Inhibition of Protein Kinase C Prevents Impaired Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilation Caused by Hyperglycemia in Humans

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  • Joshua A. Beckman
  • Allison B. Goldfine
  • Mary Beth Gordon
  • Leslie A. Garrett
  • Mark A. Creager
چکیده

The bioavailability of nitric oxide is decreased in animal models and humans with diabetes mellitus. Hyperglycemia, in particular, attenuates endothelium-dependent vasodilation in healthy subjects. In vitro and in vivo animal studies implicate activation of protein kinase C as an important mechanism whereby hyperglycemia decreases endothelium-derived nitric oxide. Accordingly, this study tested the hypothesis that inhibition of protein kinase C would prevent impairment of endothelium-dependent vasodilation in healthy humans exposed to hyperglycemia. This study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. Healthy subjects were treated with an orally active, selective, protein kinase C inhibitor, LY333531, or matching placebo once a day for 7 days before vascular function testing. Forearm blood flow was measured using venous-occlusion, strain-gauge plethysmography. Endothelium-dependent vasodilation was measured via incremental brachial artery administration of methacholine chloride (0.3 to 10 g/min) during euglycemia and after 6 hours of hyperglycemic clamp. The forearm blood flow dose-response curve to methacholine was significantly attenuated by hyperglycemia after placebo treatment (P 0.009 by ANOVA, euglycemia versus hyperglycemia) but not after treatment with LY333531. Inhibition of protein kinase C prevents the reduction in endothelium-dependent vasodilation induced by acute hyperglycemia in healthy humans in vivo. These findings suggest that hyperglycemia impairs endothelial function, in part, via protein kinase C activation. (Circ Res. 2002;90:107-111.)

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تاریخ انتشار 2001