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The effects of an aldose reductase inhibitor upon the sorbitol pathway, fructose-1-phosphate and lactate in the retina and nerve of streptozotocin-diabetic rats.

AbstractUNLABELLED:
To investigate the aetiology of complications secondary to experimental diabetes in the rat, the concentrations of glucose, sorbitol, fructose, fructose-1-phosphate, lactate and inositol were measured in the retina and sciatic nerve of streptozotocin-diabetic and normal rats treated for 22 days with ICI 105552 (1-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)-3-methyl-1,2-dihydro-2-oxoquinol-4-ylacetic acid, sodium salt; 50 mg/kg body wt daily), an inhibitor of aldose reductase (E.C. 1.1.1.21) the first enzyme of the sorbitol pathway. In the diabetic nerve, where accumulation of sorbitol may be pathogenic, treatment with ICI 105552 reduced the accumulations of sorbitol (70%), fructose (47%) and lactate (34%) without affecting glucose, fructose-1-phosphate or inositol. In the nerves of controls, the inhibitor reduced both sorbitol (23%) and fructose (20%) levels without other effects. In the diabetic retina where accumulation of sorbitol or lactate might be pathogenic, treatment with ICI 105552 had no statistically significant effect upon the concentrations of glucose, sorbitol, fructose, fructose-1-phosphate or inositol. However, the inhibitor reduced the concentration of lactate to below the non-diabetic level. In the retinas of controls, dosage with ICI 105552 reduced the concentration of sorbitol by 36% without other effects.
THE RESULTS:
(1) demonstrated that ICI 105552 was a potent inhibitor of aldose reductase in sciatic nerve and suggested that a proportion of nerve lactate in diabetes could result from sorbitol pathway activity; (2) implied that flux through the sorbitol pathway, eventually to form lactate, increases in diabetic retina; and (3) indicated, by the drug's reduction of retinal lactate concentration, that inhibitors of aldose reductase might be of potential use in diabetic retinopathy.
AuthorsR Poulsom, D J Mirrlees, D C Earl, H Heath
JournalExperimental eye research (Exp Eye Res) Vol. 36 Issue 5 Pg. 751-60 (May 1983) ISSN: 0014-4835 [Print] England
PMID6406254 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Fructosephosphates
  • Lactates
  • Quinolines
  • Quinolones
  • fructose-1-phosphate
  • Sorbitol
  • Sucrose
  • ICI 105552
  • Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases
  • Aldehyde Reductase
Topics
  • Aldehyde Reductase (antagonists & inhibitors)
  • Animals
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental (metabolism)
  • Fructosephosphates (metabolism)
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Lactates (metabolism)
  • Male
  • Quinolines (pharmacology)
  • Quinolones
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Retina (metabolism)
  • Sciatic Nerve (metabolism)
  • Sorbitol (metabolism)
  • Sucrose (metabolism)
  • Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases (antagonists & inhibitors)

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