-4 and T0. ΔGFR from T0 to T+3 was -5.5 [-10.0; -0.7] vs -2.6 [-102.4] ml/min/1.73 m2 for GLP1-RA and SGLT2i, respectively (p = ns). Compared with patients with a slower eGFR decline, those with ΔGFR > 5 ml/min/1.73 m2 from T0 to T+3 (49%) or ΔGFR > 10 ml/min/1.73 m2 from T-4 to T+3 (25%) had similar characteristics and urinary markers at T-4 and T0. The latter group showed greater eGFR decline from T-3 to T0, which tended to be delayed more by SGLT2i than GLP1-RA (p = 0.09). CONCLUSION: In our cohort, subjects with T2DM and preserved renal function show similar eGFR response to treatment with GLP1-RA or SGLT2i. Baseline urinary biomarkers or prior phenotyping do not predict treatment response. An early eGFR decline identifies patients prone to lose more eGFR over time, who may benefit more from SGLT2i treatment.
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2 , Inibidores do Transportador 2 de Sódio-Glicose , Humanos , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamento farmacológico , Inibidores do Transportador 2 de Sódio-Glicose/uso terapêutico , Inibidores do Transportador 2 de Sódio-Glicose/farmacologia , Estudos Prospectivos , RimRESUMO
AIMS: This review summarizes the contribution of Italian diabetologists devoted to a better understanding of the complex relationship linking sex/gender and long-term complications of type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) over the last fifteen years. DATA SYNTHESIS: Microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes show sex- and gender-related differences, involving pathophysiological mechanisms, epidemiological features and clinical presentation, due to the interaction between biological and psychosocial factors. These differences greatly impact on the progression of diabetes and its long-term complications, especially in the cardiovascular, renal and liver districts. CONCLUSION: A better knowledge of such sex- and gender-related characteristics is required for a more precise patient phenotypization, and for the choice of a personalized antihyperglycemic treatment. Despite such mounting evidence, current diabetes clinical guidelines do not as yet adequately consider sex/gender differences.
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Complicações do Diabetes , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2 , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/diagnóstico , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamento farmacológico , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/epidemiologia , Humanos , Hipoglicemiantes/efeitos adversos , Itália/epidemiologia , Fatores SexuaisRESUMO
PURPOSE: Epigenetic traits are influenced by clinical variables; interaction between DNA methylation (DNAmeth) and bariatric surgery-induced weight loss has been scarcely explored. We investigated whether DNAmeth of genes encoding for molecules/hormones regulating appetite, food intake or obesity could predict successful weight outcome following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). METHODS: Forty-five obese individuals with no known comorbidities were stratified accordingly to weight decrease one-year after RYGB (excess weight loss, EWL ≥ 50%: good responders, GR; EWL < 50%: worse responders, WR). DNAmeth of leptin (LEP), ghrelin (GHRL), ghrelin receptor (GHSR) and insulin-growth factor-2 (IGF2) was assessed before intervention. Single nucleotide polymorphisms of genes affecting DNAmeth, DNMT3A and DNMT3B, were also determined. RESULTS: At baseline, type 2 diabetes was diagnosed by OGTT in 13 patients. Post-operatively, GR (n = 23) and WR (n = 22) achieved an EWL of 67.7 ± 9.6 vs 38.2 ± 9.0%, respectively. Baseline DNAmeth did not differ between GR and WR for any tested genes, even when the analysis was restricted to subjects with no diabetes. A relationship between GHRL and LEP methylation profiles emerged (r = 0.47, p = 0.001). Searching for correlation between DNAmeth of the studied genes with demographic characteristics and baseline biochemical parameters of the studied population, we observed a correlation between IGF2 methylation and folate (r = 0.44, p = 0.003). Rs11683424 for DNMT3A and rs2424913 for DNMT3B did not correlate with DNAmeth of the studied genes. CONCLUSIONS: In severely obese subjects, the degree of DNAmeth of some genes affecting obesity and related conditions does not work as predictor of successful response to RYGB.
