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(Circulation. 1998;97:2213-2221.)
© 1998 American Heart Association, Inc.


Clinical Investigation and Reports

Increased Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Type 1 in Coronary Artery Atherectomy Specimens From Type 2 Diabetic Compared With Nondiabetic Patients

A Potential Factor Predisposing to Thrombosis and Its Persistence

Burton E. Sobel, MD; Janet Woodcock-Mitchell, PhD; David J. Schneider, MD; Robert E. Holt, BA; Kousuke Marutsuka, MD; ; Herman Gold, MD

From the Department of Medicine, The University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington (B.E.S., J.W.-M., D.J.S., K.M.); and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (R.E.H., H.G.).

Correspondence to Dr Burton E. Sobel, Department of Medicine, FAHC-MCHV Campus, Fletcher 311, 111 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401. E-mail burton.sobel{at}vtmednet.org

Background—Inhibition of fibrinolysis attributable to elevated concentrations of plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) in blood is associated with insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Because we have shown that insulin can stimulate PAI-1 synthesis in vivo and because accelerated vascular disease is common in such patients as well, we hypothesized that increased PAI-1, potentially predisposing to thrombosis, acute occlusion, and accelerating atherosclerosis because of thrombus-associated mitogens, would be present in excess in atheroma from type 2 diabetic subjects.

Methods and Results—Samples acquired by directional coronary atherectomy from 25 patients with type 2 diabetes and 18 patients without diabetes were characterized qualitatively histologically for cellularity and by immunohistochemistry visually and qualitatively and by quantitative image analysis for assessment of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA) and PAI-1. Patients with and without diabetes were similar with respect to demographic features and the distribution and severity of coronary artery disease. Substantially more PAI-1 and substantially less u-PA were present in the atherectomy samples from subjects with diabetes.

Conclusions—The disproportionate elevation of PAI-1 compared with u-PA observed in atheromatous material extracted from vessels of diabetic subjects is consistent with increased gene expression of PAI-1 in vessels as well as the known increase of PAI-1 in blood, presumably reflecting increased synthesis. The increased PAI-1 detected in the atheroma may contribute in vivo to accelerated or persistent thrombosis underlying acute occlusion and to vasculopathy exacerbated by clot-associated mitogens in the vessel wall. Because the changes were observed to be associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus, they may be modifiable by reduction of insulin resistance with insulin sensitizers and stringent control of hyperglycemia.


Key Words: diabetes mellitus • coronary disease • fibrinolysis • insulin • thrombosis




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