Effect of 24 Hours of Normoglycaemia on Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator Plasma Levels in Insulin Dependent Diabetes

Summary

We have previously demonstrated that a short period of normoglycaemia obtained through an artificial pancreas in uncontrolled insulin-dependent diabetics improves parameters of the functional microangiopathy such as erythrocyte deformability and platelet aggregation. Because recently an immunoradiometric assay for tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) was developed we measured t-PA levels in 18 uncontrolled insulin-dependent diabetics before and after 24 hr of normoglycaemia induced by insulin to look for a modification of endothelial cells function. After 24 hr of strict control, plasma free insulin levels rose significantly, total t-PA R-Ag, its active fibrin binding fraction and euglobulin fibrinolytic activity were significantly decreased. These results suggest a responsibility for insulin in the decrease in t-PA blood level and could explain at least partially the relation between hyperinsulinism, thrombosis and atherogenesis.

Key Words

Tissue type plasminogen activator - Insulin dependent diabetes - Artificial pancreas

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