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ArticleGlycoconjugate journal2021

Variations in the mRNA expression level of UDP-GlcNAc epimerase/ManNAc kinase and neuraminidase 1 genes in organs of type 2 diabetic animals.

Mayen David Inim, Mohammed Auwal Ibrahim, Murtala Bindawa Isah, Elewechi Onyike

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Mayen David InimDepartment of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Mohammed Auwal IbrahimDepartment of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. maibrahim@abu.edu.ng.ORCID 0000-0002-0680-3889
Murtala Bindawa IsahDepartment of Biochemistry, Umaru Musa Yar'adua University, Katsina, Nigeria.
Elewechi OnyikeDepartment of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Ahmadu Bello University · NGUmaru Musa Yar'adua University · NG

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Sialic acid and its associated metabolic enzymes have emerged as important components of the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes (T2D). There is an elevation in the serum concentration of sialic acid in humans and animals with T2D. The present study investigated the modulation of mRNA expression level of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (GNE) and neuraminidase 1 (NEU1) genes in some organs of type 2 diabetic rats. T2D was induced using fructose-streptozotocin model and eight weeks after the induction of diabetes, sialic acid was assayed in the blood and organs (adipose tissue, brain, colon, kidney, liver, pancreas, skeletal muscle and spleen) followed by quantification of mRNA expression level of GNE and NEU1 genes by qPCR. The results showed a significant (P < 0.05) increase in sialic acid level in the serum and all the afore-mentioned organs investigated except in the adipose tissue and skeletal muscle of the diabetic rats compared the normal control. The expression GNE gene was only increased in the pancreas (1.8-fold) of the diabetic rats while there was a decrease in the expression of the gene in the colon. In contrast, the expression of NEU1 gene was increased in the spleen (3.5-fold), brain (2.2-fold), liver (1.9-fold), colon (1.5-fold) and kidney of the diabetic rats. It was concluded that the elevated level of sialic acid in the organs of diabetic rats, except the pancreas, might not be due to increased endogenous synthesis of sialic acid.

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AnimalsBrainColonDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Gene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicLiverMultienzyme ComplexesN-Acetylneuraminic AcidNeuraminidasePancreasRatsRats, WistarReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionSpleenMultienzyme ComplexesN-Acetylneuraminic AcidNeu1 protein, ratNeuraminidaseUDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase - N-acetylmannosamine kinaseNeuraminidasePancreasSialic acidType 2 diabetesUDP-GlcNAc epimerase/ManNAc kinase

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