BNP及NT-proBNP与2型糖尿病关系的研究进展

BNP及NT-proBNP是诊断心衰的重要指标。近年来BNP及NT-proBNP与2型糖尿病关系的研究有了新的进展。我们收集近年来国内外关于2型糖尿病中BNP及NT-proBNP的相关文献并进行研究。结果显示2型糖尿病合并冠心病、高血压、糖尿病肾病患者BNP或NT-proBNP有升高趋势。单纯2型糖尿病及糖尿病视网膜病变患者以及低血糖患者BNP或NT-proBNP差异无统计学意义。高血压、年龄、性别、体重指数、肾功能及心脏结构功能改变是2型糖尿病患者BNP及NT-proBNP的影响因素。降糖药物对2型糖尿病患者BNP及NT-proBNP水平的研究尚少,糖尿病病程、FPG以及HbA1c对BNP及NT-proBNP的影响尚存在争议。BNP及NT-proBNP升高对2型糖尿病合并冠心病、高血压、糖尿病肾病患者病情评估,预后判断及诊治具有非常重要的意义。降糖药物、糖尿病病程、FPG以及HbA1c对BNP及NT-proBNP的影响需要进一步研究。     

血清NT-proBNP、HE4、β2-MG、sST2与扩张型心肌病患者心室重构的关系及对出院后短期预后的预测价值

摘要 目的：探讨血清N端脑钠肽前体（NT-proBNP）、人附睾蛋白4（HE4）、β2微球蛋白（β2-MG）、可溶性ST2（sST2）与扩张型心肌病（DCM）患者心室重构的关系及对出院后短期预后的预测价值。方法：选取2019年3月～2020年12月华中科技大学同济医学院附属同济医院收治的DCM患者74例,记作DCM组。另取同期健康体检者80例作为对照组。检测并比较两组血清NT-proBNP、HE4、β2-MG、sST2水平以及心室重构相关指标水平。以Pearson相关性分析血清NT-proBNP、HE4、β2-MG、sST2水平和各项心室重构参数的相关性。此外,将所有DCM组患者按照出院后是否发生因心力衰竭再住院和心血管死亡事件分作预后不良组33例以及预后良好组41例。比较两组各项基线资料以及血清NT-proBNP、HE4、β2-MG、sST2水平。多因素Logistic回归分析DCM患者出院后短期预后的危险因素。通过受试者工作特征（ROC）曲线分析血清NT-proBNP、HE4、β2-MG、sST2预测DCM患者出院后短期预后的效能。结果：DCM组血清NT-proBNP、HE4、β2-MG、sST2水平均高于对照组（P＜0.05）。DCM组左心室质量指数（LVMI）、左心室舒张末期容积（LVEDV）、左心室收缩末期容积（LVESV）水平均高于对照组,而左心室射血分数（LVEF）水平低于对照组（P＜0.05）。经Pearson相关性分析可得：血清NT-proBNP、HE4、β2-MG、sST2水平与LVMI、LVEDV、LVESV均呈正相关关系,而和LVEF均呈负相关关系（P＜0.05）。预后不良组年龄以及血清NT-proBNP、HE4、β2-MG、sST2水平均高于预后良好组（P＜0.05）。经多因素Logistic回归分析发现,年龄以及血清NT-proBNP、HE4、β2-MG、sST2水平均是DCM患者出院后短期预后的危险因素（P＜0.05）。经ROC曲线分析可得：血清NT-proBNP、HE4、β2-MG、sST2联合检测预测DCM患者出院后短期预后的曲线下面积、灵敏度以及特异度均高于上述四项指标单独检测。结论：血清NT-proBNP、HE4、β2-MG、sST2与DCM患者心室重构密切相关,且在预测患者出院后短期预后方面价值较高。     

BNP、NT-proBNP与心衰进程的诊断价值和相关性研究

目的:检测心力衰竭患者血清脑钠肽(BNP)及N末端脑钠肽前体(NT-proBNP)水平,分析其与心功能的相关性以及对心力衰竭的诊断价值。方法:选取我科治疗的慢性心衰患者58例并按照NYHA心功能分级,比较不同心功能分级的患者血清BNP、NT-proBNP的水平及其与射血分数等指标的相关性,并分析BNP与NT-proBNP的诊断价值。结果:①各心功能分级间采用单因素方差分析发现,BNP、NT-proBNP随心功能分级增加而增加(P<0.05),不同心功能分级的组间比较发现,除III级与IV级BNP、NT-proBNP、LVEF、6min步行距离差异不明显(P>0.05),其余组间比较均具有显著性差异(P<0.05)。②经比较发现,BNP、NT-proBNP均与LVEF、6min步行距离呈负相关,而与左室舒张末期内径、左室收缩末期内径呈正相关。③NT-proBNP诊断效力高于BNP。结论:血清BNP和NT-proBNP可作为评估左心室功能不全和左心室结构改变的临床指标。     

