Journal of Diabetes (Oct 2022)

蛋白质吡咯加合物与血糖指数升高和糖尿病弥漫性神经病的临床特征相关

  • Xiao Chen,
  • Zhuyi Jiang,
  • Lianjing Zhang,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Xiaohu Ren,
  • Luling Nie,
  • Desheng Wu,
  • Zhiwei Guo,
  • Weimin Liu,
  • Xifei Yang,
  • Yan Wu,
  • Zhen Liang,
  • Peter Spencer,
  • Jianjun Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-0407.13318
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 10
pp. 646 – 657

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Abstract Introduction Diabetic neuropathy is the most prevalent complication of diabetes mellitus. Although the precise etiology of this neurological disorder has yet to be defined, elevated blood glucose promotes anerobic glycolysis; this produces excess advanced glycation end‐products, many of which have a pyrrole structure. Here, we test the hypothesis that protein pyrrole adducts are associated with elevated glucose indices and some clinical features of diabetic diffuse neuropathies. Method We investigated the levels of plasma pyrrole adducts and adjusted urinary pyrrole adducts in a group of elderly persons (n = 516, age 60–79) residing in the District of Luohu, Shenzhen, China between 2017 and 2018. Symptoms of distal symmetric polyneuropathy (DSPN) and resting heart rate, a measure of autonomic nervous system function, were collected from participants (n = 258) with elevated glucose indices. Result Protein pyrrole adducts showed a strong correlation with glucose indices before and after adjustment for age and estimated glomerular filtration rates. Stratified analysis showed that the medians and interquartile values of pyrrole adducts grew as glucose indices of the subgroups increased. Participants with symptoms of DSPN and sinus tachycardia presented elevated levels of plasma pyrrole adducts. Conclusion This study provides a novel link between glucose indices and the etiology of diabetic diffuse neuropathies.

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