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ArticleBritish journal of clinical pharmacology1998

Molecular effects of sulphonylurea agents in circulating lymphocytes of patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

I Rabbone, M Piccinini, M Curto, M Mostert, S Gamba, S Mioletti, R Bruno, M T Rinaudo

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Article in British journal of clinical pharmacology, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

I RabboneDepartment of Medicina e Oncologia Sperimentale-Sezione Biochimica, Università di Torino, Italy.
M Piccinini
M Curto
M Mostert
S Gamba
S Mioletti
R Bruno
M T Rinaudo
Ospedale Maria Vittoria · ITUniversity of Turin · IT

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Abstract

aimsIn circulating lymphocytes of NIDDM patients pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH), the major determinant in glucose consumption through oxidative pathways, is poorly active. The aim of this study is to examine whether sulphonylurea drug treatment revives PDH activity in circulating lymphocytes from NIDDM patients.

methodsTwenty normal-weight individuals with NIDDM were enrolled in this study. They had maintained their glycaemic levels close to normal by means of a restricted diet that had no longer been successful in the proceeding 2 months. The treatment protocol consisted in 160 mg gliclazide daily for 5 weeks. Twenty healthy subjects, matched for age, body mass index and gender, were enrolled as a control group. Patients, before and after treatment, as well as controls were tested for PDH activity in their circulating lymphocytes. Nine other untreated patients and nine healthy subjects, with the above mentioned characteristics, were recruited for the assay of PDH activity in their circulating lymphocytes before and after exposure, in vitro, to gliclazide, to insulin, and to gliclazide and insulin in combination.

resultsIn gliclazide-treated NIDDM patients, PDH activity in circulating lymphocytes recovered. In vitro, in circulating lymphocytes of untreated patients and controls insulin at 5 microU ml(-1) was ineffective and highly effective, respectively, in raising enzyme activity; gliclazide at 10 ng ml(-1) was ineffective on PDH in both groups, but in combination with insulin at 5 microU ml(-1) in both groups PDH was as active as in cells of controls exposed to insulin only. In cells of controls, gliclazide alone at 25-50 ng ml(-1) caused enzyme activation, whereas above 50 ng ml(-1) it caused inhibition; in cells of patients below 50 ng ml(-1) it had no effects, but at 50 ng ml(-1) and above raised enzyme activity to the basal level of controls.

conclusionsThis study suggests that free gliclazide concentrations determine recovery of PDH activity in circulating lymphocytes of treated patients through drug-mediated enhanced insulin control over PDH or through the drug alone.

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AdultDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleGliclazideHumansHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinLymphocytesMaleMiddle AgedPyruvate Dehydrogenase ComplexGliclazideHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinPyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex

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PMID9517374
PMCPMC1873367
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