Authors: Cheung, Anthony T.W. | (Smith) Tomic, M. Meighan | Chen, Peter C.Y. | Miguelino, Eric | Li, Chin-Shang | Devaraj, Sridevi
Article Type:
Research Article
Abstract:
We hypothesize that real-time in vivo microvascular abnormalities should correlate with biochemical markers of inflammation/endothelial dysfunction in T1DM. Real-time quantification of T1DM and healthy non-diabetic control microcirculation was conducted utilizing computer-assisted intravital microscopy. Selected biochemical markers (high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), soluble vascular cell adhesion molecules (sVCAM), soluble intercellular adhesion molecules (sICAM), soluble E-selectin (sE-selectin), nitrotyrosine, superoxide anion (O2 − ), interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)) were used for correlation. The severity of microvascular abnormalities, as reflected by the arithmetic severity index (SI), was significantly increased in T1DM vs. controls (5.89 ± 1.47 vs. 2.34 ± 1.48; P<0.001).
…In addition several of the specific microvascular abnormalities (related to flow and morphometry) were significantly more prevalent in the T1DM patients. Finally, the following significant positive correlations existed between the inflammatory/endothelial dysfunction markers and specific microvascular abnormalities: sVCAM and abnormal vessel diameter (P=0.004, OR =1.033, 95% CI for OR =(1.01, 1.056)), superoxide (O2 − ) release and abnormal vessel distribution (P=0.032, OR =1.798, 95% CI for OR =(1.051, 3.075)), and sE-selectin and abnormal vessel distribution (P=0.036, OR =1.118, 95% CI for OR =(1.007, 1.241)). In view of such significant correlations, we conclude that these specific microvascular abnormalities can serve as unique physiologic markers of endothelial dysfunction to correlate with the biochemical markers of inflammatory/endothelial dysfunction in disease progression and therapeutic efficacy studies.
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Keywords: Computer-assisted intravital microscopy, T1DM, biochemical markers, physiologic markers, microvascular abnormalities
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2009-1199
Citation: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation,
vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 285-295, 2009
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