PMID- 36262806 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20221101 IS - 1178-7007 (Print) IS - 1178-7007 (Electronic) IS - 1178-7007 (Linking) VI - 15 DP - 2022 TI - Association of Lipopolysaccharide-Toll-Like Receptor 4 Signaling and Microalbuminuria in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. PG - 3143-3152 LID - 10.2147/DMSO.S377776 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Intestinal flora imbalance has been implicated in the activation of innate immunity in the kidneys. However, little is known about the potential links between lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-toll-like. receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling activated by intestinal barrier dysfunction and microalbuminuria in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). PATIENTS AND METHODS: 61 patients with T2DM were stratified based on the absence (n=32) or presence (n=29) of microalbuminuria. There were also 28 control subjects. Urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER), serum levels of LPS, D-lactic acid (DLA), diamine oxidase (DAO), fasting blood glucose (FBG), interleukin-6 (IL-6), glycosylated hemoglobin A1 (HbA1c), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), and TLR4 expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were measured. RESULTS: hs-CRP, IL-6, LPS, DLA, DAO, and TLR4 were markedly increased in subjects with T2DM compared to the controls (P < 0.05 for all). Moreover, LPS was positively correlated with FBG, HbA1c, hs-CRP, IL-6, UAER, DLA, DAO, and TLR4 (P < 0.05 for all). In addition, TLR4 was positively correlated with UAER, hs-CRP, FBG, DLA, HbA1c, and LPS (P < 0.05 for all). In regression analyses, TLR4, LPS, HbA1c, and hs-CRP were independently associated with UAER (P < 0.05 for all), while FBG, LPS, TLR4, and hs-CRP (P < 0.05 for all) were found to be risk factors for microalbuminuria in T2DM. CONCLUSION: Intestinal integrity is compromised in subjects with T2DM, and the activation of LPS-TLR4 signaling might play an important role in the development of microalbuminuria in T2DM. CI - (c) 2022 Zhang et al. FAU - Zhang, Lijuan AU - Zhang L AD - Department of Blood Transfusion, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhang, Yuanjun AU - Zhang Y AD - Department of Endocrinology, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China. AD - Key Laboratory of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China. FAU - Liu, Juxiang AU - Liu J AD - Department of Endocrinology, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China. AD - Key Laboratory of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China. FAU - Li, Yonghong AU - Li Y AD - Institute of Clinical and Translational Medicine, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China. FAU - Quan, Jinxing AU - Quan J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7103-402X AD - Department of Endocrinology, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China. AD - Key Laboratory of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221017 PL - New Zealand TA - Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes JT - Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy JID - 101515585 PMC - PMC9575588 OTO - NOTNLM OT - intestinal mucosal barrier OT - lipopolysaccharide OT - microalbuminuria OT - toll-like receptor 4 OT - type 2 diabetes mellitus COIS- The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work. EDAT- 2022/10/21 06:00 MHDA- 2022/10/21 06:01 PMCR- 2022/10/17 CRDT- 2022/10/20 02:45 PHST- 2022/06/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/10/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/10/20 02:45 [entrez] PHST- 2022/10/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/10/21 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/10/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 377776 [pii] AID - 10.2147/DMSO.S377776 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2022 Oct 17;15:3143-3152. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S377776. eCollection 2022.