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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Changes in proteoglycans in endothelial cells under hyperglycemic conditions

Han, Juying 02 December 2009
Heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) or heparan sulfate (HS) degradation may contribute to endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction in diabetes. HSPGs, syndecan and perlecan, contain a protein core with mainly HS glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) attached. HSPGs modulate growth factors and function in membrane filtering. Heparanase induction is likely responsible for diabetic HS degradation. Heparin protects endothelium and insulin regulates glucose metabolism. Our objectives were to observe HSPG changes by studying EC GAG content and gene expression of syndecan, perlecan and heparanase under hyperglycemic conditions with insulin and/or heparin treatment.<p> GAGs, including HS, were determined by the carbazole assay and visualized by agarose gel electrophoresis in porcine aortic EC cultures treated with high glucose (30 mM) and/or insulin (0.01 U/ml) for 24, 48 and 72 hours and/or heparin (0.5 µg/ml) for 72 hours. High glucose decreased cell GAGs and increased medium GAGs. GAGs increased with time in control cultures and in high glucose plus insulin treated medium. GAGs were decreased with insulin but increased with insulin or heparin plus high glucose.<p> Confluent cultured human aortic ECs were incubated with control medium, high glucose and/or insulin and/or heparin for 24 hours. Real time PCR determination showed that: high glucose increased heparanase, decreased syndecan and had no effect on perlecan mRNA; insulin or heparin with/without high glucose decreased and insulin and heparin with high glucose increased heparanase mRNA; heparin and insulin with high glucose increased but insulin decreased syndecan mRNA. Actinomycin D (10 µg/ml) inhibited heparanase and syndecan mRNA with high glucose plus insulin plus heparin and inhibited heparanase mRNA with high glucose compared to time 0 but not â-actin after addition for 0, 2, 4, 8 and 24 hours. Bioinformatic studies revealed that transcription factor Sp1 activates heparanase promoter by high glucose and may play a role in regulation of perlecan and syndecan promoters.<p> Insulin or heparin inhibited the reduction in EC GAGs and syndecan mRNA and induction in heparanase by high glucose, indicating their protective effect. Decreased GAGs by insulin may relate to the pathology of hyperinsulinemia. Transcriptional regulation by heparin and/or insulin may cause variation in gene expression of heparanase, syndecan and perlecan.
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Changes in proteoglycans in endothelial cells under hyperglycemic conditions

Han, Juying 02 December 2009 (has links)
Heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) or heparan sulfate (HS) degradation may contribute to endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction in diabetes. HSPGs, syndecan and perlecan, contain a protein core with mainly HS glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) attached. HSPGs modulate growth factors and function in membrane filtering. Heparanase induction is likely responsible for diabetic HS degradation. Heparin protects endothelium and insulin regulates glucose metabolism. Our objectives were to observe HSPG changes by studying EC GAG content and gene expression of syndecan, perlecan and heparanase under hyperglycemic conditions with insulin and/or heparin treatment.<p> GAGs, including HS, were determined by the carbazole assay and visualized by agarose gel electrophoresis in porcine aortic EC cultures treated with high glucose (30 mM) and/or insulin (0.01 U/ml) for 24, 48 and 72 hours and/or heparin (0.5 µg/ml) for 72 hours. High glucose decreased cell GAGs and increased medium GAGs. GAGs increased with time in control cultures and in high glucose plus insulin treated medium. GAGs were decreased with insulin but increased with insulin or heparin plus high glucose.<p> Confluent cultured human aortic ECs were incubated with control medium, high glucose and/or insulin and/or heparin for 24 hours. Real time PCR determination showed that: high glucose increased heparanase, decreased syndecan and had no effect on perlecan mRNA; insulin or heparin with/without high glucose decreased and insulin and heparin with high glucose increased heparanase mRNA; heparin and insulin with high glucose increased but insulin decreased syndecan mRNA. Actinomycin D (10 µg/ml) inhibited heparanase and syndecan mRNA with high glucose plus insulin plus heparin and inhibited heparanase mRNA with high glucose compared to time 0 but not â-actin after addition for 0, 2, 4, 8 and 24 hours. Bioinformatic studies revealed that transcription factor Sp1 activates heparanase promoter by high glucose and may play a role in regulation of perlecan and syndecan promoters.<p> Insulin or heparin inhibited the reduction in EC GAGs and syndecan mRNA and induction in heparanase by high glucose, indicating their protective effect. Decreased GAGs by insulin may relate to the pathology of hyperinsulinemia. Transcriptional regulation by heparin and/or insulin may cause variation in gene expression of heparanase, syndecan and perlecan.
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Influence du genre sur la prise en charge des patients diabétiques âgés en soins primaires / Gender-related differences in the management of elderly patients with type 2 Diabetes

