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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-8-15
pubmed:abstractText
(5-(3-Thienyl)tetrazol-1-yl)acetic acid (TAT), a novel potent aldose reductase inhibitor, was administered for 4 weeks to rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Physiological and biochemical studies were subsequently conducted on rat nerve tissue and erythrocyte sorbitol content was estimated. Sciatic nerve blood flow (SNBF) was markedly lower (about 43.4%) in untreated diabetic (DC) rats than in non-diabetic controls (NC). A significant delay in caudal motor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV) and significantly higher glucose, sorbitol and fructose values were observed in the sciatic nerve, accompanied by a markedly higher sorbitol concentration in erythrocytes. In contrast, TAT-treated diabetic groups (DT-10, DT-40 and DT-200) had significantly higher SNBF, MNCV and sciatic nerve myo-inositol values and lower sciatic nerve sorbitol and fructose levels and erythrocyte sorbitol concentration than the DC group. There were good correlations between SNBF and MNCV (r = 0.672, P < 0.001) and between SNBF and erythrocyte sorbitol (r = 0.455, P < 0.003). These findings suggest that both vascular and metabolic factors play an important role in diabetic neuropathy and the effect of aldose reductase inhibitors on diabetic neuropathy may be mediated by at least these two factors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0168-8227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
107-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Aldehyde Reductase, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Blood Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Diabetic Neuropathies, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Erythrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Fructose, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Inositol, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Motor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Neural Conduction, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Peripheral Nerves, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Regional Blood Flow, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Regression Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Sciatic Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Sorbitol, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Tail, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Tetrazoles, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Thiophenes, pubmed-meshheading:7607048-Time Factors
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of a potent new aldose reductase inhibitor, (5-(3-thienyltetrazol-1-yl)acetic acid (TAT), on diabetic neuropathy in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't