Role of ionic transport in regulation of hemoglobin affinity for oxygen in diabetes mellitus.
The rate of Na(+)/H(+) exchange is increased by 24%, activities of Ca-dependent K+ channels is increased by 13%, and activity of erythrocyte Ca(2+)-ATPase decreased by 17% in patients with diabetes mellitus concomitant with essential hypertension in comparison with patients with essential hypertension without disorders of carbohydrate metabolism. Changes in activity of Na(+)/H(+) exchange, Ca-dependent K(+) channels, and erythrocyte Ca(2+)-ATPase and increased oxygen affinity of hemoglobin are due to increased glucose concentration in the plasma and are leveled by olifen.