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1974261

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
Plasma catecholamine levels, total platelet alpha 2-adrenoceptor number and affinity state (using [3H]yohimbine binding) were investigated in insulin-dependent diabetic patients with (n = 12) or without (n = 10) orthostatic hypotension due to autonomic neuropathy as well as in normal control subjects (n = 6). Mean resting basal catecholamine values were similar in the three groups. One-minute standing elicited an increase in norepinephrine plasma level (but not in epinephrine plasma levels) in control group but not in diabetic patients (with or without orthostatic hypotension). The maximal number of platelet alpha 2-adrenoceptors (and KD) calculated by [3H]yohimbine saturation experiments was similar in the three groups. The percentage of platelet alpha 2-adrenoceptors in high affinity state (inhibition experiments of [3H]yohimbine by UK14,304, a specific alpha 2-adrenergic full agonist) was significantly lower in diabetic patients with orthostatic hypotension (29.2 +/- 5.3%) than in the other two groups. No significant difference was found between the control group (60.0 +/- 2.0%) and diabetic patients without orthostatic hypotension (64.3 +/- 3.1%). Since platelet alpha 2-adrenoceptors are thought to be a suitable index of vascular alpha-adrenoceptors, the decrease in platelet alpha 2-adrenoceptors in high affinity state could explain the occurrence of orthostatic hypotension in insulin-dependent diabetic patients. Multiple pathophysiological mechanisms underly orthostatic hypotension in insulin-dependent diabetic patients and include anomalies both in the sympathetic nervous system and in alpha 2-adrenoceptor coupling.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-972X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
311-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Decreased high affinity state in platelet alpha 2-adrenoceptors from diabetic patients with orthostatic hypotension.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, INSERM U317, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Faculté de Médecine, Toulouse, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't