Abstract
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a potent vasoconstrictor peptide that is abundant in the brain and the peripheral sympathetic nervous system. In the present study we investigated possible changes in plasma immunoreactive (IR)- NPY concentrations and urinary IR-NPY excretion in patients with noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and the relationship to diabetic complications, such as nephropathy and neuropathy. IR-NPY in plasma and urine was measured by radioimmunoassay in 69 patients with NIDDM. Plasma IR-NPY concentrations in patients with advanced nephropathy (creatinine clearance <30 ml/min) (100.5 ± 10.3 pmol/l, n=9, mean ± SEM) were higher than in the control subjects (55.0 ± 6.8 pmol/l, n=15) (P<0.02). Urinary excretion of IR-NPY and fractional excretion of NPY were also increased in the patients with advanced nephropathy. Sephadex G-50 column chromatography of the urine extracts obtained from healthy subjects, diabetic patients with renal failure and non-diabetic patients with renal failure showed an immunoreactive peak eluting in the NPY position. On the other hand, neither plasma nor urinary IR-NPY was high in patients with retinopathy, or in patients with peripheral neuropathy. The present study has, for the first time, shown high plasma IR- NPY concentrations and urinary IR-NPY excretion in NIDDM patients with advanced nephropathy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 139-146 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | endocrine journal |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1999 Feb |
Keywords
- Diabetes
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Neuropeptide Y
- Urine
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Endocrinology