Biomed. Papers 147(2), 161-166 (2003) | DOI: 10.5507/bp.2003.022

Adiponectin in patients with various stages of coronary heart disease - comparison of its concentration in coronary arteries and peripheral venous circulation

David Stejskal^a, Josef Bartek^b

^a Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hospital Šternberk, Jívavská 20, 785 16, Šternberk, Czech Republic

^b Institute of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic

Adiponectin is an adipocytes-produced protein and showing a number of antiatherogenic effects. Adiponectin sems to be extensively deposited in the intersticium of venous lesions of persons with myocardial infarction. It may exhibit antiatherogenic and reparative effects. A decreased adiponectin concentration may be a risk factor of the origin and complications of atherosclerosis. Aim of the study: 1) Do the adiponectin concentrations in venous blood of persons with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) differ from those in persons with stress angina pectoris? 2) In these persons do adiponectin concentrations in venous blood differ from those in main coronary arteries? 3) Do adiponectin levels differ in the infarction and non-infarction arteries in persons with STEMI (ST Elevation Myocardial Infarct) and delay within 4 hours after the onset? 4) In persons with ACS does any correlation exist between venous adiponectin and common risk factors of cardiovascular complications? Adiponectin concentration was determined in samples of blood collected from the peripheral vein and during coronarography in various localizations in 4 groups of examined persons (I. - no signs of CAD, II. - stable stress angina pectoris, III. - ACS over 48 hours without elevations of ST segment, IV. - STEMI during first 4 hours after its origin and proved occlusion of coronary artery at coronarography). Coronary angiography, risk factors and anamnestic data were analyzed. The software Medcalc was used to perform statistical analysis. We examined 73 probands with signs of myocardial ischemia (mean age of 61.5 years, 64 % males), who were subjected to coronarography and 21 healthy volunteers. A mean delay (delay from the origin of complaints to the performed coronarography) was 3.1 ± 0.5 hours in individuals in the group IV. In patients with ACS we found lower adiponectin concentrations in venous blood compared to healthy individuals and persons with stress AP, but changes were not statistically significant (I.: -5.9 ± 2.7 ng/l, II.: -4.9 ± 1.2 ng/l, III.: -5.2 ± 4.1 ng/l, IV.: -4.6 ± 2.7 ng/l); no differences were found also with BMI. No significant difference was recorded between the samples of venous blood and those of coronary arteries, nor between the infarction and the non-infarction arteries in the group IV. (5.2 ± 2.6 ng/l vs. 4.8 ± -2.7 ng/l). Significant negative correlations were observed between adiponectin concentrations and BMI (correlation coefficient -0.29), triacylglycerols (correlation coefficient -0.4), AOPP (correlation coefficient -0.39), and positive correlations with HDL (correlation coefficient 0.32). No correlation was recorded between adiponectin and CRP. Adiponectin concentrations in persons with ACS are lower than in healthy persons or patients with stable angina pectoris, but differences are not statistically significant. The absence of adiponectin differences between the infarction/non-infarction artery may support the hypothesis of adiponectin uptake in the ischemic lesion with sub-sequent decrease in blood adiponectin. On the contrary, adiponectin decrease may be a risk factor independent of the origin and development of ACS.

Keywords: Adiponectin, Coronary Heart Disease, Acute Coronary Syndrom, Atherosclerosis

Received: October 20, 2003; Accepted: December 12, 2003; Published: December 1, 2003  Show citation