Type 2 diabetes definition
Progressive insulin secretory defect
Diabetes Dx
Fasting plasma glucose > 126
HbA1C > 6.5%
Random glucose > 200
Prediabetes
Increased risk of CV disease
Proinsulin
Cleaved into insulin and c-peptide
Insulin anabolic functions
Glucose receptors
GLUT-2 on B cells for insulin production
GLUT-4 on normal cells stimulated by insulin
DM type I genetics
HLA-DR3 or DR4
-less genetic influence than in Type II
Insulin resistance
- Universal in obese diabetics
4 ways obesity contributes to Insulin Resistance
B-cell dysfunction
Amylin deposition
Islet degeneration
Monogenetic DM
MODY (maturity-onset diabetes of the young) caused by many individual mutations
3 DM complication mechanisms
AGEs
Advanced Glycosylation End Products
-Damage long lived proteins
PKC mechanism
Neovascularization (retinopathy)
-Intracellular hyperglycemia activates DAG -> PKC -> VEGF
Intracellular hyperglycemia & polyols mechanism
Lens, kidneys, blood vessels, nerves don’t require insulin for glucose transport
-Hyperglycemia -> Sorbitol (polyol via Aldose Reductase) -> Fructose -> Water influx, oxidative stress
Diabetes islet infiltration
Type I - T lymphocytes (insulitis)
Type II - Amyloid
Alpha cells
Glucagon
Beta cells
Insulin
Delta cells
Somatostatin
Type I island histo
T lymphocytes
Diabetic atherosclerosis
Same as regular atherosclerosis
-MI is most common cause of death
Diabetic microangiopathy
Diffuse thickening of basement membranes
Diabetic glomeruli (3)
-Capsular drops, fibrin caps, K-W lesions (mesangial matrix)
Diabetic renal damage (3)