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Endocrine Abstracts (2010) 22 P277

ECE2010 Poster Presentations Diabetes (103 abstracts)

Comparison of lymphomononuclear cell energy metabolism between healthy, impaired glucose intolerance and type 2 diabetes mellitus patients

Levent Ozsari 1 , Nuri Karadurmus 1 , Mustafa Sahin 2 , Gokhan Uckaya 2 , Ali Ugur Ural 3 , Ugur Musabak 4 & Mustafa Kutlu 2


1Department of Internal Medicine, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey; 2Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey; 3Department of Haemetology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey; 4Department of Immunology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey.


Objective: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a complex disease that affects many systems. The most important cells of the immune system are lymphomononuclear (LMN) cells. Here, we aimed to evaluate the energy metabolism of LMN cells in patients with diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance.

Methods: We measured LMN cell energy metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and healthy subjects. Cells were freshly isolated from peripheral blood and the subgroups were determined by flow cytometric method.

Results: Lactate production and glycogen utilization were significantly increased in the LMN cells of patients with type 2 DM and IGT when compared with healthy volunteers. No statistical difference was observed between the patients with type 2 DM and IGT. There was a significant correlation between fasting plasma glucose and lactate production in LMN cells. LMN cells changed their energy pathway in a diabetic state and preferred anaerobic glycolysis. Prediabetic range also affected energy metabolism in LMN cells. This abnormal energy production might cause dysfunction in LMN cells and the immune system in diabetic and prediabetic patients.

Conclusion: We concluded that impaired glucose metabolism could change energy metabolism.

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