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Apetite/fisiologia , Metilação de DNA/fisiologia , Derivação Gástrica/tendências , Obesidade/genética , Obesidade/cirurgia , Redução de Peso/fisiologia , Adulto , Cirurgia Bariátrica/tendências , Estudos de Coortes , Epigênese Genética/fisiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Obesidade/metabolismo , Obesidade Mórbida/genética , Obesidade Mórbida/metabolismo , Obesidade Mórbida/cirurgia , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: P2X7 receptor (P2X7R), trigger of acute inflammatory responses via the NLRP3 inflammasome, is hyperfunctioning in patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS), where it stimulates IL-18 production. Some patients with SS develop a mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (MALT-NHL). OBJECTIVES: To prospectively evaluate the involvement and the putative prognostic role of this inflammatory pathway in the development of MALT-NHL. METHODS: A total of 147 women with SS have been prospectively followed for a mean of 52 months, relating the expression and function of the P2X7R-inflammasome axis in salivary glands and circulating lymphomonocytes to the prognosis and the degree of the disease. RESULTS: At baseline, gene expression of P2X7R and of the inflammasome components NLRP3, caspase-1 and IL-18 increased according to the presence of germinative centres and was higher in autoantibody-positive individuals and strongly higher in those developing a MALT-NHL over the follow-up. Glandular expression of IL-18 was threefold higher in MALT-NHL than in controls or in the other patients with SS. P2X7R did not colocalize with generic markers of inflammatory infiltrate, like CD20, being selectively expressed by epithelial cells. P2X4R, sharing functional characteristics with P2X7R, did not differ in SS and controls. The increased P2X7R gene and protein expression was tissue specific, no difference being observed in peripheral lymphomonocytes between SS with MALT-NHL and SS not developing MALT-NHL. CONCLUSION: We propose the P2X7R-inflammasome axis as a novel potential pathway involved in both SS exocrinopathy and lymphomagenesis, reinforcing the hypothesis of a key role of IL-18, via its increased P2X7R-mediated production, in the pathogenesis of lymphoproliferative malignancies, and opening novel opportunities for the early diagnosis of lymphoproliferative complications and the development of potential targeted therapies.
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Inflamassomos/metabolismo , Linfoma de Zona Marginal Tipo Células B/etiologia , Proteína 3 que Contém Domínio de Pirina da Família NLR/metabolismo , Receptores Purinérgicos P2X7/metabolismo , Síndrome de Sjogren/complicações , Síndrome de Sjogren/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Inflamassomos/genética , Interleucina-18/genética , Interleucina-18/fisiologia , Interleucina-1beta/genética , Interleucina-1beta/metabolismo , Linfócitos/metabolismo , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Proteína 3 que Contém Domínio de Pirina da Família NLR/genética , Prognóstico , Estudos Prospectivos , Receptores Purinérgicos P2X7/genética , Fatores de Risco , Glândulas Salivares/metabolismo , Síndrome de Sjogren/metabolismoRESUMO
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Soluble factors and cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) are crucial tissue repair mediators in cell-based therapy. In the present study, we investigate the therapeutic impact of EVs released by adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ASCs) recovered from obese subjects' visceral and subcutaneous tissues. METHODS: ASCs were recovered from 10 obese (oASCs) and 6 non-obese (nASCs) participants and characterized. In selected experiments, nASCs and oASCs were cultured with palmitic acid (PA) or high glucose (HG), respectively. EVs from obese (oEVs) and non-obese (nEVs) subjects' visceral and subcutaneous ASCs were collected after ultracentrifugation and analyzed for their cargo: microRNA-126 (miR-126), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2), and for their biological effects on endothelial cells (ECs). Western blotting analysis and loss- and gain-of function experiments were performed. RESULTS: oEVs show impaired angiogenic potential compared with nEVs. This effect depends on EV cargo: reduced content of VEGF, MMP-2 and, more importantly, miR-126. We demonstrate, using gain- and loss-of-function experiments, that this reduced miR-126 content leads to Spred1 upregulation and the inhibition of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in ECs. We also show that PA treatment of nASCs translates into the release of EVs that recapitulate oEV cargo. Moreover, HG treatment of oASCs further reduces miR-126 EV content and EV-mediated in vitro angiogenesis. Finally, impaired pro-angiogenic potential is also detected in EVs released from obese subcutaneous adipose tissue-derived ASCs. CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that obesity impacts on EV pro-angiogenic potential and may raise concerns about the use of adipose tissue-derived EVs in cell-based therapy in the obese setting.
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Células-Tronco Adultas/metabolismo , Células-Tronco Adultas/patologia , Vesículas Extracelulares/metabolismo , MicroRNAs/metabolismo , Microvasos/metabolismo , Obesidade/metabolismo , Obesidade/patologia , Gordura Subcutânea/citologia , Adipogenia/efeitos dos fármacos , Células-Tronco Adultas/efeitos dos fármacos , Diferenciação Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Cultivadas , Células Endoteliais/metabolismo , Células Endoteliais/patologia , Humanos , Gordura Intra-Abdominal/metabolismo , Gordura Intra-Abdominal/patologia , Obesidade/fisiopatologia , Gordura Subcutânea/metabolismo , Gordura Subcutânea/patologia , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/metabolismoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Hypertension (EH) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are major causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and identification of predictors of CKD onset is advisable. We aimed to assess whether dynamic renal resistive index (DRIN), as well as other markers of systemic vascular damage, are able to predict albuminuria onset and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline in patients with T2DM or EH. METHODS: In this prospective observational cohort study, 27 T2DM and 43 EH patients, free of CKD at baseline, were followed-up for 4.1 ± 0.6 years. Resistive Index (RI), endothelium-dependent (FMD) and independent vasodilation in the brachial artery (after glyceryl trinitrate - GTN - 25 µg s.l.), carotid-femoral Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV), Augmentation Index (AIx), DRIN (%RI change after GTN 25 µg s.l.) were evaluated. RESULTS: Patients developing microalbuminuria were older, more frequently T2DM, with higher UACR at baseline, and showed higher DRIN (-2.8 ± 6.7 vs -10.6 ± 6.4 %, p = 0.01) and PWV (9.9 ± 1.3 vs 7.9 ± 1.5 m/s, p = 0.004) at baseline. The best predictors of microalbuminuria onset were DRIN > -5.16 % in T2DM (sensitivity 0.83, specificity 0.80) and PWV > 8.6 m/s in EH (sensitivity 0.96, specificity 1.00). Individuals whose eGFR declined (n = 27) had higher eGFR at baseline, but similar vascular characteristics; however in EH showing eGFR decline, baseline DRIN and PWV were higher. PWV showed a steeper progression during follow-up in patients developing albuminuria (Visit-outcome interaction: p = 0.01), while DRIN was early compromised but no further impaired (Visit-outcome interaction: p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: PWV and DRIN are able to predict microalbuminuria onset in newly diagnosed EH and T2DM. DRIN is early compromised in T2DM patients developing microalbuminuria.