Al salameh, Abdallah 13 November 2018 (has links)
La prévalence du diabète de type 2 ne cesse d’augmenter et la tranche d’âge des plus de 65 ans subit la hausse la plus importante. Des différences liées au genre ont été rapportées entre les hommes et les femmes diabétiques de type 2, notamment en ce qui concerne les complications macrovasculaires du diabète mais il n’y a pas, à notre connaissance, d’étude française qui s’est spécialement intéressée à cette question. La majorité des études internationales ne se sont pas intéressées aux sujets âgés mais à toute la population diabétique et beaucoup d’entre elles sont anciennes, datant d’avant l’introduction des nouveaux traitements cardiovasculaires avec un fort niveau de preuve.Ce travail avait comme objectif d’évaluer l’existence de différences liées au genre dans la prise en charge du diabète de type 2 au sein d’une population contemporaine de sujets âgés pris en charge en conditions de vie réelle en soins primaires. Les objectifs spécifiques étaient de comparer l’équilibre du diabète et le contrôle des facteurs de risque cardiovasculaire et la survenue d’événements cliniques majeurs (décès ou événement cardiovasculaire majeur, hospitalisation) entre les hommes et les femmes, et d’évaluer le rôle du genre du médecin traitant dans ces différences potentielles.La cohorte S. AGES diabète de type 2 est une étude observationnelle prospective de sujets âgés de 65 ans ou plus, non institutionnalisés, ayant un diabète de type 2. Au total 983 patients ont été inclus entre avril 2009 et juin 2011 par 213 médecins. L’évolution clinique et la survenue d’événements majeurs ont été renseignées pendant 3 ans. Des modèles mixtes ont été utilisés dans les analyses statistiques en raison de la corrélation entre les mesures répétées du même patient et la corrélation entre les patients du même médecin.Pendant toute la période du suivi, l’équilibre du diabète de type 2, estimé par l’hémoglobine glyquée HbA1c, n’était pas différent entre les hommes et les femmes, le contrôle de la pression artérielle était meilleur chez les hommes que chez les femmes en analyse bivariée mais pas en analyse multivariée. Par contre, le contrôle du cholestérol LDL était meilleur chez les hommes que chez les femmes avec un risque relatif pour les femmes par rapport aux hommes d’avoir un LDL non contrôlé (>1 g/l) de 2,56 (IC à 95 % 1,82-3,59 ; p<0,001). Cette différence était présente dans le groupe traité par statines ainsi que dans le groupe non traité.En ce qui concerne la survenue d’événements cliniques majeurs, les femmes avaient un risque plus faible de développer un événement clinique majeur (décès toutes causes confondues, événement cardiovasculaire majeur) par rapport aux hommes avec un risque relatif de 0,60 (IC à 95 % 0,40-0,91 ; p= 0.016) ou d’être hospitalisées avec un risque relatif de 0,71 (IC à 95 % 0,52-0,96, p=0,029). La majorité des hospitalisations était liée aux pathologies concomitantes autres que le diabète, surtout chez les hommes qui étaient davantage admis en CHU/CHR que les femmes. Le risque de développer des complications microvasculaires du diabète n’est pas différent entre les hommes et les femmes.Enfin, nos analyses n’ont pas montré de différence entre les médecins hommes et les médecins femmes au niveau du contrôle des facteurs de risque cardiovasculaire, de la réalisation d’examens de surveillance, de dépistage des complications, ni de prescription de traitements antidiabétiques et cardiovasculaires.Nos résultats montrent que les différences liées au genre dans cette population de patients diabétiques âgés sont réservées à un cholestérol LDL plus élevé chez les femmes que chez les hommes, mais qui ne s’accompagne pas d’une augmentation du risque de survenue d’événements cliniques majeurs (qui reste plus élevé chez les hommes). Cependant il faut interpréter ces résultats dans le contexte de la cohorte S.AGES avec des biais de sélection au niveau médecin et au niveau patient ainsi qu’une sous-représentation des médecins femmes. / The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing worldwide and this trend is projected to persist because of the demographic shift and the obesity pandemic. The elderly represent more than half of subjects with T2DM and this proportion is expected to increase in the future. Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in elderly subjects with T2DM. Moreover, although non-diabetic women have lower risk of developing cardiovascular diseases compared to non-diabetic men of the same age, this “female advantage” seems to diminish or disappear in the setting of T2DM. Indeed, compiled data suggest that type 2 diabetes affects the risk of cardiovascular disease differentially according to gender. To the best of our knowledge, there is no French study that had looked at this issue. The majority of international studies have not focused on the elderly group but on the whole diabetic population and many of them are conducted before the introduction of evidence-based cardiovascular treatments.The aim of the present work was to assess gender-related differences in the management of elderly patients with T2DM followed-up in the primary care. Specifically, we compared the control of T2DM and other cardiovascular risk factors between women and men, the occurrence of major clinical events (all-cause mortality and major vascular events as well as all-cause hospitalization) between women and men, and the influence of physician gender on the quality of care in subjects with T2DM.The S.AGES T2DM cohort is a prospective observational study whose objective was to describe the real-life medical management of subjects aged 65 years or more with T2DM. 983 non institutionalized subjects were included by 213 general practitioners from April 2009 through June 2011 and followed-up for 3 years. For data obtained during the follow-up period, multilevel mixed-effect regression models were used to account for repeated measurements (for each subject) and clustering (A cluster is a group of subjects followed-up by the same GP).Over the follow-up period, T2DM and blood pressure control were not different between the genders but LDL cholesterol was better controlled in men than in women. The odds ratio for women being associated with uncontrolled LDL cholesterol (>1 g/l) was 2.51 (95% CI 1.79–3.53, p<0.001). This gender-related difference in LDL cholesterol levels was independent of statin therapy.Concerning major clinical events, women were at lower risk than men to develop the composite endpoint (all-cause mortality and major vascular events) with a relative risk of 0.60 (95% CI 0.40-0.91, p=0.016) and the hospitalization endpoint (OR 0.71, 95% CI 0.52-0.96, p=0.029). Coexisting diseases were responsible to the majority of hospitalizations especially in men who were more likely to be admitted to a university hospital when compared to female counterparts. The risk of developing microvascular complications and hypoglycemia were not different between men and women.Finally, we didn’t find any significant difference between male and female physicians in terms of quality of care in subjects with T2DM (control of T2DM and other cardiovascular risk factors, tests to screen for diabetes complications, or the prescription of anti-diabetic and cardiovascular treatments).Our results show that gender differences in this population of elderly diabetics are restricted to higher LDL cholesterol in women than in men but this does not seem to increase the risk of major clinical events (which are higher in male subjects). However, these results should be interpreted with cautious because of selection biases at the physician and patient level as well as under-representation of female physicians.
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Rôle du Monoxyde d'Azote (NO) et des NO synthases dans la physiopathologie de la BPCO et de ses complications cardiovasculaires / The role of Nitric oxide (NO) and NO-synthases in COPD and its cardiovascular complications

