The development and progression of diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) are due to multiple mechanisms. The creation of reliable animal models of DPN has been challenging and this issue has not yet been solved. However, despite some recognized differences from humans, most of the current knowledge on the pathogenesis of DPN relies on results achieved using rodent animal models. The simplest experimental DPN model reproduces type 1 diabetes, induced by massive chemical destruction of pancreatic beta cells with streptozotocin (STZ). Spontaneous/transgenic models of diabetes are less frequently used, mostly because they are less predictable in clinical course, more expensive, and require a variable time to achieve homogeneous metabolic conditions. Among them, Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats represent a typical type 2 diabetes model. Both STZ-induced and ZDF rats have been extensively used, but only very few studies have compared the long-term similarities and differences existing between these two models. Moreover, inconsistencies have been reported regarding several aspects of short-term in vivo studies using these models. In this study, we compared the long-term course of DPN in STZ-treated Sprague-Dawley and ZDF rats with a multimodal set of readout measures.

Multimodal Comparison of Diabetic Neuropathy in Aged Streptozotocin-Treated Sprague-Dawley and Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rats / A. Canta, V.A. Carozzi, A. Chiorazzi, C. Meregalli, N. Oggioni, V. Rodriguez-Menendez, B. Sala, R.C. Melcangi, S. Giatti, R. Lombardi, R. Bianchi, P. Marmiroli, G. Cavaletti. - In: BIOMEDICINES. - ISSN 2227-9059. - 11:1(2023 Jan), pp. 20.1-20.11. [10.3390/biomedicines11010020]

Multimodal Comparison of Diabetic Neuropathy in Aged Streptozotocin-Treated Sprague-Dawley and Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rats

R.C. Melcangi;S. Giatti;
2023

Abstract

The development and progression of diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) are due to multiple mechanisms. The creation of reliable animal models of DPN has been challenging and this issue has not yet been solved. However, despite some recognized differences from humans, most of the current knowledge on the pathogenesis of DPN relies on results achieved using rodent animal models. The simplest experimental DPN model reproduces type 1 diabetes, induced by massive chemical destruction of pancreatic beta cells with streptozotocin (STZ). Spontaneous/transgenic models of diabetes are less frequently used, mostly because they are less predictable in clinical course, more expensive, and require a variable time to achieve homogeneous metabolic conditions. Among them, Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats represent a typical type 2 diabetes model. Both STZ-induced and ZDF rats have been extensively used, but only very few studies have compared the long-term similarities and differences existing between these two models. Moreover, inconsistencies have been reported regarding several aspects of short-term in vivo studies using these models. In this study, we compared the long-term course of DPN in STZ-treated Sprague-Dawley and ZDF rats with a multimodal set of readout measures.
Zucker rats; experimental diabetes; peripheral neuropathy; streptozotocin;
Settore MED/13 - Endocrinologia
gen-2023
22-dic-2022
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