title: Alteration in the levels of 1,25-(OH)2D3 and corticosterone found in experimental diabetes reduces nerve growth factor (NGF) gene expression in vitro.
abstract: Circulating concentrations of corticosterone and 1,25-(OH)2D3 have been reported to be respectively increased and decreased in the streptozotocin-treated rats. Using the cell line L929 cultured in a steroid-free medium, we show that the alteration in the levels of corticosterone and 1,25-(OH)2D3 found in vivo in experimental diabetes is able to decrease the synthesis of NGF by these cells. This finding raises a possible relationship between the balance in the concentration of these steroids and some aspects of the neuropathic complications found in experimental diabetes.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 298 CHRU Angers, France.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Neveu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jehan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wion
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects*; D007700:Kinetics; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D002117:Calcitriol; D003345:Corticosterone