PMID- 22459244 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120906 LR - 20221207 IS - 1873-460X (Electronic) IS - 1056-8727 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 2 DP - 2012 Mar-Apr TI - Associations of plasma von Willebrand factor ristocetin cofactor activity and 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid concentrations with blood flow in lower-leg arteries in Japanese type 2 diabetic patients with normal ankle-brachial index. PG - 113-7 LID - 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2012.02.003 [doi] AB - AIMS: To evaluate the associations of circulating levels of proinflammatory molecules and endothelial factors with blood flow in lower-leg arteries in diabetic patients with normal ankle-brachial index (ABI>0.9). METHODS: We enrolled 123 type 2 diabetic patients with normal ABI and 30 age-matched nondiabetic subjects consecutively admitted to our hospital. Flow volume and resistive index, an index of peripheral vascular resistance, at the popliteal artery were evaluated using gated two-dimensional cine-mode phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging. An automatic device was used to measure ABI and brachial-ankle pulse-wave velocity (baPWV) for evaluation of arterial stiffness. Plasma soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) concentrations, serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels, plasma von Willebrand factor ristocetin cofactor activity (VWF), and plasma vasoconstrictor serotonin metabolite 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid (5-HIAA) concentrations were measured. RESULTS: Diabetic patients had higher baPWV (P<.0001), resistive index (P<.0001), sICAM-1 (P<.0001), MCP-1 (P=.0224), log hsCRP (P<.0001), VWF (P<.0001), 5-HIAA (P=.0015), and lower blood flow (P<.0001) than nondiabetic subjects. VWF (P=.0019) or 5-HIAA (P=.0011), but not sICAM-1, MCP-1, and log hsCRP, was negatively correlated with blood flow in diabetic patients. A multivariate analysis revealed that the significant independent determinants of blood flow were hypertension, use of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors, VWF and 5-HIAA (r(2)=0.198, P<.0001) in diabetic patients. CONCLUSIONS: Plasma VWF and 5-HIAA concentrations are associated with blood flow and are involved in the pathogenesis of impaired peripheral circulation due to higher arterial stiffness and greater vascular resistance in lower-leg arteries in diabetic patients with normal ABI. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Murase, Hiroshi AU - Murase H AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Daiyukai General Hospital, 1-9-9 Sakura, Ichinomiya, Aichi 491-8551, Japan. FAU - Suzuki, Eiji AU - Suzuki E FAU - Tajima, Yoshitaka AU - Tajima Y FAU - Hayashi, Kanako AU - Hayashi K FAU - Nakamura, Tomohiko AU - Nakamura T FAU - Noritake, Nobuyasu AU - Noritake N FAU - Takeda, Jun AU - Takeda J LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20120328 PL - United States TA - J Diabetes Complications JT - Journal of diabetes and its complications JID - 9204583 RN - 0 (Antihypertensive Agents) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - 0 (von Willebrand Factor) RN - 1404-55-3 (Ristocetin) RN - 54-16-0 (Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - *Ankle Brachial Index MH - Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use MH - Arteries/drug effects/physiopathology MH - Asian People MH - Cytokines/blood MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*blood/drug therapy/physiopathology MH - Diabetic Angiopathies/blood/drug therapy/physiopathology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid/*blood MH - Hypertension/blood/drug therapy/physiopathology MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use MH - Leg/*blood supply/physiopathology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Ristocetin/*blood MH - Vascular Resistance MH - von Willebrand Factor/*analysis EDAT- 2012/03/31 06:00 MHDA- 2012/09/07 06:00 CRDT- 2012/03/31 06:00 PHST- 2011/05/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/02/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/03/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/03/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/09/07 06:00 [medline] AID - S1056-8727(12)00005-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2012.02.003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Diabetes Complications. 2012 Mar-Apr;26(2):113-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2012.02.003. Epub 2012 Mar 28.