Alterations in mRNA expression of myelin proteins in the sciatic nerves and brains of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
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| Abstract |
Diabetic neuropathy is the most common complication of diabetes. We examined the levels and the mRNA expression of myelin proteins in the sciatic nerves and the brains of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. The diabetic rats exhibited a decrease in body weight, elevation of the blood glucose level and a decrease in motor nerve conduction velocity at 2 weeks after streptozotocin injection. In the sciatic nerves of diabetic rats, the level of P0 protein and its mRNA expression were markedly reduced at 20 weeks after the injection. In the brains, the levels of proteolipid protein and myelin-associated glycoprotein and their mRNA expression were selectively decreased at 20 weeks after the injection. This affected expression of myelin proteins was found even when no histological abnormalities were detectable. Considering the functional significance of myelin proteins, this impairment of protein expression is possibly involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy, including that in brain disorders.
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| Authors | Rei Kawashima, Hisako Kojima, Kazuo Nakamura, Atsushi Arahata, Yoshikuni Fujita, Yoshiko Tokuyama, Toyokazu Saito, Sen-Ichi Furudate, Tadashi Kurihara, Saburo Yagishita, Kunio Kitamura, Yoichi Tamai |
| Journal | Neurochemical research (Neurochem Res) Vol. 32 Issue 6 Pg. 1002-10 (Jun 2007) ISSN: 0364-3190 [Print] United States |
| PMID | 17404843 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't) |
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