Diamond DM. Hyperglycemia NOT hypoglycemia alters neuronal dendrites and impairs spatial memory. Pediatric Diabetes 2008: 9: 531-539.Background/Objective: We previously reported that chronic hyperglycemia, but not hypoglycemia, was associated with the reduction of neuronal size in the rat brain. We hypothesized that hyperglycemia-induced changes in neuronal structure would have negative consequences, such as impaired learning and memory. We therefore assessed the effects of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia on neuronal dendritic structure and cognitive functioning in young rats. Design/Methods: Experimental manipulations were conducted on male Wistar rats for 8 wk, beginning at 4 wk of age. At the completion of the treatments, all rats were trained in the radial-arm water maze, a spatial (hippocampus-dependent) learning and memory task. Three groups of rats were tested: an untreated control group, a streptozotocin-induced diabetic (STZ-D) group, and an intermittent hypoglycemic group. Following behavioral training, the brains of all animals were examined with histologic and biochemical measurements. Results: Peripheral hyperglycemia was associated with significant increases in brain sorbitol (7.5 AE 1.6 vs. 5.84 AE 1.0 mM/mg) and inositol (9.6 AE 1.4 vs. 7.1 AE 1.1 mM/mg) and reduced taurine (0.65 AE 0.1 vs. 1.3 AE 0.1 mg/mg). Histologic evaluation revealed neurons with reduced dendritic branching and spine density in STZ-D rats but not in control or hypoglycemic animals. In addition, the STZ-D group exhibited impaired performance on the water maze memory test. Conclusions: Hyperglycemia, but not hypoglycemia, was associated with adverse effects on the brain polyol pathway activity, neuronal structural changes, and impaired long-term spatial memory. This finding suggests that the hyperglycemic component of diabetes mellitus has a greater adverse effect on brain functioning than does intermittent hypoglycemia. It has been long recognized that children with diabetes mellitus onset before age 5 yr have permanent neurocognitive dysfunction more commonly than agedmatched or sibling peers (1, 2). A recent study showed that children with diabetes onset before age 7 yr had reduced intellectual performance and mild central brain atrophy in adulthood when compared with individuals with similar duration of diabetes but later 531 onset (3). Because both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia occur in young children with type 1 diabetes, it is unlikely that hypoglycemia is the primary cause of this recognized but little publicized reduction in cognitive function associated with childhood type 1 diabetes in children. A recent report indicates that adults (18-50 yr of age) with type 1 diabetes of more than 10-yr duration have magnetic resonance imaging evidence of reduced brain volume (4). Other reports provide evidence of structural changes in the brains of adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus (5, 6).
JohnHyperglycemia is known to adversely affect peripheral nerve structure and function in younger (3-6 months) but not in older rats (7)....
Background. Rodent studies are a vital step in the development of novel anticancer therapeutics and are used in pharmacokinetic (PK), toxicology, and efficacy studies. Traditionally, anticancer drug development has relied on xenograft implantation of human cancer cell lines in immunocompromised mice for efficacy screening of a candidate compound. The usefulness of xenograft models for efficacy testing, however, has been questioned, whereas genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs) and orthotopic syngeneic transplants (OSTs) may offer some advantages for efficacy assessment. A critical factor influencing the predictability of rodent tumor models is drug PKs, but a comprehensive comparison of plasma and tumor PK parameters among xenograft models, OSTs, GEMMs, and human patients has not been performed.Methods. In this work, we evaluated the plasma and
NB-1643 was more sensitive in vitro than NB-1691, and at similar plasma TPT exposures, NB-1643 had a greater degree of TPT tumor ECF exposure and penetration as compared with NB-1691. Potential factors affecting tumor TPT ECF disposition include tumor vascularity, capillary permeability, and interstitial pressure. The clinical importance of this study is underscored by the need to select anticancer agents with a high capacity for tumor penetration and to optimize drug administration to increase tumor penetration.
Adiponectin is an adipocyte secreted protein that has been reported to increase fatty acid oxidation and improve insulin sensitivity. Our aim was to study the relationship between adiponectin and leptin, body fat, insulin and lipoproteins in obese compared to non-obese children matched for age and gender. Adiponectin serum concentrations were significantly lower in the obese compared to the non-obese children (9.1+/-3.7 vs 17.1+/-12.3 microg/ml, p <0.05), in contrast to serum leptin concentrations which were greater in the obese compared to the non-obese subjects (31.8+/-11.1 vs 8.2+/-5.7 ng/ml, p <0.001). When considered as a single group to assess adiponectin concentrations over a spectrum of body size, adiponectin values correlated inversely with body weight (r = -0.33, p <0.05) and BMI (r = -0.35, p <0.05). Adiponectin values correlated directly with HDL-C (r = 0.47, p <0.005), but not with total cholesterol, IGF-I, or leptin binding activity. Since leptin and adiponectin change inversely in relation to BMI, the leptin/adiponectin (L/A) ratio was determined as a potential index relating adiposity to the development of complications of obesity. The L/A ratio was eight-fold greater in the obese compared to the non-obese children, and correlated more strongly with BMI (r = 0.779, p <0.0001) and with HDL-C (r = -0.53, p <0.001), than did adiponectin alone. The L/A ratio also correlated significantly with triceps skinfold thickness (TSF) (r = 0.77, p <0.001) and percent body fat (r = 0.79, p <0.0001) in non-obese children. These data suggest that adiponectin concentrations are already differentially regulated in childhood obesity. The index of increased leptin concentration corrected by reduced adiponectin values (L/A ratio) merits investigation as a marker for morbidities associated with childhood obesity.
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