title: [The influence of autonomic diabetic neuropathy and human atrial natriuretic peptide on adrenal gland function in postural changes].
abstract: To investigate the influence of postural changes on plasma renin activity (PRA), plasma levels of human atrial natriuretic peptide (hANP) and on aldosterone in diabetes mellitus and autonomic neuropathy, ten patients with diabetes mellitus and autonomic neuropathy and ten patients with diabetes mellitus but without autonomic neuropathy were studied. Ten healthy subjects served as controls. Patients and controls were in supine position for 60 minutes, then changed posture sequentially to sitting (90 minutes) and to upright position (15 minutes). In controls, PRA was increased upon sitting and in the upright position, while hANP was decreased. Patients with autonomic neuropathy differed from controls in impaired renin stimulation, whereas in patients without autonomic neuropathy PRA responses to postural changes were only slightly decreased. In both groups of patients, the normal hANP responsiveness to postural changes was lacking. There were no differences in aldosterone levels between patients and controls. In patients with high basal hANP levels due to elevated systolic blood pressure renin responses to postural changes were decreased in comparison to those patients with low basal hANP levels. Thus, in patients with diabetes mellitus increased hANP levels which are not decreased in response to upright standing may contribute to the development of hyporeninism and its sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Endokrinologie, Zentrum der Inneren Medizin, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haak
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jungmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zeuzem
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schwietzer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reschke
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Althoff
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schöffling
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood*; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000450:Aldosterone; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D012083:Renin
vernacular_title: Einfluss der autonomen diabetischen Neuropathie und des humanen atrialen natriuretischen Peptids auf das Verhalten der Nebennierenfunktion bei Anderung der Körperhaltung.