Diabetes mellitus worsens antioxidant status in patients with chronic pancreatitis.
BACKGROUND
Patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) are at high risk of antioxidant deficiencies. Furthermore, this disease can lead to diabetes mellitus (DM) that could exacerbate the severity of oxidative stress. Oxidative stress and the resulting LDL oxidation are a major cause of atherosclerosis.


OBJECTIVE
The objective of the study was to ascertain whether diabetes significantly modifies oxidative status in patients with CP.


METHODS
CP patients with or without DM were compared with type 1 DM patients and healthy control subjects.


RESULTS
Two-way factorial analyses showed that a decrease in the plasma concentrations of vitamin A, vitamin E, and carotenoids accompanied both CP and DM, and CP was also associated with lower plasma concentrations of selenium and zinc, lower catalase activity, and higher plasma concentrations of copper. The lag phase of LDL oxidation was lower in CP patients with or without DM than in the control subjects, whereas there was no significant difference between type 1 DM patients and control subjects. Multivariate analysis showed that LDL vitamin E (R2 = 0.24, P < 0.0001) and fasting plasma glucose (R2 = 0.32, P < 0.0001) concentrations were the main determinants of the lag phase of LDL oxidation.


CONCLUSIONS
Antioxidant status is altered in CP patients, particularly in those who also have DM. In these patients, a vitamin E deficiency and an elevated plasma glucose concentration were associated with significantly higher LDL oxidizability.
Quilliot
Didier
D
Service de Diabétologie, Maladies Métaboliques et Nutrition, Hôpital Jeanne d'Arc, CHU de Nancy, France. d.quilliot@chu-nancy.fr
Walters
Evelyne
E
Bonte
Jean-Paul
JP
Fruchart
Jean-Charles
JC
Duriez
Patrick
P
Ziegler
Olivier
O
D000328:Adult; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000097:blood; D001786:Blood Glucose; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D012643:Selenium / Q000097:blood; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000097:blood; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood
D000975:Antioxidants; D001786:Blood Glucose; D014801:Vitamin A; D014810:Vitamin E; D012643:Selenium; D015032:Zinc; D001205:Ascorbic Acid