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Albuminúria/fisiopatologia , Artéria Braquial/diagnóstico por imagem , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/fisiopatologia , Hipertensão/fisiopatologia , Rim/diagnóstico por imagem , Artéria Renal/diagnóstico por imagem , Vasodilatação/fisiologia , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Idoso , Albuminúria/epidemiologia , Artéria Braquial/fisiopatologia , Estudos de Coortes , Taxa de Filtração Glomerular , Humanos , Rim/irrigação sanguínea , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Prospectivos , Análise de Onda de Pulso , Artéria Renal/fisiopatologia , Circulação Renal , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/epidemiologia , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/fisiopatologia , UltrassonografiaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Intense physical stress might promote inflammatory responses, whereas a regular physical exercise has positive influence. Little is known on the acute metabolic and inflammatory responses to different levels of strenuous exercise in trained athletes. AIM: To compare the short-term effect of two different ultra-endurance competitions on the inflammatory profile in male triathletes. METHODS: We studied 14 Ironman (IR) and 13 Half Ironman (HIR) before and after their own specific race. We assessed body composition and measured blood cells, lipids, iron metabolism and plasma levels of some acute-phase cytokines and inflammatory markers. RESULTS: After the race, IR showed reduced total body water and fat-free mass, not related with the duration of exercise, and increased white cells and platelets; high-density lipoprotein levels also increased. IR, but not HIR, showed reduced iron levels, increased ferritin and transferrin, reduced % saturated transferrin. HIR showed higher basal interleukin (IL)-6, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α, IL-10, IL-1ß than IR; however, the post-performance rise was greater in IR. Irisin increased only in HIR and osteocalcin decreased in IR. In the whole study group, delta of white blood cells was directly related with delta of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, and Δ ferritin was inversely related with Δosteocalcin. CONCLUSIONS: A single ultra-endurance competition induces an inflammatory response depending on the duration of physical effort, with increased acute-phase cytokines, and an altered iron metabolism. Irisin, whose biological meaning is still uncertain, seems to be associated with acute variations of some metabolic parameters.
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Biomarcadores/sangue , Citocinas/sangue , Inflamação/sangue , Esforço Físico/fisiologia , Atletas , Composição Corporal , Voluntários Saudáveis , Humanos , Inflamação/fisiopatologia , MasculinoRESUMO
BACKGROUND AND AIM: A certain degree of impaired kidney function is related to an increased cardiovascular risk. The cardiovascular protection exerted in the postmenopausal state by the hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is debated. No studies have so far explored the relationship between menopause, renal function and cardiovascular risk profile in healthy menopausal women in relation with HRT. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A total of 362 postmenopausal healthy women with normal albumin excretion rate were recruited and divided into two groups (HRT+ and HRT-) according to the presence or absence of HRT. All participants underwent a complete routine biochemical analyses and an echocardiogram. RESULTS: Clinical characteristics of the two groups were similar, but HRT+ showed a significantly higher estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR; by CKD-EPI formula). Regarding the heart ultrasonography, HRT+ had a significantly lower size of the aortic root and left atrium diameter (p = 0.038 and p = 0.012, respectively); no differences were found in the ejection fraction and Left Ventricular Mass Index (LVMI). In the whole study group, eGFR correlated inversely with LVMI and with the size of the aortic root (both p < 0.0001), being GFR the only determinant of the former by a stepwise regression. Dividing the study population according to an eGFR cut-off (> 80 and < 80 ml/min/1.73 m(2)); > 80 women, in comparison with < 80, showed a significantly lower LVMI and lower size of aortic bulb, further reduced in the HRT+. CONCLUSION: In a cohort of healthy, drug-naïve, postmenopausal women, HRT seems to positively affect glomerular filtration and is associated with lower values of left ventricular mass and aortic root size, thus offering a further mechanism through female hormones exert cardioprotection.
