ISSN:
1432-0428
Keywords:
Keywords Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
;
metaiodobenzylguanidine
;
autonomic neuropathy
;
nervous tissue autoantibodies
;
islet cell antibodies.
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary To investigate the presence of autoantibodies against sympathetic nervous tissue and their correlation with cardiac sympathetic dysinnervation in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), 20 newly diagnosed (age 26 ± 6 years) and 48 long-term IDDM patients (age 40 ± 13 years, duration of diabetes 22 ± 12 years) without myocardial perfusion abnormalities (normal 99 mTC-methoxyisobutylisonitrile uptake) were assessed for myocardial 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) uptake and complement-fixing sympathetic ganglia (CF-SG) autoantibodies. Both groups of patients were also studied for islet cell antibodies (ICA) and ECG-based cardiac autonomic neuropathy. Eighty control subjects (age 18–49 years) were investigated for CF-SG autoantibodies. Eight newly diagnosed (40 %) and 12 long-term (25 %) IDDM patients exhibited CF-SG autoantibodies, compared to 4 control subjects (5 %; p 〈 0.01, p 〈 0.05). In long-term diabetic patients, the reduction of global but not of regional myocardial 123I-MIBG uptake correlated with CF-SG autoantibodies (r = 0.34, p = 0.02). Newly diagnosed diabetic patients did not show an association between CF-SG autoantibodies and global or regional myocardial 123I-MIBG uptake. ECG-based cardiac autonomic neuropathy ( ≥ two of five cardiac reflex tests abnormal) was present in 22 and absent in 26 long-term IDDM patients, of whom 9 (41 %) and 3 (12 %), respectively were positive for CF-SG autoantibodies (p = 0.02). Only 1 newly diagnosed IDDM patient demonstrated ECG-based cardiac autonomic neuropathy and was also positive for CF-SG autoantibodies. Although they are somewhat suggestive, results concerning autoantibodies against sympathetic nervous tissue and cardiac sympathetic dysinnervation do not strongly support the view that autoimmune mechanisms play a major role in the pathogenesis of cardiac sympathetic neuropathy in IDDM. [Diabetologia (1996) 39: 970–975]
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00403917
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