Plasma aldosterone concentration in the patient with diabetes mellitus

BACKGROUND: Vascular injury at the microvascular and macrovascular levels plays a crucial role in the patient with diabetes mellitus. Evidence for renin-system activation in many patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus has raised the possibility that aldosterone-widely recognized as a contributor to vascular injury-could play a role.

METHODS: We examined the state of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) in 58 subjects with type 1 diabetes mellitus and 64 age-matched normal control subjects. All studies were performed on a fixed sodium (200 mmol/day) and potassium (100 mmol/day intake), and samples were drawn at 8:00 a.m. to avoid the influence of circadian rhythms.

RESULTS: The patient with diabetes mellitus showed an increase in plasma renin activity (PRA) (P < 0.01), plasma angiotensin II concentration (P < 0.01), and plasma aldosterone concentration (P < 0.001). A striking influence of the angiotensin receptor blocker, candesartan, on plasma aldosterone concentration in the patients with diabetes mellitus suggested strongly that renin-system activation is responsible for the elevated plasma aldosterone concentration.

CONCLUSION: Pharmacologic interruption of the effects of aldosterone at the tissue level could be especially useful in patients with diabetes mellitus. The dose of agents that block the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) should be adjusted to maximize the fall in plasma aldosterone concentration.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2004

Erschienen:

2004

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65

Enthalten in:

Kidney international - 65(2004), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 1435-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hollenberg, Norman K [VerfasserIn]
Stevanovic, Radomir [VerfasserIn]
Agarwal, Anupam [VerfasserIn]
Lansang, M Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Price, Deborah A [VerfasserIn]
Laffel, Lori M B [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Gordon H [VerfasserIn]
Fisher, Naomi D L [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

11128-99-7
4964P6T9RB
Aldosterone
Angiotensin II
Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers
Benzimidazoles
Biphenyl Compounds
Candesartan
EC 3.4.23.15
Journal Article
Renin
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
S8Q36MD2XX
Tetrazoles

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.10.2004

Date Revised 03.12.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM147808561