The effects of abnormalities of glucose homeostasis on the expression and binding of muscarinic receptors in cerebral cortex of rats
Autor: | S. Jayanarayanan, Paul Jes, C.S. Paulose, K.T. Peeyush, George Naijil, Antony Sherin, M. S. Nandhu |
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Rok vydání: | 2011 |
Předmět: |
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Blood Glucose medicine.medical_specialty Biology Polymerase Chain Reaction Choline O-Acetyltransferase Internal medicine Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor Diabetes Mellitus Muscarinic Receptor Binding medicine Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 Animals Homeostasis Glucose homeostasis RNA Messenger Rats Wistar Receptor Cerebral Cortex Pharmacology Glucose Transporter Type 3 Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M3 Receptors Muscarinic Hypoglycemia Rats medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology Gene Expression Regulation Cerebral cortex Cholinergic |
Zdroj: | European Journal of Pharmacology. 651:128-136 |
ISSN: | 0014-2999 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.11.012 |
Popis: | Glucose homeostasis in humans is an important factor for the functioning of nervous system. Both hypo and hyperglycemia contributes to neuronal functional deficit. In the present study, effect of insulin induced hypoglycemia and streptozotocin induced diabetes on muscarinic receptor binding, cholinergic enzymes; AChE, ChAT expression and GLUT3 in the cerebral cortex of experimental rats were analysed. Total muscarinic, muscarinic M 1 receptor showed a significant decrease and muscarinic M 3 receptor subtype showed a significant increased binding in the cerebral cortex of hypoglycemic rats compared to diabetic and control. Real-Time PCR analysis of muscarinic M 1 , M 3 receptor subtypes confirmed the receptor binding studies. Immunohistochemistry of muscarinic M 1 , M 3 receptors using specific antibodies were also carried out. AChE and GLUT3 expression up regulated and ChAT expression down regulated in hypoglycemic rats compared to diabetic and control rats. Our results showed that hypo/hyperglycemia caused impaired glucose transport in neuronal cells as shown by altered expression of GLUT3. Increased AChE and decreased ChAT expression is suggested to alter cortical acetylcholine metabolism in experimental rats along with altered muscarinic receptor binding in hypo/hyperglycemic rats, impair cholinergic transmission, which subsequently lead to cholinergic dysfunction thereby causing learning and memory deficits. We observed a prominent cholinergic functional disturbance in hypoglycemic condition than in hyperglycemia. Hypoglycemia exacerbated the neurochemical changes in cerebral cortex induced by hyperglycemia. These findings have implications for both therapy and identification of causes contributing to neuronal dysfunction in diabetes. |
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