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ArticleJournal of diabetes investigation2018

Determination of peripheral neuropathy in high-fat diet fed low-dose streptozotocin-treated female C57Bl/6J mice and Sprague-Dawley rats.

Lawrence J Coppey, Hanna Shevalye, Alexander Obrosov, Eric P Davidson, Mark A Yorek

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Article in Journal of diabetes investigation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lawrence J CoppeyDepartment of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Hanna ShevalyeDepartment of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Alexander ObrosovDepartment of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Eric P DavidsonDepartment of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Mark A YorekDepartment of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7737-5554
University of Iowa · US

Funding

Effect of exogenous fatty acids on diabetes neural/neurovascular complicationsR01DK107399 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI YOREK, MARK A. · 2016 to 2019
$1.1M
Diabetic Neuropathy: Function-Structure of Corneal Nerves to Assess Injury-RepairI01RX000889 · VA · IOWA CITY VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI KARDON, RANDY H., YOREK, MARK A. · 2015 to 2022
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Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Rehabilitation Research and Development RX000889-05National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases DK107339NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK107399NIHRRD VA I01 RX000889
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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introductionPeripheral neuropathy is a common complication of diabetes and also occurs in 30% of human obese individuals with impaired glucose tolerance. Even though peripheral neuropathy affects both sexes, most pre-clinical studies have been carried out using male rodents. The aim of the present study was to create diet-induced obesity and type 2 diabetes in female rats and mice in order to examine the development of peripheral neuropathy. MATERIALS AND

methodsAt 12 weeks-of-age, rats and mice were separated into three groups. Two groups or rats and mice were fed a 60-kcal% high-fat diet for 12 weeks (rats) or 8 weeks (mice). To induce type 2 diabetes, one group of high-fat diet-fed rats and mice were treated with a low dose of streptozotocin. Analyses of multiple neural end-points were carried out 12 weeks later.

resultsGlucose utilization was impaired in diet-induced obese female rats and mice, as was a number of neurological end-points including nerve conduction velocity, intraepidermal and subepithelial corneal nerve fiber densities, and thermal and mechanical sensitivity. When female diet-induced obese rats or mice were made hyperglycemic, glucose utilization and sensory nerve density of the skin and cornea, as well as thermal and mechanical sensitivity, were more significantly impaired compared with diet-induced obese female rodents.

conclusionsThese studies show that diet-induced obese and type 2 diabetic female rodents develop peripheral neuropathy that is similar to that occurring in male rodents. However, for female rats, more aggressive treatment is required to induce dietary obesity.

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AnimalsBlood GlucoseDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiet, High-FatFemaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPeripheral Nervous System DiseasesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyStreptozocinTreatment OutcomeBlood GlucoseStreptozocinDiet-induced obesityPeripheral neuropathyType 2 diabetes

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PMCPMC6123046
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