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Estrogênios/farmacologia , Taxa de Filtração Glomerular/efeitos dos fármacos , Coração/efeitos dos fármacos , Terapia de Reposição Hormonal , Pós-Menopausa , Idoso , Aorta/diagnóstico por imagem , Aorta/efeitos dos fármacos , Biomarcadores/sangue , Doenças Cardiovasculares/prevenção & controle , Estudos Transversais , Ecocardiografia , Feminino , Átrios do Coração/diagnóstico por imagem , Átrios do Coração/efeitos dos fármacos , Ventrículos do Coração/diagnóstico por imagem , Ventrículos do Coração/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise de RegressãoRESUMO
The Renal Insufficiency And Cardiovascular Events (RIACE) Italian Multicentre Study is an ongoing observational survey that examines the role of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) as an independent predictor of cardiovascular and renal outcomes in 15,773 Italian subjects with type 2 diabetes. The analysis of data collected at the enrollment visit provided a picture of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its association with other complications, risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and treatments in a large contemporary cohort. Main results of this analysis were that (a) non-albuminuric renal impairment is the predominant clinical phenotype in patients, particularly women, with reduced eGFR; (b) concordance between CKD and diabetic retinopathy is low, with only a minority of patients with renal dysfunction presenting with any or advanced retinal lesions; (c) the non-albuminuric form is associated with a significant prevalence of CVD, especially at the level of the coronary vascular bed; (d) CKD is associated with hemoglobin (Hb) A1c variability more than with average HbA1c, whereas retinopathy and CVD are not; (e) in elderly individuals with moderate-to-severe eGFR reduction, use of agents which are not recommended, such as sulphonylureas and metformin, is still frequent; and (f) though complications are generally more prevalent in men (except non-albuminuric renal impairment) women show a less favorable CVD risk profile and achieve therapeutic targets to a lesser extent than men, despite the fact that treatment intensity is not lower. These data update existing information on the natural history of CKD in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Doenças Cardiovasculares/epidemiologia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/epidemiologia , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/epidemiologia , Doenças Cardiovasculares/complicações , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicações , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamento farmacológico , Feminino , Taxa de Filtração Glomerular , Hemoglobinas Glicadas/metabolismo , Humanos , Hipoglicemiantes/uso terapêutico , Itália/epidemiologia , Masculino , Metformina/uso terapêutico , Estudos Multicêntricos como Assunto , Estudos Observacionais como Assunto , Prevalência , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/etiologia , Fatores de Risco , Fatores Sexuais , Compostos de Sulfonilureia/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The bases of the link between reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and coronary artery disease (CAD) are complex and to some extent still unclear. We performed this observational, single referral center, cohort study to evaluate whether mild to moderate GFR reduction is associated with more severe CAD and/or with a worse cardiac prognosis independently of proteinuria, diabetes and traditional risk factors. METHODS AND RESULTS: In 1752 consecutive non-diabetic patients without proteinuria or moderate/severe kidney disease undergoing a clinically driven coronary angiography, coronary arteries lesions, myocardial function and hypertrophy and 10-yrs incidence of cardiac events and death were evaluated in relation to classes of estimated GFR defined according the lowest eGFR value (105+, 90+, 75+, 60+, 45+). A reduced eGFR was independently associated with hypertension, myocardial hypertrophy and stress induced ischemia, while the excess coronary lesions and the worse myocardial systolic function were both largely explained by age and cardiovascular risk factors. When compared to subjects 75+, both the risk of cardiac death (1.67[1.10-2.57] and 3.06[1.85-5.10]) and non-fatal myocardial infarction (2.58[1.12-6.49] and 2.73[1.31-6.41]) adjusted for age and comorbidities were higher in eGFR 60+ and 45+ patients. CONCLUSIONS: A mild-moderate reduction of eGFR is closely associated to higher rates of stress-induced ischemia, myocardial hypertrophy and higher risk of fatal and non-fatal cardiac events. The associations of reduced eGFR with coronary atherosclerosis and myocardial systolic dysfunction are both largely explained by age and traditional risk factors.
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Doença da Artéria Coronariana/etiologia , Vasos Coronários/diagnóstico por imagem , Rim/fisiopatologia , Insuficiência Renal/fisiopatologia , Adulto , Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica/epidemiologia , Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica/etiologia , Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica/mortalidade , Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica/fisiopatologia , Estudos de Coortes , Angiografia Coronária , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/diagnóstico por imagem , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/epidemiologia , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/mortalidade , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Seguimentos , Taxa de Filtração Glomerular , Humanos , Incidência , Itália/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mortalidade , Isquemia Miocárdica/epidemiologia , Isquemia Miocárdica/etiologia , Isquemia Miocárdica/mortalidade , Isquemia Miocárdica/fisiopatologia , Prevalência , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Análise de SobrevidaRESUMO
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and essential hypertension are often associated, and retrospective data analyses suggest an association between lower blood pressure (BP) values and lower cardiovascular (CV) risk in patients with T2DM. However, the most recent intervention trials fail to demonstrate a further CV risk reduction, for BP levels <130/80 mm Hg, when compared to levels <140/90 mm Hg. Moreover, a J-shaped, rather than a linear, relationship of BP reduction with incident CV events has been strongly suggested. We here debate the main available evidences for and against the concept of 'the lower the better', in the light of the main intervention trials and meta-analyses, with a particular emphasis on the targets to be pursued in elderly patients. Finally, the most recent guidelines of the scientific societies are critically discussed.
