Calcium Release From the Internal Stores as a Possible Target for Antinociceptive Treatment in Rats with Experimentally-Induced Diabetes |
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Authors: | L Shutov I Kruglikov V Shishkin M Borisovskaya E Kostyuk N Voitenko |
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Institution: | (1) Bogomolets Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine |
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Abstract: | Distal neuropathy is the most common complication of diabetes mellitus, and it is highly important to reveal the cellular mechanisms leading to its development. In our experiments, neurons of control and streptozotocin-treated diabetic rats were examined. Changes in the intracellular free calcium concentrations (Ca2+]
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) were fluorometrically measured in primary and secondary nociceptive (dorsal root ganglion, DRG, and dorsal horn, DH, respectively) neurons. The Ca2+]
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elevation was induced by different agents, which can release calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) calcium stores. The amplitudes of calcium elevation induced by application of caffeine and ionomicine in DRG and DH neurons of diabetic rats were significantly lower, as compared with the control. Application of ATP and glutamate to a Ca-free extracellular solution induced calcium release from the IP3-sensitive store in DH neurons. Release of calcium from the IP3-sensitive ER calcium stores became significantly smaller in neurons from diabetic rats. Taken together, these data indicate that significant changes in the calcium regulating mechanisms of the ER develop under diabetes conditions. |
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Keywords: | diabetes streptozotocin neurons ryanodine receptor IP3 receptor endoplasmic reticulum |
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