1. Influence of tolrestat on the defective leukocyte-endothelial interaction in experimental diabetes.
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Cruz JW, Oliveira MA, Hohman TC, and Fortes ZB
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- Animals, Blood Glucose metabolism, Body Weight drug effects, Carrageenan pharmacology, Cell Migration Inhibition, Cell Movement drug effects, Endothelium, Vascular cytology, Hemodynamics drug effects, Interleukin-16 pharmacology, Leukocyte Count drug effects, Male, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Receptors, Leukocyte-Adhesion drug effects, Spermatic Cord cytology, Spermatic Cord drug effects, Aldehyde Reductase antagonists & inhibitors, Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental physiopathology, Endothelium, Vascular drug effects, Enzyme Inhibitors pharmacology, Leukocytes drug effects, Naphthalenes pharmacology
- Abstract
One of the most devastating secondary complications of diabetes is the blunted inflammatory response that becomes evident even in the very early stages of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. While the etiology of this diminished response is not clearly understood, it has been linked to a decrease in the respiratory burst of neutrophils, as well as a decrease in microvessel response to inflammatory mediators and defective leukocyte-endothelial interactions. Using video microscopy to visualize vessels of the internal spermatic fascia, we have characterized leukocyte-endothelial interactions in alloxan-induced diabetic and in galactosemic rats by quantitating the number of leukocytes rolling along the venular endothelium and the number of leukocytes sticking to the vascular wall after topical application of zymosan-activated plasma or leukotriene B(4) (1 ng/ml), as well as after the application of a local irritant stimulus (carrageenan, 100 microg). We observed that while 33 days of alloxan-induced diabetes or 7 days of galactosemia had no effect on total or differential leukocyte counts and on the wall shear rate, both treatments significantly (P<0.001) reduced the number of leukocytes rolling along the venular endothelium by about 70% and the number of adhered leukocytes in postcapillary venules by 60%. These effects were not observed in diabetic and galactosemic animals treated with an aldose reductase inhibitor. The results suggest that impaired leukocyte-endothelial cell interactions are a consequence of an enhanced flux through the polyol pathway.
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- 2000
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