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- Title
Increase in neuronal nitric oxide synthase content of the gastroduodenal tract of diabetic rats.
- Authors
Adeghate, E; al-Ramadi, B; Saleh, A M; Vijayarasathy, C; Ponery, A S; Arafat, K; Howarth, F C; El-Sharkawy, T
- Abstract
This study examined the changes occurring in the pattern of distribution and expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS)-positive nerves in the gastroduodenal tract of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. The ganglion cells of the myenteric plexus of the gastric antrum of normal rats contain nNOS. We also observed nNOS-positive neurons and fibres in the myenteric plexus of the duodenum of normal rats. After the onset of diabetes, the number and intensity of staining of nNOS-positive nerve profiles in the gastric antrum and duodenum did not change significantly. However, Western blotting showed a significant increase in the expression of nNOS after the onset of diabetes. In conclusion, diabetes of 4 and 32 weeks duration induced an increase in the tissue content of nNOS in the gastroduodenum of rat. The increase in the level of nNOS in the gastroduodenum of diabetic rats may explain why impaired gastric emptying is common in patients with diabetes.
- Publication
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2003, Vol 60, Issue 6, p1172
- ISSN
1420-682X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00018-003-2298-2