title: Effect of 4-hour hyperglycaemia and hyperinsulinaemia on plasma atrial natriuretic factor concentrations.
abstract: To elucidate the mechanism behind the increased plasma atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) reported in Type 1 diabetic patients with glomerular hyperfiltration and incipient nephropathy, we studied the effects of a short-term moderate hyperglycemia with concomitant hyperinsulinaemia on plasma ANF concentrations and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in healthy male volunteers. Following a 2-hour basal run-in period, blood glucose level was clamped at 12.2 mmol/l for 4 hours by infusing 20% glucose solution (hyperglycaemia study) or the level was kept normal by infusing isotonic saline over the 4 hours (saline control study). Plasma ANF increased slightly both in the hyperglycaemia phase (from 25.7 +/- 6.3 to 32.1 +/- 7.5 ng/l at 3 hours [p < 0.02] and 31.0 +/- 6.6 ng/l at 4 hours [p = 0.058, mean +/- SD]) and in the control phase (from 17.7 +/- 6.1 to 26.1 +/- 13.5 ng/l at 3 hours [p < 0.05] and 25.4 +/- 11.7 ng/l at 4 hours [p < 0.05]) as compared with the respective baseline values. GFR remained unchanged both in the hyperglycaemia (from 108 +/- 8 to 104 +/- 13 ml/min/1.73 m2) and the saline control phases (from 106 +/- 7 to 101 +/- 7 ml/min/1.73 m2), respectively. The results of this short-term study showed no association between the moderate hyperglycaemia with a concomitant hyperinsulinaemia and plasma ANF concentration in non-diabetic normotensive subjects.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Stoffwechselkrankheiten und Emährung, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Heinemann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Sawicki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood*; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D005947:Glucose