N末端脑钠肽前体在围冠状动脉搭桥术期的变化及意义

N-末端脑钠肽前体(N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide,NT-proBNP)是体内脑钠肽前体(proBNP)裂解成脑钠肽(brain natriuretic peptide,BNP)时的产物,NT-proBNP的血浆浓度及稳定性比BNP更高,半衰期更长,属于钠尿肽系统的重要一员,本身无生物学活性。NT-proBNP主要由正常的心肌细胞合成和分泌,在心肌损伤或坏死后迅速升高,可反映机体代偿病理改变和恢复循环的能力,是心功能障碍性疾病,如心力衰竭、左室肥厚等诊断、疗效监测和预后评估等最佳的心肌标志物,临床通过测定血浆NT-proBNP水平用于急慢性充血性心力衰竭(congestive heart failure,CHF)的诊治及预后,本文主要就NT-proBNP在围冠状动脉搭桥术(Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,CABG)期的变化及临床意义的新进展进行综述。     

心衰生物标记物研究新进展

心力衰竭(心衰)是临床最常见的危重疾病之一,其致死率不低于某些癌症。随着现代医学进展,年龄依赖性死亡率明显下降,冠脉事件显著减少,患者生存时间延长,心衰患病率较前增加。针对心衰的研究不断更新,心衰的病理生理机制日益趋向完善,不仅仅涉及先前众所周知的心肌损伤或者心脏前后负荷增加,更多因素先后被发现参与心衰的发生、发展,包括神经内分泌机制、炎症反应,内分泌信号系统和生化因素等。伴随心衰病理生理过程产生了一系列的生物标记物,某些生物标记物在协助临床医生诊疗心衰患者方面发挥重要作用。具体包括神经激素类生物(例如:脑钠肽、氨基末端-pro BNP、心房钠尿肽前体中段、肾上腺髓质素前体中段和嗜铬素A),炎症因子类生物标记物(例如:CRP、IL-6和ST2),内分泌生物标志物(例如:脂联素、抵抗素、瘦素和醛固酮),其他生物标记物(包括:肌钙蛋白I/T、乳糖凝集素-3、胱氨酸蛋白酶抑制剂C、生长分化因子-15和基质金属蛋白酶)。生物标记物凭借其高度敏感性及特异性,在心衰的诊断、危险分层及评估预后等方面发挥重要作用。本文就心衰生物标记物最新研究进展做一综述。     

结缔组织生长因子在心衰后心室重构的研究进展

心力衰竭是各种心血管疾病发展的终末阶段,而心室重构贯穿于心衰发生、发展的全过程,阻断心室重构是防治心衰不容忽视的一个重要环节。结缔组织生长因子是一种新发现的具有多种生物学功能的成纤维细胞生长因子,在病理情况下,能抑制心肌细胞外基质的降解,促进心肌细胞的凋亡,与动脉粥样硬化、器官纤维化、创伤后修复及组织瘢痕形成等密切相关。作为参与心力衰竭后心室重构的细胞因子,不仅能够成为评价心衰患者临床预后的指标,还有望成为抗纤维化治疗的新靶点。     

N端脑钠肽前体在心血管疾病中的研究进展

N端脑钠肽前体（NT-proBNP）为脑钠肽（BNP）生成过程中产生的无活性肽段残片,其与BNP等摩尔量分泌。近年来,NT-proBNP的检测在心血管领域的作用越来越得到国内外学者的关注。NT-proBNP在心血管疾病的诊断、预后、分级等方面都具有重要的价值。本文主要介绍NT-proBNP在心血管疾病中的研究进展。     

N 端脑钠肽前体在心血管疾病中的研究进展

N端脑钠肽前体(NT-proBNP)为脑钠肽(BNP)生成过程中产生的无活性肽段残片,其与BNP等摩尔量分泌。近年来,NT-proBNP的检测在心血管领域的作用越来越得到国内外学者的关注。NT-proBNP在心血管疾病的诊断、预后、分级等方面都具有重要的价值。本文主要介绍NT-proBNP在心血管疾病中的研究进展。     

利钠肽在急性心力衰竭预后评估及指导治疗中的作用

利钠肽(BNP与NT-proBNP)是预测急性心衰预后及评估急性心衰治疗效果可靠的指标.日常临床决策加用利钠肽检测提高了急性心衰高危患者的发现率,而这些患者往往需要加强追踪及强化治疗.现就利钠肽在评估急性心衰预后及指导心衰治疗中的价值作如下综述.     

