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Long-term prospective studies comparing the effects of conventional and intensive insulin therapy have linked diabetic hyperglycemia to the development of diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy. The mechanisms through which glucose metabolism leads to the development of these secondary complications, however, are incompletely understood. In animal models of diabetic neuropathy, the loss of nerve function in myelinated nerve fibers has been related to a series of biochemical changes. Nerve glucose, which is in equilibrium with plasma glucose levels, rapidly increases during diabetic hyperglycemia because glucose entry is independent of insulin. This excess glucose is metabolized in large part by the polyol pathway. Increased flux through this pathway is accompanied by the depletion of myo-inositol, a loss of Na/K ATPase activity and the accumulation of sodium. Supportive evidence linking these biochemical changes to the loss of nerve function has come from studies in which aldose reductase inhibitors block polyol pathway activity, prevent the depletion of myo-inositol and the accumulation of sodium and preserve Na/K ATPase activity, as well as nerve function. The kidney and red blood cells (RBCs) are two additional sites of diabetic lesions that have been reported to develop biochemical changes similar to those in the nerve. We observed that polyol levels in the kidney cortex, medulla, and RBCs increased two- to ninefold in rats following 10 weeks of untreated diabetes. Polyol accumulation was accompanied by a 30% decrease in myo-inositol levels in the kidney cortex, but no change in RBCs or the kidney medulla. Na/K ATPase activity was decreased by 59% in RBCs but was unaffected in the kidney cortex or medulla. Aldose reductase inhibitor treatment that preserved myo-inositol levels, Na/K ATPase, and conduction velocity in the sciatic nerve also preserved Na/K ATPase activity in RBCs. Our results suggest that the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying diabetic neuropathy are different from those of diabetic nephropathy. Our results also suggest that RBCs maybe a surrogate tissue for the assessment of diabetes-induced changes in nerve Na/K ATPase activity.
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PMID:Effect of the aldose reductase inhibitor tolrestat on nerve conduction velocity, Na/K ATPase activity, and polyols in red blood cells, sciatic nerve, kidney cortex, and kidney medulla of diabetic rats. 961 71

Motor and sensory nerve conduction velocities (MNCV and SNCV) were reduced in the sciatic nerve of rats after 4 weeks of untreated streptozotocin-induced diabetes, and declined further during the following 4 weeks. Treating diabetic rats with the novel peptide HP228 had no effect on the decline of MNCV after the first 4 weeks of diabetes but attenuated the decline in SNCV. HP228 treatment also prevented any further decline in MNCV or SNCV between weeks 4 and 8 of diabetes. Consequently, at the conclusion of the study, the nerve conduction velocities (NCVs) in treated rats were significantly (both P < .001) higher than in untreated diabetic rats. Reduced nerve homogenate Na+,K+-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activity in diabetic rats was significantly (P < .05) increased by HP228 but remained significantly (P < .05) lower than in untreated controls. HP228 treatment also reduced nerve Na+,K+-ATPase activity of control rats compared with untreated controls (P < .05). There was no effect of HP228 on the hyperglycemia, nerve polyol accumulation, myo-inositol depletion, reduced nerve laser Doppler blood flow, thermal hypoalgesia, or reduced mean axonal caliber in diabetic rats or on any of these parameters in control rats. These data demonstrate that a novel peptide may protect against the slowing of nerve conduction in prolonged diabetes and that the mechanism of action is unrelated to aldose reductase inhibition, prevention of nerve ischemia, or axonal atrophy. HP228 may prove a potential therapeutic agent for the treatment of prolonged diabetic neuropathy.
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PMID:Effects of the peptide HP228 on nerve disorders in diabetic rats. 962 61

