title: Urinary excretion of glycated albumin in insulin-dependent diabetic patients with normal urinary albumin excretion.
abstract: Glycation involves both circulating proteins, such as albumin, and structural proteins, such as the components of the glomerular basement membrane. A preferential excretion of glycated albumin (more anionic at physiological pH compared with unmodified plasma albumin) has been reported by some authors, but not by others. We therefore investigated the selectivity index (renal clearance of non-glycated albumin/clearance of glycated albumin) in 25 insulin-dependent diabetic patients with normal urinary albumin excretion and in 19 well-matched control subjects. The selectivity index was significantly higher in diabetic patients than in control subjects: 1.38 +/- 0.05 SEM vs 0.98 +/- 0.02, p less than 0.0001. This result is not consistent with a preferential urinary excretion of glycated albumin, at least in normoalbuminuric uncomplicated insulin-dependent diabetic patients.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Medicina Interna, Università di Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pagano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiambretti
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Calefato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomalino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cecchini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cavallo-Perin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000419:Albuminuria; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D017127:Glycation End Products, Advanced; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012709:Serum Albumin; D000093423:Glycated Serum Albumin
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D017127:Glycation End Products, Advanced; D012709:Serum Albumin; D000093423:Glycated Serum Albumin