厄贝沙坦对慢性心力衰竭患者血清骨桥蛋白水平的影响

目的:探讨厄贝沙坦对心力衰竭(心衰)患者血清骨桥蛋白(OPN)水平及心功能的影响.方法:选择心衰患者106例,随机分为两组,并随机接受厄贝沙坦治疗,每组均为53例,常规治疗组,予以利尿剂、洋地黄制剂和β受体阻滞剂常规治疗,厄贝沙坦组,在常规治疗下加用厄贝沙坦150 mg/d,治疗12周,比较治疗前后各组患者血清OPN、B型利钠肽(BNP)水平、左室射血分数(LVEF)及左室舒张末内径(LVEDd).结果:心衰患者随着心衰程度的加重,血清OPN、BNP水平及LVEDd逐渐升高,而LVEF逐渐降低(P＜0.0l);与治疗前相比,治疗后两组患者血清OPN及BNP水平均明显降低(P＜0.01),而LVEF升高,LVEDd降低(P＜0.05),但厄贝沙坦组OPN、BNP水平及LVEF、LVEDd较常规治疗组变化更显著(P＜0.05).结论:OPN可反映心衰严重程度及判断患者的预后,在常规心衰治疗的基础上加服厄贝沙坦能进一步降低血清OPN水平,改善心功能及心衰患者的预后.     

Biomarkers and diagnostics in heart failure

Heart failure (HF) biomarkers have dramatically impacted the way HF patients are evaluated and managed. B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP) are the gold standard biomarkers in determining the diagnosis and prognosis of HF, and studies on natriuretic peptide-guided HF management look promising. An array of additional biomarkers has emerged, each reflecting different pathophysiological processes in the development and progression of HF: myocardial insult, inflammation and remodeling. Novel biomarkers, such as mid-regional pro atrial natriuretic peptide (MR-proANP), mid-regional pro adrenomedullin (MR-proADM), highly sensitive troponins, soluble ST2 (sST2), growth differentiation factor (GDF)-15 and Galectin-3, show potential in determining prognosis beyond the established natriuretic peptides, but their role in the clinical care of the patient is still partially defined and more studies are needed. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Heart failure pathogenesis and emerging diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.     

NT-proBNP and BNP values in cardiac patients with different degree of left ventricular systolic dysfunction

We investigated the performance of brain natriuretic peptides (BNP and NT-proBNP) in detecting various degrees of left ventricular systolic dysfunction. The NT-proBNP assay (Roche) and the BNP assay (Bayer Shionoria) were performed in 46 patients (mean age 50 years; range 20-79 years) with various types of heart disease (chronic heart failure due to coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, acquired valve disease, congenital heart diseases) and different impairment of left ventricular systolic dysfunction was assessed by echocardiography. Patients were divided into four groups according to the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) correlated with clinical severity. Significant differences in medians of NT-proBNP and BNP values between all groups were determined (P= 0.0161 for NT-proBNP and P=0.0180 for BNP). For identifying patients with severe systolic dysfunction (LVEF<40%), receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis for both BNP and NT-proBNP was performed. The diagnostic performances expressed as areas under the curve were of 0.69 for NT-proBNP (cut off value 367 pg/ml) and 0.60 for BNP (cut off value 172 pg/ml). However, the BNP showed higher sensitivity (85 % vs. 63 %) and a higher positive predictive value (69 % vs 55 %) than the NT-proBNP. The negative predictive values of BNP and NT-proBNP were similar (70 % and 71 % respectively). Brain natriuretic peptides are promising markers for the diagnosis of severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction.     