Boyer, Laurent 18 July 2011 (has links)
Les mécanismes à l'origine de la Bronchopneumopathie Chronique Obstructive (BPCO) et de ses complications cardiovasculaires restent partiellement connus. Le NO est produit par les NO synthases en quantité importante dans le poumon des sujets emphysémateux, mais son rôle dans la maladie n'est pas connu. Une dysfonction endothéliale précoce liée à une diminution de la disponibilité en NO au niveau vasculaire a aussi été observée chez les patients BPCO. Dans un premier travail, nous avons montré que iNOS et eNOS étaient induites de manière diffuse dans le poumon de souris développant un emphysème après une instillation d'élastase. Le recours à des souris iNOS-/- et eNOS -/-, ainsi qu'à un inhibiteur pharmacologique d'iNOS (1400W) ont permis de montrer que l'induction d'iNOS dans le poumon était responsable d'une accumulation de protéines nitratées dans les pneumocytes de type 2 et d'une diminution de l'oxydation protéique. Cependant ni iNOS ni eNOS n'étaient nécessaires au développement de l'emphysème induit par l'élastase. Dans un deuxième travail, nous avons exploré l'effet de la polyglobulie, une complication de la BPCO hypoxique, sur la fonction endothéliale chez 15 patients polyglobuliques et 13 normoglobuliques atteints de BPCO de sévérité égale. La polyglobulie était associée de base à une viscosité sanguine plus élevée et un diamètre artérielbrachial plus important mais avec des forces de cisaillement calculées similaires. L'étude de la vasodilatation en réponse à l'hyperhémie et celle du flux sanguin de l'avant bras mesuré par plethysmographie d'occlusion veineuse en réponse à une perfusion d'acétylcholine (ACh), et de N-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) ont permis de montrer que les artères systémiques despatients polyglobuliques ajustent leur diamètre aux forces de cisaillement aigues et chroniques de manière adaptée grâce à une libération adaptée de NO. De plus, nos résultats suggèrent que la polyglobulie modérée n'a pas d'effet délétère sur la fonctionvasculaire chez les patients BPCO. / The mechanisms that lead to COPD and cause its cardiovascular complications are partially known. NO is produced at high levels by NO-synthases in the human lung with emphysema, but its role in this disease is not clear. Interestingly, COPD patients have an endothelial dysfunction linked to the decrease of NO levels in peripheral blood vessels. In a first study, we demonstrated that iNOS and eNOS were diffusely upregulated in the lung of mice with emphysema after elastase instillation. By using iNOS-/- and eNOS -/- mice and a drug-based inhibitor of iNOS (1400W), we demonstrated that the induction of iNOS in the lung was responsible of an increase of protein nitration in alveolar type 2 cells and of an alleviated oxidation of proteins. However, neither iNOS nor eNOS were required for the development of elastase-induced inflammation and emphysema. In a second study, we evaluated the effectsof polycythemia, a common complication of hypoxic lung diseases, on the endothelial function in 15 polycythemic and 13 normocythemic patients with a COPD of equal severity. Polycythemia was associated with higher blood viscosity and a larger diameter of the brachial artery but with a similar calculated wall shear stress (WSS). We studied the flow-mediated brachial arteryvasodilation and the forearm blood-flow responses to endothelium- and non-endothelium-dependent N-monomethyl-L-arginine (LNMMA) infusion by plethysmography. We demonstrated that systemic arteries in polycythemic patients adjust appropriately to chronic or acute WSS elevations by an appropriate basal and stimulated NO release. Overall, our results suggest that moderate polycythemia has no adverse effect on vascular function in COPD.

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