title: Problems associated with glucose toxicity: role of hyperglycemia-induced oxidative stress.
abstract: Glucose homeostasis deficiency leads to a chronic increase in blood glucose concentration. In contrast to physiological glucose concentration, chronic superphysiological glucose concentration negatively affects a large number of organs and tissues. Glucose toxicity means a decrease in insulin secretion and an increase in insulin resistance due to chronic hyperglycemia. It is now generally accepted that glucose toxicity is involved in the worsening of diabetes by affecting the secretion of beta-cells. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the adverse effects of hyperglycemia. It was found that persistent hyperglycemia caused the functional decline of neutrophils. Infection is thus the main problem resulting from glucose toxicity in the acute phase. In other words, continued hyperglycemia is a life-threatening risk factor, not only in the chronic but also the acute phase, and it becomes a risk factor for infection, particularly in the perioperative period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Tokushima University Medical and Dental Hospital, 3-18-15 Kuramoto, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan. kawahito@clin.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawahito
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitahata
authors.forename: Shuzo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oshita
mesh_terms: D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D005947:Glucose