Value of proBNP1–108 testing for the risk stratification of patients with systolic heart failure

The study objectives were to determine the circulating levels of proBNP_1–108, the precursor of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and amino-terminal pro-BNP (NT-proBNP), in patients with systolic heart failure (HF) and to assess their prognosis value for cardiovascular (CV) death over a long-term follow-up. Seventy-three patients with systolic HF and 68 healthy volunteers were included. ProBNP_1–108, BNP and NT-proBNP levels were measured with automated immunoassays and their predictive value for long-term survival was assessed through an 8 years follow-up. ProBNP_1–108 levels were markedly increased in patients with systolic HF in comparison to healthy volunteers. In univariate proportional hazard model, survival was related to proBNP_1–108, BNP, NT-proBNP, age, EF and glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). Kaplan–Meier survival curves according to proBNP tertiles diverged significantly, and the highest proBNP levels were related to patients with the highest risk of CV death. In a multivariate analysis including age, EF, proBNP_1–108, BNP, NT-proBNP, and eGFR levels, NT-proBNP was the strongest predictor of long term CV death. Our study therefore demonstrated that high levels of proBNP_1–108, measured with an assay with enhanced analytical specificity, are related to the long-term risk of cardiovascular death in systolic heart failure.     

Intérêt du dosage des peptides natriurétiques en urgence dans la dyspnée aiguë

Acute dyspnea often leads to an emergency room visit. B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and its N-terminal fragment (NT-proBNP) are natriuretic peptide factors secreted by ventricular myocytes when pressure is exerted on the ventricular wall. BNP fights against the activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, while NT-proBNP exhibits no activity in this regard. Elevated blood levels of these factors correlate with a variety of functional indices for left-sided heart failure. Several studies have demonstrated their usefulness as markers of left-sided heart failure, the main cause of acute dyspnea seen in emergency rooms. The diagnostic performance of BNP and NT-proBNP appears to be identical; it is, however, greater than that of the emergency room physician. BNP and NT-proBNP have high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of acute heart failure. Briefly, when BNP is less than 100 pg/ml, heart failure is very unlikely (NT-proBNP <500 pg/ml); when it is greater than 400 pg/ml (NT-proBNP >2000 pg/ml); when it is greater than 400 pg/ml (NT-proBNP >2000 pg/ml), it is very likely. The early measurement of BNP in emergency room situations improves the care of patients presenting with acute dyspnea and makes it possible to reduce hospitalisation costs.     

The Prognostic Value of Plasma Soluble ST2 in Hospitalized Chinese Patients with Heart Failure

Background

sST2 has been shown to be a risk predictor in heart failure (HF). Our aim was to explore the characteristics and prognostic value of soluble ST2 (sST2) in hospitalized Chinese patients with HF.

Methods and Results

We consecutively enrolled 1528 hospitalized patients with HF. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) and multivariable Cox proportional hazards analysis were used to assess the prognostic values of sST2. Adverse events were defined as all-cause death and cardiac transplantation. During a median follow-up of 19.1 months, 325 patients experienced adverse events. Compared with patients free of events, sST2 concentrations were significantly higher in patients with events (P<0.001). Univariable and multivariable Cox regression analyses showed sST2 concentrations were significantly associated with adverse events (per 1 log unit, adjusted hazard ratio 1.52, 95% confidence interval: 1.30 to 1.78, P<0.001). An sST2 concentration in the highest quartiles (>55.6 ng/mL) independently predicted events in comparison to the lowest quartile (≤25.2 ng/mL) when adjusted by multivariable model. In ROC analysis, the area under the curve for sST2 was not different from that for NT-proBNP in short and longer term. Over time, sST2 also improved discrimination and reclassification of risk beyond NT-proBNP.

Conclusions

sST2 is a strong independent risk predictor in Chinese patients hospitalized with HF and can significantly provide additional prognostic value to NT-proBNP in risk prediction.     

Effects of growth hormone treatment on B-type natriuretic peptide as a marker of heart failure in adults with growth hormone deficiency.