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Anti-Hipertensivos/uso terapêutico , Pressão Sanguínea/efeitos dos fármacos , Doenças Cardiovasculares/prevenção & controle , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicações , Medicina Baseada em Evidências , Hipertensão/tratamento farmacológico , Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto , Fatores Etários , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Anti-Hipertensivos/efeitos adversos , Biomarcadores , Doenças Cardiovasculares/complicações , Doenças Cardiovasculares/epidemiologia , Angiopatias Diabéticas/complicações , Angiopatias Diabéticas/tratamento farmacológico , Cardiomiopatias Diabéticas/complicações , Cardiomiopatias Diabéticas/epidemiologia , Cardiomiopatias Diabéticas/prevenção & controle , Monitoramento de Medicamentos , Humanos , Hipertensão/complicações , Agências Internacionais , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Medicina de Precisão , Fatores de Risco , Sociedades Médicas , Sociedades Científicas , Instituições Filantrópicas de SaúdeRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Estimated pulse-wave velocity (ePWV), a surrogate measure of arterial stiffness, was shown to independently predict morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease and other causes in both the general population and high-risk individuals. However, in people with type 2 diabetes, it is unknown whether ePWV adds prognostic information beyond the parameters used for calculating it. AIMS: To assess the independent association of ePWV with all-cause mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study that enrolled 15 773 patients in 19 Italian centres in 2006-08. METHODS: ePWV was calculated from a regression equation using age and mean blood pressure (BP). All-cause mortality was retrieved for 15 656 patients in 2015. RESULTS: Percentage and rate of deaths, Kaplan-Meier estimates and unadjusted hazard ratios increased from Quartile I to Quartile IV of ePWV. After adjustment for age, sex, BP levels and anti-hypertensive treatment, the strength of association decreased but mortality risk remained significantly higher for Quartiles II (+34%), III (+82%) and IV (+181%) vs. Quartile I and was virtually unchanged when further adjusting for other cardiovascular risk factors and complications/comorbidities. Each m·s- 1 increase in ePWV was associated with an increased adjusted risk of death in the whole cohort (+53%) and in participants with (+52%) and without (+65%) cardiorenal complications. Moreover, ePWV significantly improved prediction of mortality risk over cardiovascular risk factors and complications/comorbidities, though the net increase was modest. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that ePWV may represent a simple and inexpensive tool for providing prognostic information beyond traditional cardiovascular risk factors. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00715481, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00715481.
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2 , Análise de Onda de Pulso , Rigidez Vascular , Humanos , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicações , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/mortalidade , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Idoso , Estudos Prospectivos , Rigidez Vascular/fisiologia , Itália/epidemiologia , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Doenças Cardiovasculares/mortalidade , Fatores de Risco , Pressão Sanguínea/fisiologia , Prognóstico , Causas de Morte , Modelos de Riscos ProporcionaisRESUMO
BACKGROUND: No data are available on the pharmacogenetics of metronomic chemotherapy in prostate cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between VEGF-A sequence variants and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) progression, progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS), in advanced castration-resistant prostate cancer patients treated with metronomic cyclophosphamide (CTX), celecoxib and dexamethasone. METHODS: Forty-three patients were enrolled, and genomic DNA was extracted. VEGF-A gene SNPs (-2578A/C, -634C/G, +936C/T) were analysed using TaqMan PCR assays. Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium was tested for each SNP, and genetic effects were evaluated by Fisher's exact test. PFS and OS were analysed with GraphPad Prism software, using the product limit method of Kaplan and Meier, and comparing survival curves using both the log-rank test and the Gehan-Wilcoxon test. We used Bonferroni correction to account for multiple testing, and a two-tailed P-value of <0.017 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Overall, 20 patients (46%) experienced a reduction in PSA levels from baseline and, among them, 14 (32%) showed a confirmed PSA ≥50% decrease. In non-responders, the -2578CC genotype was more frequent (18.60% vs 2.33% in responders; P=0.0212) whereas the -634CC genotype frequency was 22.73% vs 0% in responders (P=0.0485). With regard to PFS, patients harbouring the -634CC genotype had a median PFS of 2.2 months whereas patients with the genotype -634CG/GG had a median PFS of 6.25 months (P=0.0042). CONCLUSION: The -634CC genotype is significantly associated with a shorter PFS in patients treated with a metronomic CTX schedule.
