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- Title
The kinin system mediates hyperalgesia through the inducible bradykinin B1 receptor subtype: evidence in various experimental animal models of type 1 and type 2 diabetic neuropathy.
- Authors
Gabra, Bichoy H; Berthiaume, Nathalie; Sirois, Pierre; Nantel, François; Battistini, Bruno
- Abstract
Both insulin-dependent (type 1) and insulin-independent (type 2) diabetes are complex disorders characterized by symptomatic glucose intolerance due to either defective insulin secretion, insulin action or both. Unchecked hyperglycemia leads to a series of complications among which is painful diabetic neuropathy, for which the kinin system has been implicated. Here, we review and compare the profile of several experimental models of type 1 and 2 diabetes (chemically induced versus gene-prone) and the incidence of diabetic neuropathy upon aging. We discuss the efficacy of selective antagonists of the inducible bradykinin B1 receptor (BKB1-R) subtype against hyperalgesia assessed by various nociceptive tests. In either gene-prone models of type 1 and 2 diabetes, the incidence of hyperalgesia mostly precedes the development of hyperglycemia. The administration of insulin, achieving euglycemia, does not reverse hyperalgesia. Treatment with a selective BKB1-R antagonist does not affect basal nociception in most normal control rats, whereas it induces a significant time- and dose-dependent attenuation of hyperalgesia, or even restores nociceptive responses, in experimental diabetic neuropathy models. Diabetic hyperalgesia is absent in streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetic BKB1-R knockout mice. Thus, selective antagonism of the inducible BKB1-R subtype may constitute a novel and potential therapeutic approach for the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy.
- Publication
Biological chemistry, 2006, Vol 387, Issue 2, p127
- ISSN
1431-6730
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1515/BC.2006.018