OBJECTIVE: Patients with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) have abnormalities of cardiac structure and function. Growth hormone replacement (GHR) therapy can induce an increase in cardiac mass and improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction. B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels have been successfully used to identify patients with heart failure and they correlate with both disease severity and prognosis. DESIGN: To investigate the effect of growth hormone replacement on BNP and inflammatory cardiovascular risk factors in adults with GHD we determined NT-proBNP and high sensitive C-reactive protein (CrP) before, 6 and 12 months after GHR. PATIENTS: Thirty adults (14 males, 16 females) with GHD mean age: 41.7+/-14.5 years (range: 17.2 to 75.4 years) were recruited from the German KIMS cohort (Pfizer's International Metabolic Database). RESULTS: During 12 months of GHR, a significant increase of IGF-1 (85.4+/-72.1 VS. 172.0+/-98 mug/dl; p=0.0001; IGF-1 SDS mean+/-SD: -3.85+/-3.09 VS. -0.92+/-1.82) was detectable. Mean baseline NT-proBNP was 112+/-130 pg/ml (range: 7 to 562). Twelve patients had normal BNP, whereas 18 revealed NT-proBNP values corresponding to those of patients with heart failure NYHA classification I (n=10), NYHA II (n=6) and NYHA III (n=2), respectively. Baseline BNP levels correlated significantly (p=0.044) with increased baseline CrP values. After 12 months of GHR, a significant decrease (p=0.001) in NT-proBNP levels mean: 68+/-81 pg/ml (range: 5 to 395) was detectable, associated with an improvement in NYHA performance status in 10 of the 18 with increased baseline NT-proBNP. CONCLUSIONS: Based on our study, approximately two-thirds of patients with GHD have increased NT-proBNP levels which may be useful as screening/diagnostic laboratory parameter for heart failure in such patients. GHR therapy decreases BNP levels in most patients with GHD.     

Recent advances in natriuretic peptide research

The natriuretic peptides are a family of related hormones that play a crucial role in cardiovascular and renal homeostasis. They have recently emerged as potentially important clinical biomarkers in heart failure. Natriuretic peptides, particularly brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and the inactive N-terminal fragment of BNP, NT-proBNP, that has an even greater half-life than BNP, are elevated in heart failure and therefore considered to be excellent predictors of disease outcome. Nesiritide, a recombinant human BNP, has been shown to provide symptomatic and haemodynamic improvement in acute decompensated heart failure, although recent reports have suggested an increased short-term risk of death with nesiritide use. This review article describes: the current use of BNP and its inactive precursor NT-proBNP in diagnosis, screening, prognosis and monitoring of therapy for congestive heart failure, the renoprotective actions of natriuretic peptides after renal failure and the controversy around the therapeutic use of the recombinant human BNP nesiritide.     

The clearance of BNP modeled using the NT-proBNP-BNP relationship

BACKGROUND: The ventricular myocardium simultaneously secretes two natriuretic peptides useful in the evaluation of heart failure: BNP, hormonally active, and NT-proBNP, the N-terminal end, non-hormonally active, but ultimately their concentrations differ and their clearance patterns are poorly defined. METHODS: We measured NT-proBNP and BNP in patients with and without heart failure and compared their concentrations using regression analysis. RESULTS: The relationship between NT-proBNP with BNP is nonlinear. Between 45 and 70 pmol of BNP/L (class II heart failure) the slope is much higher than in other ranges and the NT-proBNP/BNP ratio reaches its maximum in patients with class II NYHA heart failure. CONCLUSIONS: The difference in concentration for NT-proBNP and BNP can be related to the diffusion across the renal basement membrane. Their ratio is nonlinear because BNP is cleared faster than in patients with class II heart failure than other classes or normal, suggesting a change in a non-renal mode of clearance.     

Elevated Plasma Soluble ST2 Is Associated with Heart Failure Symptoms and Outcome in Aortic Stenosis

B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is often used as a complementary finding in the diagnostic work-up of patients with aortic stenosis (AS). Whether soluble ST2, a new biomarker of cardiac stretch, is associated with symptomatic status and outcome in asymptomatic AS is unknown. sST2 and BNP levels were measured in 86 patients (74±13 years; 59 asymptomatic, 69%) with AS (<1.5 cm²) and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction who were followed-up for 26±16 months. Both BNP and sST2 were associated with NYHA class but sST2 (>23 ng/mL, AUC = 0.68, p<0.01) was more accurate to identify asymptomatic patients or those who developed symptoms during follow-up. sST2 was independently related to left atrial index (p<0.0001) and aortic valve area (p = 0.004; model R² = 0.32). A modest correlation was found with BNP (r = 0.4, p<0.01). During follow-up, 29 asymptomatic patients (34%) developed heart failure symptoms. With multivariable analysis, peak aortic jet velocity (HR = 2.7, p = 0.007) and sST2 level (HR = 1.04, p = 0.03) were independent predictors of cardiovascular events. In AS, sST2 levels could provide complementary information regarding symptomatic status, new onset heart failure symptoms and outcome. It might become a promising biomarker in these patients.