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Region-dependent effects of diabetes and insulin-replacement on neuronal nitric oxide synthase- and heme oxygenase-immunoreactive submucous neurons

Bódi, Nikolett and Szalai, Zita and Chandrakumar, Lalitha and Bagyánszki, Mária (2017) Region-dependent effects of diabetes and insulin-replacement on neuronal nitric oxide synthase- and heme oxygenase-immunoreactive submucous neurons. World Journal of Gastroenterology. ISSN 1007-9327 (print), 2219-2840 (online) (In Press)

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Abstract

Abstract AIM To investigate the intestinal segment-specific effects of diabetes and insulin replacement on the density of different subpopulations of submucous neurons. METHODS Ten weeks after the onset of type 1 diabetes samples were taken from the duodenum, ileum and colon of streptozotocin-induce diabetic, insulin-treated diabetic and sex- and age-matched control rats. Whole-mount preparations of submucous plexus were prepared from the different gut segments for quantitative fluorescent immunohistochemistry. The following double-immunostainings were performed: neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) and HuC/D, heme oxygenase (HO) 1 and peripherin, as well as HO2 and peripherin. The density of nNOS-, HO1- and HO2-immunoreactive (IR) neurons was determined as a percentage of the total number of submucous neurons. RESULTS The total number of submucous neurons and the proportion of nNOS-, HO1- and HO2-IR subpopulations were not affected in the duodenal ganglia of control, diabetic and insulin-treated rats. While the total neuronal number did not change in either the ileum or the colon, the density of nitrergic neurons exhibited a 2- and 3-fold increase in the diabetic ileum and colon, respectively, which was further enhanced after insulin replacement. The presence of HO1- and HO2-IR submucous neurons was robust in the colon of controls (38.4%-50.8%), whereas it was significantly lower in the small intestinal segments (0.0%-4.2%, P < 0.0001). Under pathophysiological conditions the only alteration detected was an increase in the ileum and a decrease in the colon of the proportion of HO-IR neurons in insulin-treated diabetic animals.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: R Medicine / orvostudomány > RC Internal medicine / belgyógyászat > RC658.5 Diabetes / diabetológia
Depositing User: Dr. Mária Bagyánszki
Date Deposited: 29 Sep 2017 17:49
Last Modified: 29 Sep 2017 17:49
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/64421

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