TY - JOUR
T1 - NT-pro-BNP during hypoglycemia and hypoxemia in normal subjects: impact of renin-angiotensin system activity
AU - Due-Andersen, R
AU - Pedersen-Bjergaard, U
AU - Høi-Hansen, T
AU - Olsen, Niels Vidiendal
AU - Kistorp, C
AU - Faber, J
AU - Boomsma, F
AU - Thorsteinsson, B
N1 - Keywords: Adult; Angiotensin II; Anoxia; Blood Glucose; Blood Pressure; Cross-Over Studies; Humans; Hypoglycemia; Hypoglycemic Agents; Insulin; Male; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; Peptide Fragments; Reference Values; Renin; Renin-Angiotensin System
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Brain-derived natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a cardioprotective peptide released, together with the inactive NH2-terminal part of its prohormone (NT-pro-BNP), in response to different kinds of myocardial stress. Hypoglycemia and hypoxemia are conditions that threaten cellular function and hence potentially stimulate BNP release. BNP interacts with the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). The aim of this study was, therefore, to explore if basal RAS activity has an impact on NT-pro-BNP concentrations during myocardial stress induced by hypoglycemia and hypoxemia. From a cohort of 303 healthy young men, 10 subjects with high-RAS activity and 10 subjects with low-RAS activity (age 26 +/- 1 yr; mean +/- SE) were studied in a single-blinded, randomized, counterbalanced, crossover study on three occasions separated by at least 3 wk: 1) hypoglycemia (mean nadir plasma glucose 2.7 +/- 0.5 mmol/l), 2) hypoxemia (mean nadir Po-2 5.8 +/- 0.5 kPa), and 3) normoglycemic normoxia (control). NT-pro-BNP was measured at baseline, during the stimuli, and in the recovery phase. Hypoxemia was associated with a 9% increase in NT-pro-BNP from 2.2 +/- 1.5 pmol/l at baseline to 2.4 +/- 1.5 pmol/l during hypoxemia (P < 0.001). Hypoglycemia did not affect the NT-pro-BNP level. RAS activity had no impact on NT-pro-BNP levels during hypoglycemia and hypoxemia. Hypoxemia, but not hypoglycemia, stimulates NT-pro-BNP. This indicates that cardiac defense mechanisms against hypoglycemia, if any, are probably different from those against hypoxemia. Basal RAS activity had no impact on NT-pro-BNP levels
Udgivelsesdato: 2008/4
AB - Brain-derived natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a cardioprotective peptide released, together with the inactive NH2-terminal part of its prohormone (NT-pro-BNP), in response to different kinds of myocardial stress. Hypoglycemia and hypoxemia are conditions that threaten cellular function and hence potentially stimulate BNP release. BNP interacts with the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). The aim of this study was, therefore, to explore if basal RAS activity has an impact on NT-pro-BNP concentrations during myocardial stress induced by hypoglycemia and hypoxemia. From a cohort of 303 healthy young men, 10 subjects with high-RAS activity and 10 subjects with low-RAS activity (age 26 +/- 1 yr; mean +/- SE) were studied in a single-blinded, randomized, counterbalanced, crossover study on three occasions separated by at least 3 wk: 1) hypoglycemia (mean nadir plasma glucose 2.7 +/- 0.5 mmol/l), 2) hypoxemia (mean nadir Po-2 5.8 +/- 0.5 kPa), and 3) normoglycemic normoxia (control). NT-pro-BNP was measured at baseline, during the stimuli, and in the recovery phase. Hypoxemia was associated with a 9% increase in NT-pro-BNP from 2.2 +/- 1.5 pmol/l at baseline to 2.4 +/- 1.5 pmol/l during hypoxemia (P < 0.001). Hypoglycemia did not affect the NT-pro-BNP level. RAS activity had no impact on NT-pro-BNP levels during hypoglycemia and hypoxemia. Hypoxemia, but not hypoglycemia, stimulates NT-pro-BNP. This indicates that cardiac defense mechanisms against hypoglycemia, if any, are probably different from those against hypoxemia. Basal RAS activity had no impact on NT-pro-BNP levels
Udgivelsesdato: 2008/4
U2 - 10.1152/japplphysiol.01082.2007
DO - 10.1152/japplphysiol.01082.2007
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 18258801
SN - 8750-7587
VL - 104
SP - 1080
EP - 1085
JO - Journal of Applied Physiology
JF - Journal of Applied Physiology
IS - 4
ER -