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  • Title: Osmoregulation of thirst and vasopressin secretion in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
    Author: Thompson CJ, Davis SN, Butler PC, Charlton JA, Baylis PH.
    Journal: Clin Sci (Lond); 1988 Jun; 74(6):599-606. PubMed ID: 3396297.
    Abstract:
    1. Osmotically stimulated thirst and vasopressin release were studied during infusions of hypertonic sodium chloride and hypertonic D-glucose in euglycaemic clamped diabetic patients and healthy controls. 2. Infusion of hypertonic sodium chloride caused similar elevations of plasma osmolality in diabetic patients (288.0 +/- 1.0 to 304.1 +/- 1.6 mosmol/kg, mean +/- SEM, P less than 0.001) and controls (288.6 +/- 0.9 to 305.7 +/- 0.6 mosmol/kg, P less than 0.001), accompanied by progressive increases in plasma vasopressin (diabetic patients, 0.9 +/- 0.3 to 7.7 +/- 1.5 pmol/l, P less than 0.001; controls 0.5 +/- 0.1 to 6.5 +/- 1.0 pmol/l, P less than 0.001) and thirst ratings (diabetic patients 1.0 +/- 0.2 to 7.1 +/- 0.5 cm, P less than 0.001; controls 1.8 +/- 0.4 to 8.0 +/- 0.5 cm, P less than 0.001) in both groups. 3. Drinking rapidly abolished thirst and vasopressin secretion before major changes in plasma osmolality occurred in both diabetic patients and healthy controls. 4. There were close and significant correlations between plasma vasopressin and plasma osmolality (diabetic patients, r = +0.89, controls r = +0.93) and between thirst and plasma osmolality (diabetic patients r = +0.95, controls r = +0.97) in both diabetic patients and healthy controls during hypertonic saline infusion. 5. Hypertonic D-glucose infusion caused similar elevations in blood glucose in diabetic patients (4.0 +/- 0.2 to 20.1 +/- 1.2 mmol/l, P less than 0.001) and healthy controls (4.3 +/- 0.1 to 19.3 +/- 1.2 mmol/l, P less than 0.001) but did not change plasma vasopressin or thirst ratings.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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