作者
Hui Xu,Kenji Nakayama,Susumu Ogawa,Akira Sugiura,Taro Kato,Toshinobu Sato,Hiroshi Satō,Sadayoshi Ito
摘要
Recent studies have shown the important role of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and diabetes mellitus(DM). Interferon-inducible protein of 10 kD (IP-10/ CXCL10), a member of the C-X-C chemokine superfamily, is a potent chemoattractant for activated T lymphocytes and is reported to be involved in various disease states including atheroma plaque formation, inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and maintenance of podocyte function. However, the involvement of IP-10 in type 2 DM, especially in its vascular and renal complications, is largely unknown. To elucidate the etiopathological role of IP-10 in type 2 DM, we measured the concentrations of IP-10 together with IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, IL-18, IL-6 and MCP-1 in plasma samples from 103 type 2 DM patients with various degrees of nephropathy. A significant difference in the plasma level of IP-10 was observed between the patients and the control subjects (183.3+/-12.5 pg/m/ vs 65.6+/-9.3 pg/ml, p<0.05). IP-10 correlated IL-18, IL-6, TNF-alpha and MCP-1. The IFN-gamma level was below the detectable range. IP-10 levels became higher with the progression of nephropathy : IP-10 levels were 148.9+/-14.5, 174.2+/-17.2 and 231.9+/-31.3 pg/m/ in patients with an urinary albumin creatinine ratio of <30, 30 to 300 and >300 microg/mg Cr, respectively. Similarly, IL-18, IL-6, MCP-1 and TNF-alpha levels in patients with overt albuminuria were significantly higher as compared with those without albuminuria (IL-18, 367.3 45.6 vs 203.5+/-17.6 pg/ml; IL-6, 1.61+/-0.26 vs 0.87+/-0.13 pg/ml; TNF-alpha, 1.83+/-0.48 vs 0.61+/-0.07 pg/ml; p<0.05, respectively) in consistent with previous reports. These results suggested that IP-10 may have an etiopathogenic role in type2 DM and diabetic nephropathy as one of the downstream effectors of proinflammatory cytokines.