Normalization of multiple hemostatic abnormalities in uremic type 1 diabetic patients after kidney-pancreas transplantation

Diabetes. 2004 Sep;53(9):2291-300. doi: 10.2337/diabetes.53.9.2291.

Abstract

To evaluate the effects of kidney-pancreas transplantation on hemostatic abnormalities in uremic type 1 diabetic patients, we conducted a cross-sectional study involving 12 type 1 diabetic patients, 30 uremic type 1 diabetic patients, 27 uremic type 1 diabetic patients who had a kidney-pancreas transplant, 12 uremic type 1 diabetic patients who had a kidney-alone transplant, and 13 healthy control subjects. We evaluated platelet and clotting system. Platelets in the group of uremic type 1 diabetic patients were significantly larger than platelets in the other groups. Resting calcium levels were significantly higher in the uremic type 1 diabetic patients and uremic type 1 diabetic patients who had a kidney-alone transplant than in the type 1 diabetic patients who had a kidney-pancreas transplant and control subjects. CD41 expression was significantly reduced in platelets from the uremic type 1 diabetic patients compared with the other groups. Levels of hypercoagulability markers in the type 1 diabetic patients who had a kidney-pancreas transplant and, to a lesser extent, the uremic type 1 diabetic patients who had a kidney-alone transplant but not the uremic type 1 diabetic patients were similar to those of the control subjects. A reduction in natural anticoagulants was evident in the uremic type 1 diabetic patients, whereas near-normal values were observed in the type 1 diabetic patients who had a kidney-pancreas transplant and uremic type 1 diabetic patients who had a kidney-alone transplant. Hemostatic abnormalities were not observed in type 1 diabetic patients who had a kidney-pancreas transplant. This finding might explain the lower cardiovascular death rate observed in type 1 diabetic patients who had a kidney-pancreas transplant compared with uremic type 1 diabetic patients who had a kidney-alone transplant or uremic type 1 diabetic patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blood Coagulation
  • Blood Coagulation Disorders / blood
  • Blood Coagulation Disorders / complications*
  • Blood Platelets / metabolism
  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / blood*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / complications
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / surgery
  • Diabetic Nephropathies / blood
  • Diabetic Nephropathies / complications
  • Diabetic Nephropathies / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreas Transplantation*
  • Partial Thromboplastin Time
  • Platelet Membrane Glycoprotein IIb / metabolism
  • Prothrombin Time
  • Receptor, PAR-1 / metabolism
  • Receptors, Thrombin / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction
  • Uremia / blood*
  • Uremia / complications
  • Uremia / surgery

Substances

  • Platelet Membrane Glycoprotein IIb
  • Receptor, PAR-1
  • Receptors, Thrombin
  • protease-activated receptor 3
  • Calcium