title: Erythrocyte Li+/Na+ and Na+/H+ exchange, cardiac anatomy and function in insulin-dependent diabetics.
abstract: It has been proposed that an increased activity of cell membrane Na+/H+ exchange, mirrored by increased erythrocyte Li+/Na+ exchange, may facilitate cell hypertrophy and hyperplasia. Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus may develop a specific cardiomyopathy with systolic and diastolic abnormalities and increased thickness of the left ventricle. Therefore, we have investigated the relationships between erythrocyte Li+/Na+ and Na+/H+ exchange and echocardiographic parameters in 31 male insulin-dependent diabetics (aged 17-68), in good metabolic control. Three had untreated mild hypertension. In all patients the urinary albumin excretion rate was less than 200 micrograms min-1. Ten patients had a Li+/Na+ countertransport higher than 0.37 mmol l-1 cell h-1, the upper normal limit for our laboratory (0.49 +/- 0.10, mean +/- SD). In comparison with the patients with normal countertransport, they had increased interventricular septum thickness and relative wall thickness (h/r). End diastolic volume and cardiac index were reduced while blood pressure and urinary albumin excretion rate were similar. In the whole study group, interventricular septum thickness was significantly correlated to Li+/Na+ exchange (r = 0.61, P less than 0.001) and Na+/H+ exchange (r = 0.35, P less than 0.05), independently of the effect of age and blood pressure. Posterior wall thickness was correlated to Li+/Na+ exchange (r = 0.38, P less than 0.05) and h/r to Li+/Na+ exchange (r = 0.41, P less than 0.05) and to Na+/H+ exchange (r = 0.44, P less than 0.05). Li+/Na+ exchange was negatively correlated to cardiac index (r = -0.37, P less than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Semplicini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lusiani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marzola
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ceolotto
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Mozzato
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanette
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Donadon
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Stefanini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zanuttini
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Pessina
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007474:Ion Exchange; D008094:Lithium / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011522:Protons; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D011522:Protons; D008094:Lithium; D012964:Sodium