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Adenocarcinoma/genética , Inibidores da Angiogênese/genética , Antineoplásicos Alquilantes/uso terapêutico , Ciclofosfamida/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias da Próstata/genética , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/genética , Adenocarcinoma/tratamento farmacológico , Adenocarcinoma/patologia , Administração Metronômica , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Inibidores da Angiogênese/uso terapêutico , Antineoplásicos Hormonais/uso terapêutico , Celecoxib , Inibidores de Ciclo-Oxigenase 2/uso terapêutico , Dexametasona/uso terapêutico , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Humanos , Calicreínas/sangue , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Farmacogenética , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Antígeno Prostático Específico/sangue , Neoplasias da Próstata/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Pirazóis/uso terapêutico , Sulfonamidas/uso terapêutico , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: Innate and adaptive immunity may contribute to gland dysfunction in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). The P2X7 receptor (P2X7 R)-NLRP3 inflammasome complex modulates the release of the inflammatory cytokines IL-1ß and IL-18. The presence of P2X7 R in salivary glands suggests an interesting scenario for the initiation and amplification of the innate immune response in pSS. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the role of the P2X7 R-NLRP3 inflammasome in pSS. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Twenty-one consecutive patients with pSS according to the American-European Consensus Group criteria and 15 patients with sicca syndrome (i.e. without Sjögren's syndrome, non-SS) were enrolled in this study, together with six control (CTL) subjects. Expression of the P2X7R-NLRP3 platform and IL-18 was determined by real-time PCR and western blotting in gland specimens and peripheral lymphomonocytes; data were related to patients\x92 clinical, serological and histopathological characteristics. The presence of IL-18 was determined in gland and saliva samples. RESULTS: P2X7 R expression was significantly higher in salivary glands from individuals with pSS than in those from non-SS and CTL subjects. Accordingly, the gene expression levels of the inflammasome components NLRP3, ASC and caspase-1 were significantly higher in pSS gland specimens, and this was paralleled by an increased expression of mature IL-18 in pSS saliva samples. The expression of both the P2X7 R and the inflammasome components was a marker of disease-related glandular involvement, being increased in patients with anti-Ro/SSA positivity and correlated with focus score. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest an involvement of the P2X7 R-inflammasome-caspase-1-IL-18 axis in the development of pSS exocrinopathy. This finding provides the basis for studying the complex mechanisms underlying pSS, as well as for developing novel potential therapeutic strategies.
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Inflamassomos/fisiologia , Inflamação/fisiopatologia , Receptores Purinérgicos P2X7/fisiologia , Síndrome de Sjogren/fisiopatologia , Western Blotting , Proteínas de Transporte/análise , Proteínas de Transporte/fisiologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Feminino , Humanos , Interleucina-18/análise , Interleucina-18/fisiologia , Interleucina-1beta/análise , Interleucina-1beta/fisiologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Monócitos/química , Monócitos/fisiologia , Proteína 3 que Contém Domínio de Pirina da Família NLR , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Receptores Purinérgicos P2X7/análise , Glândulas Salivares/química , Salvia/química , Síndrome de Sjogren/imunologiaRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: Poorer control of risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been reported in diabetic women, as compared with diabetic men. It has been proposed that this finding is due to gender disparities in treatment intensity. We investigated this hypothesis in a large contemporary cohort of subjects with type 2 diabetes. DESIGN: Observational, cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS AND SETTING: Consecutive patients with type 2 diabetes from the Renal Insufficiency And Cardiovascular Events (RIACE) Italian multicentre study (n = 15 773), attending 19 hospital-based diabetes clinics in 2007-2008. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Traditional CVD risk factors, macro- and microvascular complications and current glucose-, lipid- and blood pressure (BP)-lowering treatments were assessed. RESULTS: Although CVD was more prevalent in men, women showed a less favourable CVD risk profile and worse performance in achieving treatment targets for haemoglobin A1c , LDL, HDL and non-HDL cholesterol, systolic blood pressure (BP) and in particular obesity [body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference], but not for triglycerides and diastolic BP. However, women were more frequently receiving pharmacological treatment for hypertension and to a lesser extent hyperglycaemia and dyslipidaemia than men, and female gender remained an independent predictor of unmet therapeutic targets after adjustment for confounders such as treatments, BMI, duration of diabetes and, except for the systolic BP goal, age. CONCLUSIONS: In women with type 2 diabetes from the RIACE cohort, a more adverse CVD risk profile and a higher likelihood of failing treatment targets, compared with men, were not associated with treatment differences. This suggests that factors other than gender disparities in treatment intensity are responsible.
