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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-1-7
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of sex hormone on diabetic conditions were investigated in WBN/Kob strain rats, i.e., castrated or spayed, hormone-treated, and non-treated rats. The effects of sex hormone on glycosuria, body-weight change, glucose tolerance and histopathology of the pancreas were compared among these animals. There were no abnormal changes in these parameters in the non-treated females and estrogen-treated males. The glycosuria began to be observed from the age of about 30 weeks in the non-treated group and from the age of 52 weeks in the castrated group. In the female animals, this symptom began to appear from the age of 55 weeks in the testosterone-treated group and from the age of 72 weeks in the spayed group. Before the onset of the diabetic symptoms, glucose tolerance was impaired in these animals. Body weights of the castrated and estrogen-treated males were lower than that of the non-treated males, especially in the estrogen-treated males. Those of the spayed and testosterone-treated females were much heavier than that of the non-treated females. Testosterone treatment accelerated body-weight gain in the spayed female animals. Histopathological examination of the pancreas revealed atrophy of the aciner tissue and atrophy and disappearance of the islet cells similar to those of the non-treated WBN/Kob male rats in the castrated males, spayed females and testosterone-treated females. However, these changes were not observed in the non-treated females or estrogen-treated males. These findings suggest that female hormone suppressed the onset of hyperglycemia along with glycosuria and male hormone accelerates the onset of hyperglycemia in the WBN/Kob rats.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0007-5124
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
481-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
[Effect of sex hormones on the onset of diabetic syndrome in WBN/Kob rats].
pubmed:affiliation
Toxicology Research Laboratories, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract