Early alterations in myocardia and vessels of the diabetic rat heart: an FTIR microspectroscopic study

2006-08-01
Toyran, Neslihan
Lasch, Peter
Naumann, Dieter
Turan, Belma
Severcan, Feride
Diabetes mellitus is associated with a high incidence and poor prognosis of cardiovascular disease. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of relatively short-term (5 weeks) Type I diabetes on the left ventricle, the right ventricle and the vessel (vein) on the left ventricle of the myocardium, at molecular level by FTIR (Fourier-transform infrared) microspectroscopy. The rats were categorized into two groups: control group (for the left ventricle myocardium, n = 8; for the right ventricle myocardium, n = 9; for the vein, n = 9) and streptozotocin-induced diabetic group (for the left ventricle myocardium, n = 7; for the right ventricle myocardium, n = 9; for the vein, n = 8). Two adjacent cross-sections of 9 mu m thickness were taken from the ventricles of the hearts in two groups of rats by using a cryotome. The first sections were used for FTIR microspectroscopy measurements. The second serial sections were stained by haematoxylin/eosin for comparative purposes. Diabetes caused an increase in the content of lipids, an alteration in protein profile with a decrease in alpha-helix and an increase in beta-sheet structure as well as an increase in glycogen and glycolipid contents in both ventricles band the vein. Additionally, the collagen content was found to be increased in the vein of the diabetic group. The present study demonstrated that diabetes-induced alterations in the rat heart can be detected by correlating the IR spectral changes with biochemical profiles in detail. The present study for the first time demonstrated the diabetes-induced alterations at molecular level in both ventricle myocardia and the veins in relatively short-term diabetes
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N. Toyran, P. Lasch, D. Naumann, B. Turan, and F. Severcan, “Early alterations in myocardia and vessels of the diabetic rat heart: an FTIR microspectroscopic study,” BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, pp. 427–436, 2006, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/52027.