title: Plasma BNP levels in the treatment of type 2 diabetes with pioglitazone.
abstract: We monitored the change in plasma ANP and BNP levels (as markers for left ventricular dysfunction (LVD)) in DM2 patients treated with pioglitazone (Pio) for 4 weeks. Thirty DM2 patients with no sign of heart failure were treated with Pio (15 mg/day), and their plasma ANP (normal levels <or=43 pg/ml) and BNP levels (normal levels <or=18.4 pg/ml) were examined. We also examined those levels in no drug-treatment group (n = 10) as well as buformine treatment group (n = 10). Among these groups, there were no significant differences in clinical profiles related to DM control. Pio treatment was terminated when BNP (above 100 pg/ml) and ANP levels (above 50 pg/ml) suggested the left ventricular dysfunction (LVD). The patients (n = 12) whose BNP levels reached to the LVD-positive levels showed the basal BNP levels above the normal upper limit (18 pg/ml), while the rest of subjects (n = 18) whose basal BNP levels within normal limits did not showed the LVD-positive levels in the Pio-treatment. On the other hand basal ANP levels did not predict the development to LVD. In conclusion, BNP levels are suggested to be a good marker of Pio-induced LVD, and the Pio treatment of DM2 patients with BNP levels above the normal limit should be carefully carried out by monitoring BNP levels.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Vascular Biology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Kazuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Sadayoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002026:Buformin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood*; D000077205:Pioglitazone; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D045162:Thiazolidinediones
chemical_list: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D002026:Buformin; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D000077205:Pioglitazone; D013844:Thiazoles; D045162:Thiazolidinediones