Diabetic neuropathy is a degenerative complication of diabetes accompanied by an alteration of nerve conduction velocity (NCV) and Na,K-ATPase activity. The present study in rats was designed first to measure diabetes-induced abnormalities in Na,K-ATPase activity, isoenzyme expression, fatty acid content in sciatic nerve membranes, and NCV and second to assess the preventive ability of a fish oil-rich diet (rich in n-3 fatty acids) on these abnormalities. Diabetes was induced by intravenous streptozotocin injection. Diabetic animals (D) and nondiabetic control animals (C) were fed the standard rat chow either without supplementation or supplemented with either fish oil (DM, CM) or olive oil (DO, CO) at a daily dose of 0.5 g/kg by gavage during 8 weeks. Analysis of the fatty acid composition of purified sciatic nerve membranes from diabetic animals showed a decreased incorporation of C16:1(n-7) fatty acids and arachidonic acids. Fish oil supplementation changed the fatty acid content of sciatic nerve membranes, decreasing C18:2(n-6) fatty acids and preventing the decreases of arachidonic acids and C18:1(n-9) fatty acids. Protein expression of Na,K-ATPase alpha subunits, Na,K-ATPase activity, and ouabain affinity were assayed in purified sciatic nerve membranes from CO, DO, and DM. Na,K-ATPase activity was significantly lower in sciatic nerve membranes of diabetic rats and significantly restored in diabetic animals that received fish oil supplementation. Diabetes induced a specific decrease of alpha1- and alpha3-isoform activity and protein expression in sciatic nerve membranes. Fish oil supplementation restored partial activity and expression to varying degrees depending on the isoenzyme. These effects were associated with a significant beneficial effect on NCV. This study indicates that fish oil has beneficial effects on diabetes-induced alterations in sciatic nerve Na,K-ATPase activity and function.
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PMID:Alterations of Na,K-ATPase isoenzymes in the rat diabetic neuropathy: protective effect of dietary supplementation with n-3 fatty acids. 968 64

Oxidative stress has been related to the development of diabetic neuropathy. Experimental diabetes (alloxan injection of mice) promotes early biochemical changes in peripheral nervous tissue, e.g. decrease in Na,K-ATPase activity and glutathione (GSH) peroxidase (GSHPx) activity. The former decrease can be reverted by inhibiting protein kinase C (PKC), since it has been reported that PKC is activated in these experimental conditions. Here we present data demonstrating that the inhibition of PKC, as early as 4 days after alloxan administration, is not able to return to normal values GSHPx activity in sciatic nerve of diabetes mice. Thus, it would fit with our previous proposal of the possible glycation of this protein as an early event in experimental diabetes, and apparently rules out the control of GSHPx activity by PKC in this tissue.
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PMID:Experimental diabetic neuropathy: role of oxidative stress and mechanisms involved. 969 7

We investigated the relation between cyclic AMP (cAMP) and nitric oxide (NO) production, as well as the effect of NO on Na , K+-ATPase activity in the human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y. Two cAMP agonists, dibutyryl cAMP (DBC) and beraprost sodium (BPS), increased cAMP accumulation and NO production in a time and dose dependent manner at 50 mmol/l glucose. On the other hand, cellular sorbitol and myo-inositol contents and protein kinase C activity were not altered by DBC or BPS. A specific protein kinase A inhibitor, H-89, suppressed increases in nitrite/nitrate and cyclic GMP (cGMP) and protein kinase A activity stimulated by DBC or BPS. This finding suggests that cAMP stimulates NO production by activating protein kinase A via a pathway different from the sorbitol-myo-inositol-protein kinase C pathway. We observed that an NO donor, sodium nitroprusside, and an NO agonist, L-arginine, enhanced ouabain sensitive Na+, K+-ATPase activity at 50 mmol/l glucose. We also found that a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), inhibited Na+, K+-ATPase activity at 5 mmol/l glucose, and partially suppressed the enzyme activity stimulated by DBC or BPS. The results of this study suggest that cAMP regulates protein kinase A activity, NO production and ouabain sensitive Na+, K+-ATPase activity in a cascade fashion. The results also suggest that protein kinase A at least partially regulates Na+, K+-ATPase activity without mediation by NO in SH-SY5Y cells. We speculate that cAMP and NO are two important regulatory factors in the pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy.
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PMID:cAMP regulates nitric oxide production and ouabain sensitive Na+, K+-ATPase activity in SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells. 986 12

