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Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California 92697
Diabetes is
associated with endothelial dysfunction and increased risk of
hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and renal complications. Earlier
studies have revealed that hyperglycemia impairs nitric oxide (NO)
production and diabetes causes endothelial dysfunction in humans and
experimental animals. This study was designed to test the effects of
altered concentrations of glucose, insulin, and glucagon, the principal
variables in types I and II diabetes, on NO production and endothelial
NO synthase (eNOS) expression in cultured human coronary endothelial
cells. Cultured endothelial cells were incubated in the presence of
glucose at either normal (5.6 mM) or high (25 mM) concentrations for 7 days. The rates of basal and bradykinin-stimulated NO production
(nitrate + nitrite) and eNOS protein expression (Western blot)
were then determined at the basal condition and in the presence of
insulin (10
8 and 10
7 M), glucagon
(10
8 and 10
7 M), or both. Incubation with a
high-glucose concentration for 7 days significantly downregulated,
whereas insulin significantly upregulated, basal and
bradykinin-stimulated NO production and eNOS expression in cultured
endothelial cells. The stimulatory action of insulin was mitigated by
high-glucose concentration and abolished by cotreatment of cells with
glucagon. Thus hyperglycemia, insulinopenia, and hyperglucagonemia,
which frequently coexist in diabetes, can work in concert to suppress
NO production by human coronary artery endothelial cells.
endothelial cells; diabetes; coronary artery; hypertension; arteriosclerosis; endothelium-derived relaxation
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