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Doenças Cardiovasculares/epidemiologia , Doenças Cardiovasculares/terapia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/epidemiologia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/terapia , Hipercolesterolemia/epidemiologia , Hipertensão/epidemiologia , Idoso , Índice de Massa Corporal , Doenças Cardiovasculares/diagnóstico , Estudos Transversais , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/diagnóstico , Feminino , Humanos , Hipercolesterolemia/diagnóstico , Hiperglicemia/diagnóstico , Hiperglicemia/epidemiologia , Hipertensão/diagnóstico , Itália , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Fatores de Risco , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Fatores Sexuais , Análise de Sobrevida , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
AIM/HYPOTHESIS: Renal resistive index is a useful measure for quantifying alterations in renal blood flow. In the present study we evaluated resistive index at baseline and after vasodilation induced by nitroglycerine in normoalbuminuric patients with type 2 diabetes or essential hypertension, relating the values to indices of systemic vascular dysfunction. METHODS: Newly diagnosed treatment-naïve type 2 diabetic (n = 32) and hypertensive patients (n = 49) were compared with 27 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Renal resistive index was obtained by duplex ultrasound at baseline and after 25 µg sublingual nitroglycerine. Endothelium-dependent (flow-mediated dilation) and -independent (response to nitroglycerine) vasodilation in the brachial artery was assessed by computerised edge detection system. Carotid-femoral pulse-wave velocity and augmentation index were assessed by applanation tonometry. Nitrotyrosine levels, an index of oxidative stress, were also measured. RESULTS: Resistive index was higher in diabetic than in hypertensive patients and controls (p < 0.001), while changes in resistive index induced by nitroglycerine were lower in hypertensive patients compared with controls (p < 0.01), and were further reduced in type 2 diabetic patients. Hypertensive and diabetic patients showed significantly increased arterial stiffness, nitrotyrosine levels and reduced endothelial function than controls (p < 0.05). Changes in resistive index induced by nitroglycerine were independently related to serum glucose, reactive hyperaemia and aortic pulse-wave velocity in the overall population. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: These results support the dynamic evaluation of renal resistive index as an early detector of renal vascular alterations in the presence of type 2 diabetes and hypertension, even before the onset of microalbuminuria.
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Albuminúria/fisiopatologia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/fisiopatologia , Hipertensão/fisiopatologia , Rim/irrigação sanguínea , Fluxo Sanguíneo Regional/fisiologia , Adulto , Albuminúria/sangue , Albuminúria/epidemiologia , Glicemia/metabolismo , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Comorbidade , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/sangue , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Hipertensão/sangue , Hipertensão/epidemiologia , Rim/diagnóstico por imagem , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Nitroglicerina/farmacologia , Estresse Oxidativo/fisiologia , Tirosina/análogos & derivados , Tirosina/sangue , Ultrassonografia , Vasodilatação/efeitos dos fármacos , Vasodilatação/fisiologia , Vasodilatadores/farmacologiaRESUMO
Some cytokines and proinflammatory mediators are considered markers of increased atherothrombotic risk. Few information is available on the effects of acute glucose and insulin variations on these markers of atherosclerosis. We assessed the acute effect of glucose and insulin on soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L), IL-6, and P-selectin levels, evaluating their relationship with insulin sensitivity in normal glucose tolerance subjects (NGT). Twenty-four NGT subjects underwent a 3-h oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) with measurements of sCD40L, IL-6, and P-selectin levels at 0, 90 and 180 min. Insulin sensitivity was assessed by the Oral Glucose Sensitivity Index (OGIS). To distinguish the role of glucose and insulin, eight subjects had the plasma glucose profile of the OGTT reproduced by a variable IV glucose infusion (ISO-G study) and nine underwent a euglycemic clamp. Lastly, a 3-h time-control (TC) study was performed in eleven subjects. A significant reduction of sCD40L was observed during OGTT and ISO-G study. This reduction was not due to time-related changes, since it was not observed in TC study. During the clamp, insulin induced a marked drop in sCD40L (from 4.89+/-1.34 to 1.60+/-0.29 ng/ml, p<0.05). In the pooled data from all studies, fasting sCD40L was indirectly related to LDL-cholesterol (r=-0.38; p=0.04), while IL-6 was directly related with BMI, fat mass, waist circumference, and P-selectin (p<0.05). sCD40L levels are downregulated during a short-term period of acute hyperinsulinemia, whether induced by oral or intravenous glucose administration or by insulin infusion, while it does not seem to affect P-selectin and IL-6.
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Fibrinolíticos/sangue , Hiperinsulinismo/sangue , Adulto , Glicemia , Ligante de CD40/sangue , Glucose/administração & dosagem , Glucose/metabolismo , Teste de Tolerância a Glucose , Humanos , Hiperinsulinismo/complicações , Hiperinsulinismo/imunologia , Hiperinsulinismo/metabolismo , Mediadores da Inflamação/sangue , Insulina/administração & dosagem , Interleucina-6/sangue , Masculino , Selectina-P/sangueRESUMO
Hypercholesterolemia and Type 2 diabetes are well-recognized risk factors for cardiovascular disease, promoted by a condition of subclinical inflammation and a hypercoagulable state. Soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L), a marker of vascular inflammation, seems to predict vascular damage in patients with Type 2 diabetes. Beside the lipid-lowering effect, statins seem to slow the progression of atherosclerosis through a series of anti-inflammatory effects, including a reduction of sCD40L levels. This study compared the effect of a short-term (12 weeks) treatment with rosuvastatin or simvastatin on some markers of inflammation in 36 patients with Type 2 diabetes and moderate hypercholesterolemia. As expected, both drugs significantly modified lipid profile; moreover, rosuvastatin and simvastatin were both able to significantly reduce albumin excretion rate in these patients, without affecting urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase. Serum homocysteine was not influenced by the treatment, as interleukin-6 levels, while C reactive protein diminished; moreover, rosuvastatin, but not simvastatin, was able to significantly reduce sCD40L. The only clinical parameter related with the variations in sCD40L was systolic blood pressure. In hypercholesterolemic Type 2 diabetic patients, sCD40L, a factor playing a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and associated with more rupture-prone lesions, is reduced by short-term treatment with rosuvastatin.
