Urinary brush border enzymes for early diagnosis of tubular dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Authors

  • Sasikala T. Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Aparna R. Bitla Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Alok Sachan Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20192475

Keywords:

Alkaline phosphatase, Diabetic nephropathy, Gamma glutamyl transferase, Lactate dehydrogenase, N-Acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase

Abstract

Background: Diabetic nephropathy is a major cause of premature morbidity and mortality in type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hence new markers with better sensitivities are being investigated. The study was taken up to investigate whether urinary activities of N-acetyl-β-D-glycosaminidase (NAG), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), lactate dehydrogenase LDH) and Gamma glutamyl transferase (γ-GT) can be used as screening markers of renal dysfunction in patients suffering from T2DM.

Methods: One hundred and four patients with T2DM along with 30 age- and gender-matched healthy individuals were included in the study. Patients were divided into three groups based on their u-MA levels i.e. normoalbuminuric (group1), micro albuminuric (group 2) and macroalbuminuric (group 3).

Results: Urinary enzymes activity was significantly higher in patients with T2DM compared to controls (p<0.05). NAG, ALP, LDH, and GGT were significantly higher in group 3 compared to group1 and group 2 (p<0.0001). NAG, ALP, LDH and GGT showed significant positive correlation with MA (p=0.0001, r=0.308; p=0.0001, r=0.369; p=0.002, r=0.304, p=0.044, r=0.202 respectively). GGT and LDH showed highest sensitivity (86.21%, 84.00% respectively) and specificity (78.57%,53.49% respectively) for diagnosing renal dysfunction in patients with normoalbuminuria.

Conclusions: The study suggests that u-GGT and LDH can be useful markers for assessing renal dysfunction in T2DM patients even before microalbuminuria manifests.

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2019-05-29

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T., S., Bitla, A. R., & Sachan, A. (2019). Urinary brush border enzymes for early diagnosis of tubular dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 7(6), 2015–2021. https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20192475

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