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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
Mechanical hyperalgesia is an early symptom of diabetic neuropathy. To evaluate the mechanisms underlying this symptom, it was studied and compared in rat models of systemic and local hyperglycemia. Systemic hyperglycemia was induced by a single injection of streptozotocin (STZ, 50 mg/kg). Local hyperglycemia either in L(5) dorsal root ganglion (DRG) or a segment of the sciatic nerve at mid-thigh level was maintained by perfusion with 30-mM glucose solution delivered from a surgically implanted osmotic minipump. Mechanical hyperalgesia was assessed using modified von Frey filaments and hind limb withdrawal threshold measurements. During 2 weeks of STZ-induced diabetes rat systemic blood glucose level increased from 5.1+/-0.3 to 23+/-1.9 mM and limb withdrawal threshold decreased by approximately 30% bilaterally. During 2 weeks of local perfusion systemic blood glucose did not change; however, rats that underwent perfusion of the DRG or sciatic nerve with glucose exhibited a rapid (completed in approximately 1 week) 40-50% decrease in ipsilateral limb withdrawal threshold. Perfusion of the sciatic nerve with the normoglycemic buffer solution did not affect withdrawal thresholds. The aldose reductase inhibitor sorbinil (2.5 mg/ml) when added to 30-mM glucose perfusion solution prevented hyperalgesia. These data suggest that mechanical hyperalgesia in diabetic animals may, at least in part, result from focal injury caused by a direct toxic effect of glucose in the peripheral nervous system. These data also support the idea of activation of aldose reductase and polyol pathway as an important mechanism of hyperglycemia-induced impairment of nerve function.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
960
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
174-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Aldehyde Reductase, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Blood Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Diabetic Neuropathies, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Drug Implants, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Ganglia, Spinal, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Hyperalgesia, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Hyperglycemia, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Pain Measurement, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Perfusion, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Peripheral Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Physical Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:12505670-Sciatic Nerve
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanical hyperalgesia in rat models of systemic and local hyperglycemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anesthesiology, Slot 515, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Little Rock, AR 72205-7101, USA. dobretsovmaxim@uams.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.