title: Nonenzymatic glycosylation of collagen in diabetes: incidence on increased normal platelet aggregation.
abstract: The effect of normal and nonenzymatically glycosylated rat type I acid-soluble collagen on normal human platelets was investigated. Glycosylated collagen was obtained either after in vitro incubation with glucose or from rats made diabetic by streptozotocin. The amount of nonenzymatically bound glucose was as follows: normal 2.3, diabetic 7.6 and in vitro glycosylated collagen 9.0 nmol/mg. When investigated under conditions leading to identical diameters and molecular packings for all the samples, the aggregation potency was markedly stronger for diabetic and glycosylated collagens than for normal ones. These results show the potential role of this posttranslational modification of collagen which can be considered as a risk factor in the thrombotic pathogeny of diabetes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism*; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010974:Platelet Aggregation; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen; D005947:Glucose