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Insulin-Induced Decrease in Large Artery Stiffness Is Impaired in Uncomplicated Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
From the Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Correspondence to Hannele Yki-Järvinen, MD, University of Helsinki, Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Haartmaninkatu 4, PO Box 340, Helsinki, Finland FIN-00029 HUCH. E-mail ykijarvi{at}helsinki.fi
Abstract—Normal insulin action in vivo involves a decrease in stiffness of large arteries (a decrease in aortic pressure augmentation). We determined whether the ability of insulin to decrease arterial stiffness is altered in uncomplicated type 1 diabetes. Nine type 1 diabetic men (age 28±2 years, body mass index 24±1 kg/m2) and 9 matched normal men were studied under normoglycemic hyperinsulinemic (sequential 2-hour insulin infusions of 1 [step 1] and 2 [step 2] mU · kg-1 · min-1) conditions. Central aortic pressure waveforms were synthesized from those recorded in periphery with applanation tonometry on the radial artery and a validated reverse transfer function to construct the central aortic pressure wave every 30 minutes. This allowed the determination of aortic augmentation (the pressure difference between the first and the second systolic peaks) and the augmentation index (augmentation divided by pulse pressure), as the measure of stiffness of large arteries. Whole-body glucose uptake was 44% (step 1) and 37% (step 2) lower (P<0.001) in the diabetic patients than in the normal subjects. At baseline, before the insulin infusion, augmentation averaged 0±1 and 2±1 mm Hg (NS) and the augmentation index was -1.5±4.5% and 4.0±3.7% (NS) in the normal and diabetic subjects, respectively. After 1 hour of hyperinsulinemia, the augmentation index had decreased significantly (P<0.01) to -9.5±4.8% in the normal subjects but remained at 4.4±4.2% in the diabetic patients. A significant decrease was not observed in the diabetic patients until 150 minutes (-1.2±4.1%, P<0.05 versus baseline). Whole-body glucose uptake was significantly inversely correlated with the change in the augmentation index during step 1 (r=-0.61, P<0.01). Insulin resistance in type 1 diabetes involves a defect in the ability of insulin to decrease central aortic pressure. This defect could predispose these patients to premature stiffening of large arteries.
Key Words: arteries • aorta • blood flow • blood pressure • hemodynamics
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