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Ligante de CD40/sangue , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/sangue , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamento farmacológico , Fluorbenzenos/uso terapêutico , Inibidores de Hidroximetilglutaril-CoA Redutases/uso terapêutico , Hipercolesterolemia , Pirimidinas/uso terapêutico , Sinvastatina/uso terapêutico , Sulfonamidas/uso terapêutico , Albuminas/metabolismo , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Pressão Sanguínea , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/patologia , Feminino , Homocisteína/sangue , Humanos , Hipercolesterolemia/sangue , Hipercolesterolemia/tratamento farmacológico , Interleucina-6/sangue , Lipídeos/sangue , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Rosuvastatina CálcicaRESUMO
AIMS: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) accelerates the decline in glomerular function; however, some individuals do not develop chronic kidney disease despite advanced age and long-lasting T2D. We aimed to phenotype patients with T2D aged 80 years or older who presented with a fully preserved kidney function. METHODS: From an Italian population of 281,217 T2D outpatients, we collected data on demographics, anthropometrics, diabetes duration, HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose, lipids, liver enzymes, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), albumin excretion rate (AER), chronic complications, and medication use. We primarily compared patients with a fully preserved kidney function (eGFR > 90 ml/min/1.73 m2 and AER < 30 mg/24 h, or G1A1) with those with mild kidney impairment (eGFR 60-90 ml/min/1.73 m2 and AER < 30 mg/24 h, or G2A1). RESULTS: N = 113,860 had available data for eGFR and AER, 21,648 of whom were aged ≥ 80. G1A1 (n = 278) and G2A1 (n = 6647) patients represented 1.3 and 30.7% of aged T2D patients, respectively, with an average diabetes duration of 16 years. Differences between the G1A1 and G2A1 groups were entered in a multiple logistic regression analysis with and without imputation of missing data. After adjustment and in both imputed and non-imputed datasets, younger age, lower BMI and lower triglycerides were associated with fully preserved versus mildly impaired kidney function. The comparison between G1A1 and G1A2/3 yielded different results. CONCLUSIONS: In a rare population of patients with a fully preserved kidney function despite old age and long-lasting diabetes, lower BMI and triglycerides suggest that protection from lipotoxicity may preserve kidney function over time.
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicações , Nefropatias Diabéticas/epidemiologia , Rim/fisiologia , Fenótipo , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/sangue , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/urina , Feminino , Taxa de Filtração Glomerular , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMO
Seven non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) patients participated in three clamp studies performed with [3-3H]- and [U-14C]glucose and indirect calorimetry: study I, euglycemic (5.2 +/- 0.1 mM) insulin (269 +/- 39 pM) clamp; study II, hyperglycemic (14.9 +/- 1.2 mM) insulin (259 +/- 19 pM) clamp; study III, euglycemic (5.5 +/- 0.3 mM) hyperinsulinemic (1650 +/- 529 pM) clamp. Seven control subjects received a euglycemic (5.1 +/- 0.2 mM) insulin (258 +/- 24 pM) clamp. Glycolysis and glucose oxidation were quantitated from the rate of appearance of 3H2O and 14CO2; glycogen synthesis was calculated as the difference between body glucose disposal and glycolysis. In study I, glucose uptake was decreased by 54% in NIDDM vs. controls. Glycolysis, glycogen synthesis, and glucose oxidation were reduced in NIDDM patients (P < 0.05-0.001). Nonoxidative glycolysis and lipid oxidation were higher. In studies II and III, glucose uptake in NIDDM was equal to controls (40.7 +/- 2.1 and 40.7 +/- 1.7 mumol/min.kg fat-free mass, respectively). In study II, glycolysis, but not glucose oxidation, was normal (P < 0.01 vs. controls). Nonoxidative glycolysis remained higher (P < 0.05). Glycogen deposition increased (P < 0.05 vs. study I), and lipid oxidation remained higher (P < 0.01). In study III, hyperinsulinemia normalized glycogen formation, glycolysis, and lipid oxidation but did not normalize the elevated nonoxidative glycolysis or the decreased glucose oxidation. Lipid oxidation and glycolysis (r = -0.65; P < 0.01), and glucose oxidation (r = -0.75; P < 0.01) were inversely correlated. In conclusion, in NIDDM: (a) insulin resistance involves glycolysis, glycogen synthesis, and glucose oxidation; (b) hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia can normalize total body glucose uptake; (c) marked hyperinsulinemia normalizes glycogen synthesis and total flux through glycolysis, but does not restore a normal distribution between oxidation and nonoxidative glycolysis; (d) hyperglycemia cannot overcome the defects in glucose oxidation and nonoxidative glycolysis; (e) lipid oxidation is elevated and is suppressed only with hyperinsulinemia.