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Effect of Sorbinil on myo-Inositol Metabolism in Cultured Neuroblastoma Cells Exposed to Increased Glucose Levels
Authors:Mark A. Yorek  Joyce A. Dunlap  Barry H. Ginsberg
Affiliation:Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, IA 52240.
Abstract:Neuroblastoma cells were used to determine the effect of sorbinil on myo-inositol metabolism in cells exposed to elevated levels of glucose in culture. Exposing cells to elevated levels of glucose led to an increase in levels of intracellular sorbitol. The increase in sorbitol levels was dependent on the extracellular glucose concentration. In contrast, the myo-inositol content of cells was decreased in the presence of increasing concentrations of extracellular glucose. Increasing the concentration of glucose in the culture medium caused a decrease in myo-inositol uptake and in the incorporation of extracellular myo-inositol into phospholipid. The effect of elevated glucose levels on myo-inositol metabolism and sorbitol accumulation was blocked by addition of 0.4 mM sorbinil. The ability of sorbinil to block the decrease in myo-inositol metabolism and sorbitol accumulation caused by 30 mM extracellular glucose was dependent on its concentration. Maximal effects were obtained with 0.4 mM sorbinil. However, there was some variation in the degree of effectiveness among batches of sorbinil. These results at the cellular level suggest that the intracellular accumulation of sorbitol is responsible for the alteration of myo-inositol metabolism observed in neuroblastoma cells exposed to elevated glucose concentrations.
Keywords:myo-Inositol    Diabetic neuropathy    Phos-pholipids    Neuroblastoma cells    Sorbitol    Sorbinil
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