title: Intravenous insulin decreases urinary albumin excretion in long-term diabetics with nephropathy.
abstract: The effect of intravenous injection of insulin on heart rate, plasma noradrenaline and urinary excretion rates of albumin and beta-2-microglobulin was examined in 10 long-term diabetics, 5 of whom had albuminuria. --In patients without albuminuria intravenous injection of insulin resulted in changes similar to but less pronounced than those previously observed in short-term diabetics: albumin excretion, plasma noradrenaline and heart rate increased, creatinine excretion decreased significantly. --Intravenous injection of insulin increased heart rate but not plasma noradrenaline in long-term diabetics with albuminuria. Arterial blood pressure did not change after insulin. Contrary to expectation insulin decreased urinary albumin excretion (from 418 to 312 micrograms/min, 27 per cent) in these patients. There was a marked decrease in urinary excretion rates of beta-2-microglobulin and creatinine (55 and 17 per cent, respectively) after insulin. --The decrease in albumin excretion after insulin in diabetics with albuminuria is most likely due to renal vasoconstriction. The absence of a rise in albumin excretion after insulin may be due to severe morphological changes in glomeruli in these patients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000419:Albuminuria; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000652:urine*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin; D003404:Creatinine; D009638:Norepinephrine