Diabetic neuropathy has been associated with a decrease in nerve conduction velocity, Na,K-ATPase activity and characteristic histological damage of the sciatic nerve. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential effect of a dietary supplementation with fish oil [(n-3) fatty acids] on the sciatic nerve of diabetic rats. Diabetes was induced by intravenous streptozotocin injection. Diabetic animals (n = 20) were fed a nonpurified diet supplemented with either olive oil (DO) or fish oil (DM), and control animals (n = 10) were fed a nonpurified diet supplemented with olive oil at a daily dose of 0.5 g/kg by gavage for 8 wk. Nerves were characterized by their conduction velocity, morphometric analysis and membrane Na, K-ATPase activity. Nerve conduction velocity, as well as Na,K-ATPase activity, was improved by fish oil treatment. A correlation was found between these two variables (R = 0.999, P < 0.05). Moreover, a preventive effect of fish oil was observed on nerve histological damage [endoneurial edema, axonal degeneration (by 10-15%) with demyelination]. Moreover, the normal bimodal distribution of the internal diameter of myelinated fibers was absent in the DO group and was restored in the DM group. These data suggest that fish oil therapy may be effective in the prevention of diabetic neuropathy.
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PMID:Fish oil supplementation prevents diabetes-induced nerve conduction velocity and neuroanatomical changes in rats. 991 1

Hypertension has been proposed as an independent risk factor for diabetic neuropathy. In insulin-dependent diabetic (IDDM) patients suffering from neuropathy, red blood cell (RBC) Na/K ATPase is decreased. Such a decrease might be involved in the physiopathology of hypertension and therefore be the link between hypertension and neuropathy. To confirm this hypothesis, we studied 104 IDDM patients with a long duration of disease by looking at the association between neuropathy and hypertension and by comparing RBC Na/K ATPase activity in subgroups. The independent risk factors associated with neuropathy were hypertension, triglyceride level, diabetes duration and low RBC Na/K ATPase activity. Contrary to our expectations, Na/K ATPase was not decreased in hypertensive patients (294 +/- 16 nmol Pi/mg prot/h vs 303 +/- 9), but those treated with angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor had higher RBC Na/K ATPase activity than those treated with calcium blockers (355 +/- 15 nmol Pi/mg prot/h vs 216 +/- 10). These results confirm the association between neuropathy and hypertension, on the one hand, and neuropathy and decreased Na/K ATPase, on the other, and show that hypertension in IDDM patients was not associated with decreased RBC Na/K ATPase. Moreover, ACE inhibitor treatment in IDDM patients, whether hypertensive or not, was associated with higher levels of RBC Na/K ATPase, which could account for its beneficial effect on diabetic neuropathy.
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PMID:Relationship between neuropathy, hypertension and red blood cell Na/K ATPase in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. 1033 22

The pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy remains unclear, although several factors have been implicated in its pathogenesis. We have examined possible roles of decreased production of nitric oxide, ion channel dysfunction and decreased capacity of nerve regeneration. STZ-induced diabetic rats showed decreases in nociceptive threshold and NADPH-diaphorase positive neurons, nNOS level and cGMP content of DRG at 12 weeks after induction of diabetes. The rats injected by L-NAME, potent nNOS inhibitor, showed decreased nociceptive threshold, although D-NAME, inactive in nNOS inhibition, did not. These results suggest that decreased NO production might be involved in hyperalgesia in diabetic rats. Both hyperglycemia and decreased Na/K-ATPase activity are thought to be characteristic features of diabetic neuropathy. To investigate the presence of ion channel abnormality in diabetic nerves, a Vaseline-gap voltage clamp technique was applied for a single myelinated fibers under 30 mM high glucose plus 0.1 mM ouabain. Since K current was increased, a Ca activated K channel blocker was applied and this increase was shown to be suppressed. Furthermore, Ca channel blockers all suppressed increased K currents, suggesting that the condition induced an increase of Ca influx, thereby increasing Ca activated K currents through K channels. The data are important in that diabetic condition may induce both Ca influx, leading to nerve degeneration, and increased K current, resulting in decreased nerve conduction. Nerve regeneration has been known to be disturbed in diabetic condition. We have shown a decrease in nerve elongation rate in diabetic rats after crush of sciatic nerve, although this decrease was not ameliorated by ARI. Furthermore, Wallerian degeneration was shown to be delayed in diabetic nerves, leading to delayed nerve regeneration. Hyperphosphorylation of both medium and high molecular weight neurofilaments that might be induced by protein kinases including CDK 5 may be involved in the mechanism.
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PMID:[New trend in pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy]. 1037 17

The localization of the Na,K-ATPase isoenzymes in sciatic nerve remains controversial, as well as diabetes-induced changes in Na,K-ATPase isoforms. Some of these changes could be prevented by fish oil therapy. The aim of this study was to determine by confocal microscopy the distribution of Na,K-ATPase isoforms (alpha1, alpha2, alpha3, beta1, and beta2) in the sciatic nerve, the changes induced by diabetes, and the preventive effect of fish oil in diabetic neuropathy. This study was performed in three groups of rats. In the first two groups, diabetes was induced by streptozotocin and rats were supplemented daily with fish oil or olive oil at a dosage of 0.5 g/kg of body weight. The third one was a control group that was supplemented with olive oil. Five antibodies against specific epitopes of Na,K-ATPase isoenzymes were applied to stained dissociated nerve fibers with fluorescent secondary antibodies. The five isoenzymes were documented in nonspecific regions, Schwann cells (myelin), and the node of Ranvier. The localization of the alpha1, alpha2, and beta1 isoenzymes was not affected by diabetes. In contrast, diabetes induced a decrease of the alpha2 subunit (p < 0.05) and an up-regulation of the beta2 subunit (p < 0.05). These modifications were noted in both regions for alpha2 and were localized at the myelin domain only for the beta2. Fish oil supplementation prevented the diabetes-induced changes in the alpha2 subunit with an additional up-regulation. The beta2 subunit was not modified. A phenotypic change similar to nerve injury was induced by diabetes. Fish oil supplementation partially prevented some of these changes.
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PMID:Localization of Na,K-ATPase alpha/beta isoforms in rat sciatic nerves: effect of diabetes and fish oil treatment. 1042 69

The exposure of SY5Y neuroblastoma cells to high concentrations of glucose, fructose, or galactose is an experimental model commonly used for in vitro evaluation of typical neuronal alterations observed in diabetes mellitus. In the present study, we observed that 2 weeks of exposure to high carbohydrate concentrations caused both a significant impairment in neurite formation induced by supplementation of retinoic acid or by subtraction of fetal calf serum to the culture medium and a marked reduction in Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity. However, only the exposure to high millimoles of glucose caused an enhancement of mono-ADP-ribosylation, typical of diabetes mellitus, affecting at least five proteins. The concomitant exposure to high glucose and to silybin, a mono-ADP-ribosylation inhibitor, normalized the extent of ADP-ribosylation of the five proteins and counteracted the inhibitory effects of high glucose on Na(+)-pump activity and on neuritogenesis. Conversely, the supplementation of silybin did not prevent fructose and galactose inhibitory effects on Na(+)-pump activity and neurite formation. These data confirm those of previous reports suggesting a link between excessive protein mono-ADP-ribosylation and the onset of diabetic complications such as diabetic neuropathy.
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PMID:Inhibition of high glucose-induced protein mono-ADP-ribosylation restores neuritogenesis and sodium-pump activity in SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. 1046 90


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