title: Platelet-derived growth factor and growth-promoting activity in the serum samples and platelets of patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Although platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is thought to be a major mediator of atherosclerotic disease, the pathophysiology of diabetic vasculopathy, including atherosclerosis, is unclear. By means of an enzyme immunoassay that used a monoclonal antibody against human PDGF-B chain, PDGF-like immunoreactivity was determined in serum, platelet-poor plasma, and platelet lysate of 28 patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and 11 control subjects. Growth-promoting activity was also measured by tritiated thymidine incorporation into DNA of cultured human fibroblasts. The PDGF-like immunoreactivity in serum was correlated (r = 0.42; p less than 0.01) with that in platelet lysate prepared from a fixed volume of blood. Furthermore, a correlation (r = 0.70; p less than 0.001) was found between the PDGF-like immunoreactivity and the growth-promoting activity in platelet lysate but not in serum. There was no significant difference between patients with diabetes and control subjects with respect to the PDGF-like immunoreactivity in serum or in platelet lysate (38.2 +/- 2.2 vs 42.8 +/- 3.1 ng/ml or 49.1 +/- 2.4 vs 56.2 +/- 3.4 ng/mg protein; mean +/- SEM). In contrast, the serum growth-promoting activity was lower (p less than 0.05) in patients with diabetes than in control subjects (88.1% +/- 7.1% vs 117.4% +/- 6.9%) and there was a negative correlation (r = -0.39; p less than 0.05) between the serum growth-promoting activity and the fasting plasma glucose level. The growth-promoting activity in platelet lysate of patients with diabetes did not differ from that of the control subjects (59.9% +/- 11.6% vs 65.9% +/- 11.2%).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Umeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hisatomi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nawata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masuko
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tatematsu
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D004247:DNA