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Different role of advanced glycation end products in pathology of transplanted heart in patients with or without diabetes mellitus type 2.
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Transplantation proceedings [Transplant Proc] 2009 Oct; Vol. 41 (8), pp. 3185-9. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Background: Aim of the study was to localize advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in late endomyocardial biopsies (EMBs) of orthotopic heart transplant (OHT) recipients with and without diabetes mellitus (DM) to correlate their presence with acute rejection episodes (ARE) and cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV).<br />Materials and Methods: Elective EMBs were performed at 3 years post-OHT in 64 subjects, with DM (59 M/5 F), of overall mean age of 49 +/- 8 years and 24 patients, without DM (21 M/3 F), of overall mean age of 42 +/- 10y. Localization of myocardial AGEs in paraffin sections was assessed immunochemically using mouse monoclonal anti-AGE antibodies (clone 6d12) on cardiomyocytes, stromal cells, connective tissue elements and capillaries.<br />Results: The occurrence of AGEs was similar in DM versus non-DM subjects: namely, cardiocytes 73% versus 63%, stroma 33% versus 33%, connective tissue 13% versus 9%, and capillaries 31% versus 33%, respectively. Only in the DM group. The acute rejection episodes and mean EMB score significantly correlated with AGE presence in cardiomyocytes (r = 0.29/0.3; P = .02/.02; Spearman). There was no relation between AGE occurrence and CAV diagnosis among DM subjects, while the time free from angiographically confirmed CAV or a CAV-related event was significantly shorter among non-DM recipients without AGEs in capillaries and/or cardiocytes (P = .014/.017/.014/.03, respectively; log-rank).<br />Conclusion: AGE occurrence in OHT recipients with DM was related to ARE, but not to CAV; in contrast, among non-DM patients it was not correlated with ARE, but their absence predicted CAV.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Diabetic Angiopathies pathology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Glycation End Products, Advanced analysis
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardium pathology
Myocytes, Cardiac pathology
Pilot Projects
Retrospective Studies
Tissue Donors statistics & numerical data
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 complications
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 pathology
Diabetic Angiopathies surgery
Glycation End Products, Advanced metabolism
Heart Transplantation pathology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-2623
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Transplantation proceedings
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19857706
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.07.069