TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlation of microvascular abnormalities and endothelial dysfunction in Type-1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM)
T2 - A real-time intravital microscopy study
AU - Cheung, Anthony T W
AU - Tomic, M. Meighan
AU - Chen, Peter C Y
AU - Miguelino, Eric
AU - Li, Chin-Shang
AU - Devaraj, Sridevi
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We hypothesize that real-time in vivo microvascular abnormalities should correlate with biochemical markers of inflammation/endothelial dysfunction in T1DM. Real-time quantification of T1DM and healthy non-diabetic control microcirculation was conducted utilizing computer-assisted intravital microscopy. Selected biochemical markers (high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), soluble vascular cell adhesion molecules (sVCAM), soluble intercellular adhesion molecules (sICAM), soluble E-selectin (sE-selectin), nitrotyrosine, superoxide anion (O2
-), interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)) were used for correlation. The severity of microvascular abnormalities, as reflected by the arithmetic severity index (SI), was significantly increased in T1DM vs. controls (5.89 ± 1.47 vs. 2.34 ± 1.48; P<0.001). In addition several of the specific microvascular abnormalities (related to flow and morphometry) were significantly more prevalent in the T1DM patients. Finally, the following significant positive correlations existed between the inflammatory/endothelial dysfunction markers and specific microvascular abnormalities: sVCAM and abnormal vessel diameter (P=0.004, OR =1.033, 95% CI for OR =(1.01, 1.056)), superoxide (O 2
-) release and abnormal vessel distribution (P=0.032, OR =1.798, 95% CI for OR =(1.051, 3.075)), and sE-selectin and abnormal vessel distribution (P=0.036, OR =1.118, 95% CI for OR =(1.007, 1.241)). In view of such significant correlations, we conclude that these specific microvascular abnormalities can serve as unique physiologic markers of endothelial dysfunction to correlate with the biochemical markers of inflammatory/endothelial dysfunction in disease progression and therapeutic efficacy studies.
AB - We hypothesize that real-time in vivo microvascular abnormalities should correlate with biochemical markers of inflammation/endothelial dysfunction in T1DM. Real-time quantification of T1DM and healthy non-diabetic control microcirculation was conducted utilizing computer-assisted intravital microscopy. Selected biochemical markers (high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), soluble vascular cell adhesion molecules (sVCAM), soluble intercellular adhesion molecules (sICAM), soluble E-selectin (sE-selectin), nitrotyrosine, superoxide anion (O2
-), interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)) were used for correlation. The severity of microvascular abnormalities, as reflected by the arithmetic severity index (SI), was significantly increased in T1DM vs. controls (5.89 ± 1.47 vs. 2.34 ± 1.48; P<0.001). In addition several of the specific microvascular abnormalities (related to flow and morphometry) were significantly more prevalent in the T1DM patients. Finally, the following significant positive correlations existed between the inflammatory/endothelial dysfunction markers and specific microvascular abnormalities: sVCAM and abnormal vessel diameter (P=0.004, OR =1.033, 95% CI for OR =(1.01, 1.056)), superoxide (O 2
-) release and abnormal vessel distribution (P=0.032, OR =1.798, 95% CI for OR =(1.051, 3.075)), and sE-selectin and abnormal vessel distribution (P=0.036, OR =1.118, 95% CI for OR =(1.007, 1.241)). In view of such significant correlations, we conclude that these specific microvascular abnormalities can serve as unique physiologic markers of endothelial dysfunction to correlate with the biochemical markers of inflammatory/endothelial dysfunction in disease progression and therapeutic efficacy studies.
KW - Biochemical markers
KW - Computer-assisted intravital microscopy
KW - Microvascular abnormalities
KW - Physiologic markers
KW - T1DM
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U2 - 10.3233/CH-2009-1199
DO - 10.3233/CH-2009-1199
M3 - Article
C2 - 19628894
AN - SCOPUS:68649107103
VL - 42
SP - 285
EP - 295
JO - Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation
JF - Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation
SN - 1386-0291
IS - 4
ER -