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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-8
pubmed:abstractText
Diabetic hyperglycemia increases brain damage after cerebral ischemia in animals and humans, although the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Gender-linked differences in ischemic tolerance have been described but have not been studied in the context of diabetes. In the current study, we used a model of unilateral common carotid artery ligation, combined with systemic hypoxia, to study the effects of diabetes and gender on hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain damage in the genetic model of Type II diabetes, the db/db, mouse. Male and female, control and db/db, mice were subjected to right common carotid artery ligation followed by varying periods of hypoxia (8% oxygen/92% nitrogen) to assess mortality, infarct volume, and tissue damage by light microscopic techniques. End-ischemic regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) was determined using [14C] iodoantipyrine autoradiography. Glycolytic and high energy phosphate compounds were measured in blood and brain by enzymatic and fluorometric techniques. Gender and diabetes had significant effects on mortality from HI and extent of brain damage in the survivors. Female mice were more resistant than their male counterparts, such that the severity (mortality and infarction size) in the male diabetics > female diabetics - male controls > female controls. Endischemic CBF and depletion of cerebral high energy reserves were comparable among all groups. Surprisingly, female diabetic mice were more hyperglycemic and demonstrated a greater prolonged lactacidosis than the males; however, they were more resistant to damage. The results suggest a unique pathophysiology of hypoxia-ischemia in the female diabetic brain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0271-678X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
52-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Antipyrine, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Autoradiography, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Carbon Radioisotopes, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Cerebral Infarction, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Cerebrovascular Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Energy Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Glycolysis, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Ischemic Attack, Transient, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Sex Characteristics, pubmed-meshheading:11149668-Stroke
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Experimental stroke in the female diabetic, db/db, mouse.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey 17033, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't