Symptomatic diabetic neuropathy has been found to be associated with hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis hyperfunction, but no data are available about HPA activity in diabetic patients with asymptomatic autonomic imbalance. To evaluate HPA axis activity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in relation to the presence or the absence of subclinical parasympathetic or sympathetic neuronal dysfunction, we performed an observational study on 59 consecutive type 2 diabetic patients without chronic complications and/or symptoms of neuropathy or hypercortisolism. The following were measured: serum cortisol at 08:00 Am and at midnight (178 and F24, respectively), post-dexamethasone suppression cortisol, 24-hour urinary free cortisol (UFC), and morning corticotropin (ACTH). Deep-breathing (DB) and LS (LS) autonomic tests were performed to assess the parasympathetic function; postural hypotension test was performed to evaluate sympathetic activity. Patients were subdivided into 4 groups: subjects with parasympathetic failure (group A), sympathetic failure (group B), both para- and sympathetic failure (group Q, and without autonomic failure (group D). Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal activity was increased in group A compared with group D (UFC, 48.6 +/- 21.4 vs 21.6 +/- 9.8 mu g/24 h, P < .0001; ACTH, 27.0 +/- 8.6 vs 15.7 +/- 5.7 pg/dL, P < .01; F8, 20.4 +/- 4.5 vs 13.6 +/- 3.8 mu g/dL, P < .05; post-dexamethasone suppression cortisol, 1.2 +/- 0.4 vs 0.8 +/- 0.6 pg/dL, P < .05, respectively) and group B (UFC, 26.3 +/- 11.0 mu g/24 h, P < .0001; ACTH, 19.9 +/- 8.0 pg/dL, P < .05). Regression analysis showed that UFC levels were significantly associated with the deep-breathing test (beta= -0.40, P= .004) and tended to be associated with the lying-to-standing test (beta= -0.26, P= .065), whereas body mass index, glycated hemoglobin, and duration of disease were not. Type 2 diabetic patients with asymptomatic parasympathetic derangement have increased activity of HPA axis, related to the degree of the neuronal dysfunction.

Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity in type 2 diabetes mellitus role of autonomic imbalance / I. Chiodini, S. Di Lembo, V. Morelli, P. Epaminonda, F. Coletti, B. Masserini, A. Scillitani, M. Arosio, G. Adda. - In: METABOLISM, CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL. - ISSN 0026-0495. - 55:8(2006), pp. 1135-1140. [10.1016/j.metabol.2006.04.010]

Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity in type 2 diabetes mellitus role of autonomic imbalance

I. Chiodini;S. Di Lembo
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P. Epaminonda;B. Masserini;M. Arosio
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2006

Abstract

Symptomatic diabetic neuropathy has been found to be associated with hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis hyperfunction, but no data are available about HPA activity in diabetic patients with asymptomatic autonomic imbalance. To evaluate HPA axis activity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in relation to the presence or the absence of subclinical parasympathetic or sympathetic neuronal dysfunction, we performed an observational study on 59 consecutive type 2 diabetic patients without chronic complications and/or symptoms of neuropathy or hypercortisolism. The following were measured: serum cortisol at 08:00 Am and at midnight (178 and F24, respectively), post-dexamethasone suppression cortisol, 24-hour urinary free cortisol (UFC), and morning corticotropin (ACTH). Deep-breathing (DB) and LS (LS) autonomic tests were performed to assess the parasympathetic function; postural hypotension test was performed to evaluate sympathetic activity. Patients were subdivided into 4 groups: subjects with parasympathetic failure (group A), sympathetic failure (group B), both para- and sympathetic failure (group Q, and without autonomic failure (group D). Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal activity was increased in group A compared with group D (UFC, 48.6 +/- 21.4 vs 21.6 +/- 9.8 mu g/24 h, P < .0001; ACTH, 27.0 +/- 8.6 vs 15.7 +/- 5.7 pg/dL, P < .01; F8, 20.4 +/- 4.5 vs 13.6 +/- 3.8 mu g/dL, P < .05; post-dexamethasone suppression cortisol, 1.2 +/- 0.4 vs 0.8 +/- 0.6 pg/dL, P < .05, respectively) and group B (UFC, 26.3 +/- 11.0 mu g/24 h, P < .0001; ACTH, 19.9 +/- 8.0 pg/dL, P < .05). Regression analysis showed that UFC levels were significantly associated with the deep-breathing test (beta= -0.40, P= .004) and tended to be associated with the lying-to-standing test (beta= -0.26, P= .065), whereas body mass index, glycated hemoglobin, and duration of disease were not. Type 2 diabetic patients with asymptomatic parasympathetic derangement have increased activity of HPA axis, related to the degree of the neuronal dysfunction.
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