Document Type
Article (Restricted)
Publication Date
2-15-2007
Abstract
The excess accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) contributes to the chronic complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and renal failure. Biopsy specimens (n = 184) of arterial (n = 92) and venous (n = 92) tissues were obtained (radial artery and cephalic vein) from end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients with or without DM and normal healthy subjects (n = 12) requiring surgery (trauma patients). Immunohistochemical assessment of the blood vessels revealed the presence of pentosidine (AGE marker) in both veins and arteries in 72% of the ESRD patients. The percentage of arteries and veins that showed positive pentosidine staining in ESRD patients with type 2 DM alone was 100% and 92% respectively, in the non-diabetic ESRD patients it was <70% (for arteries and veins), and in the ESRD patients with hypertension as an additional co-morbidity to type 2 DM it was 70% and 82%, respectively. The veins of ESRD patients with DM showed a strong (+++) positive staining and very strong (++++) positive staining was observed in the patients with DM and hypertension. Only mild (+) or moderate (++) pentosidine staining intensity was observed in the arteries of ESRD patients without or with comorbidities, respectively. The accumulation of AGE in the vein rather than the artery may be a better reflection of the extent of complications of ESRD.
Keywords
AGE, artery, diabetes mellitus, ESRD, pentosidine, vein
Divisions
fac_med
Publication Title
Vascular Medicine
Volume
11
Issue
4
Publisher
Arnold Publishers (journals now owned by Sage)
Additional Information
Address for correspondence: Umah Rani Kuppusamy, Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel: �60 3 79674900; Fax: �60 3 79676600; E-mail: umah@um.edu.my