Congestive heart failure is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and diabetes has been recognized as a major risk factor for the development of this disease. However, there is a lack of consensus regarding the existence of a diabetes-specific cardiomyopathy as well as the importance of vascular and non-vascular alterations in the development of diabetes-related cardiac disease. We recently demonstrated a transient decrease in cardiac phosphocreatine (PCr)/ATP with handgrip stress, indicative of ischemia, in women with chest pain but no artery disease. The most likely explanation for these results was the presence of microvascular disease. Thus, given the sensitivity of changes in bioenergetics to ischemia and the lack of any direct, non-invasive measurements of microvascular disease, we will use 31P-NMR spectroscopy to evaluate the effects of diabetes on cardiac metabolism. Specifically, we will test the hypothesis that patients with diabetes will exhibit reversible, exercise-induced decreases in PCr/ATP and PCr/inorganic phosphate consistent with an imbalance in energy supply and demand. Furthermore, we propose that these changes will be present only in those diabetic patients with evidence of systematic microvascular disease and will be accompanied by evidence of contractile dysfunction as assessed by cine MRI. Finally we anticipate that the observation of metabolic functional abnormalities will be predictive of short- and long-term outcomes. We will test these hypotheses by determining the effects of handgrip exercise on cardiac bioenergetics and cardiac function in diabetic patients with and without evidence of systematic microvascular disease. We will also evaluate the utility of abnormal cardiac bioenergetics and function as predictors for the development of overt cardiac disease in patients with diabetes. Cardiac bioenergetics will be assessed using 31P-NMR spectroscopy at 4.1T and cardiac function will be measured using cine MRI at 1.5T. Type 1 diabetic patients aged 40 and under with a duration of diabetes greater than 10 years will be studied and grouped based on the presence or absence of systemic microangiopathy. These studies will enable us to assess whether the presence of microvessel disease is a prerequisite for the development of cardiac dysfunction in diabetic patients. This investigation will provide an unprecedented insight into the impact of diabetes on cardiac function and bioenergetics in humans. This will provide valuable information for the development of novel therapeutic interventions and improved management of diabetic patients with cardiac disease.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HL073412-06
Application #
7210705
Study Section
Diagnostic Radiology Study Section (RNM)
Program Officer
Buxton, Denis B
Project Start
2002-08-15
Project End
2010-01-31
Budget Start
2007-02-01
Budget End
2010-01-31
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
2007
Total Cost
$385,198
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Southern California
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
072933393
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
90089
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