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Red cell deformability, platelet aggregation, and insulin action.

P Vague1, I Juhan

  • 1Département de Diabétologie, University Hospital Michel Lévy, Marseille, France.

Diabetes
|May 1, 1983
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Uncontrolled diabetes impairs blood flow properties, reducing red blood cell flexibility and increasing platelet aggregation. Insulin therapy directly improves red blood cell deformability and normalizes platelet aggregation in diabetic patients.

Area of Science:

  • Hematology
  • Endocrinology
  • Vascular Biology

Background:

  • Abnormal blood rheology and hemostasis are implicated in diabetic micro- and macroangiopathies.
  • Reduced red blood cell deformability correlates with poor glycemic control (hemoglobin A1c, blood glucose).
  • Elevated platelet aggregation is observed in uncontrolled diabetes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the direct effects of insulin on erythrocyte deformability and platelet aggregation in diabetic patients.
  • To elucidate the role of erythrocytes in insulin's effect on platelet function.

Main Methods:

  • Assessing red blood cell deformability and platelet aggregation in uncontrolled diabetics.
  • Measuring changes after intravenous insulin infusion (euglycemic and hyperglycemic clamp).

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  • Incubating normal erythrocytes and platelets with diabetic plasma and/or insulin in vitro.

    • Main Results:

    • Insulin infusion rapidly improved red blood cell deformability in uncontrolled diabetics.
    • Normal erythrocytes' deformability decreased in diabetic plasma but normalized with insulin.
    • Platelet aggregation was elevated in uncontrolled diabetics and appeared mediated by erythrocytes, normalizing with insulin treatment.

    Conclusions:

    • Insulin has a direct beneficial effect on erythrocyte deformability.
    • Insulin's normalization of platelet aggregation in diabetes is partly mediated by erythrocytes.
    • These findings highlight insulin's crucial role in mitigating hemorheologic abnormalities in diabetes.