Investigation of insulin resistance in the popularly used four rat models of type-2 diabetes

Publication date: May 2018 Source:Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, Volume 101 Author(s): Pin-Chun Chao, Yingxiao Li, Chin-Hong Chang, Ja Ping Shieh, Juei-Tang Cheng, Kai-Chun Cheng Animal models are widely used to develop drugs for treating diabetes mellitus (DM). Insulin resistance (IR) is one of the main problems in type-2 DM (T2DM). Streptozotocin (STZ) is used to damage pancreatic cells for induction of DM. Many rat models were applied in research as T2DM. However, the degree of IR in each model is unknown. In the present study, IR and insulin signaling were compared in four models of type 2 diabetes: rats fed a fructose-rich chow for 8 weeks, rats feed high-fat chow for 4 weeks followed by injection with streptozotocin (35 mg/kg, i.p.), rats injected with a single low dose streptozotocin (45 mg/kg, i.p.), and rats injected with a single dose of nicotinamide followed by a single high dose of streptozotocin (60 mg/kg, i.p.). Values from these determinations in diabetic rats showing the order that insulin resistance is most marked in rats received fructose-rich chow followed by high-fat diet before STZ injection induced model (HFD/STZ rats), and rats injected with low dose of STZ but it is less marked in rats induced by nicotinamide and STZ. Additionally, insulin secretion was reduced in three rat models except the rats receiving fructose-rich chow. Western blots also showed the same changes in phosphorylation of IRS-1 or Akt using soleus muscle from eac...
Source: Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research