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Forearm vascular control during acute hyperglycemia in healthy humans

Departments of ¹Endocrinology and ²Anesthesiology, and ³General Clinical Research Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905

Submitted 31 July 2003 ; accepted in final form 20 October 2003

The vascular endothelium is a site of pathological changes in patients with diabetes mellitus that may be related to severe chronic hyperglycemia. However, it is unclear whether transient hyperglycemia alters vascular function in an otherwise healthy human forearm. To test the hypothesis that acute, moderate hyperglycemia impairs endothelium-dependent forearm vasodilation, we measured vasodilator responses in 25 healthy volunteers (11 F, 14 M) assigned to one of three protocols. In protocol 1, glucose was varied to mimic a postprandial pattern (i.e., peak glucose 11.1 mmol/l) commonly observed in individuals with impaired glucose tolerance. Protocol 2 involved 6 h of mild hyperglycemia (7 mmol/l). Protocol 3 involved 6 h of euglycemia. Glucose concentration was maintained with a variable systemic glucose infusion. Insulin concentrations were maintained at 65 pmol/l by means of a somatostatin and "basal" insulin infusion. Glucagon and growth hormone were replaced at basal concentrations. Forearm blood flow (FBF) was calculated from Doppler ultrasound measurements at the brachial artery. In each protocol, FBF dose responses to intrabrachial acetylcholine (ACh) and sodium nitroprusside (NTP) were assessed at baseline and at 60, 180, and 360 min of glucose infusion. Peak endothelium-dependent vasodilator responses to ACh were not diminished by hyperglycemia in any trial. For example, peak responses to ACh during protocol 2 were 307 ± 47 ml/min at euglycemic baseline and 325 ± 52, 353 ± 65, and 370 ± 70 ml/min during three subsequent hyperglycemic trials (P = 0.46). Peak endothelium-independent responses to NTP infusion were also unaffected. We conclude that acute, moderate hyperglycemia does not cause short-term impairment of endothelial function in the healthy human forearm.

endothelial function; vasodilation; postprandial hyperglycemia

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