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- Title
Effects of insulin and myo-inositol on embryo growth and development during early organogenesis in streptozocin-induced diabetic rats.
- Authors
Akashi, Masaharu; Akazawa, Shoichi; Akazawa, Mihoko; Trocino, Romulo; Hashimoto, Masumi; Maeda, Yasuo; Yamamoto, Hidefumi; Kawasaki, Eiji; Takino, Hirofumi; Yokota, Atsushi; Nagataki, Shigenobu; Akashi, M; Akazawa, S; Akazawa, M; Trocino, R; Hashimoto, M; Maeda, Y; Yamamoto, H; Kawasaki, E; Takino, H
- Abstract
We have previously shown that myo-inositol depletion in the embryonic tissue at a critical stage of organogenesis has a crucial role in hyperglycemia-induced embryopathy. This study tested whether myo-inositol depletion in early organogenesis contributes to the pathogenesis of streptozocin-induced diabetic embryopathy. Rats were made diabetic by streptozocin administration before conception, and the diabetic rats were treated with diet supplemented by 2% myo-inositol or insulin from 6 to 11 gestational days during the period of maximum teratological susceptibility. In each group on the 11th gestational day, growth retardation and incidence of malformations were recorded, and myo-inositol and sorbitol content in the embryonic and extraembryonic tissues were examined. In diabetic rats, the myo-inositol content of the embryos was decreased by 36% (P less than 0.01) compared with control rats, and there was growth retardation (crown-rump length 3.37 +/- 0.04 vs. 3.87 +/- 0.03 mm, P less than 0.01; somite no. 27.5 +/- 0.2 vs. 29.1 +/- 0.2, P less than 0.01) and a significantly increased incidence of the neural lesions (17.6 vs. 1.9%, P less than 0.01). Insulin treatment resulted in near normalization of maternal serum glucose and complete restoration of myo-inositol content in the embryos with significant improvement of the growth retardation (crown-rump length 3.55 +/- 0.06 vs. 3.37 +/- 0.04 mm, P less than 0.05; somite no. 28.2 +/- 0.13 vs. 27.5 +/- 0.2, P less than 0.05) and a significantly lowered incidence of neural lesions (2.5 vs. 17.6%, P less than 0.01) compared with those of the untreated diabetic rats.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
- Subjects
INSULIN therapy; ANIMAL experimentation; ANIMALS; BODY weight; DIABETES; GESTATIONAL diabetes; DIET; HUMAN reproduction; INOSITOL; MATERNAL-fetal exchange; RATS; REFERENCE values
- Publication
Diabetes, 1991, Vol 40, Issue 12, p1574
- ISSN
0012-1797
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.2337/diab.40.12.1574