title: Effects of aldose reductase inhibitor (ONO-2235) on human erythrocyte sorbitol concentrations in 75 g oral glucose tolerance tests.
abstract: In order to evaluate the effects of the aldose reductase inhibitor, ONO-2235, on the short-term response of human erythrocyte sorbitol to hyperglycemia in vivo, eleven diet-treated Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetic patients were studied twice in 75 g oral glucose tolerance tests - with and without ONO-2235 (200 mg p.o.) premedication. The erythrocyte sorbitol concentrations increased with the increments of blood glucose and erythrocyte glucose concentrations in the test performed without ONO-2235. The erythrocyte sorbitol response in the test performed with administration of ONO-2235 30 min prior to glucose load was lower than that in the test performed without ONO-2235 (F = 5.782, P less than 0.05). No significant differences were found between the two tests in blood glucose and erythrocyte glucose concentrations (F = 0.092, P = 0.761; F = 0.029, P = 0.860, respectively). It is concluded that human erythrocyte sorbitol concentrations change promptly in response to rapid changes in erythrocyte glucose concentrations and that administered ONO-2235 is effective in inhibiting the human erythrocyte sorbitol pathway in man.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kamon
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mabuchi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Terashima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000449:Aldehyde Reductase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012236:Rhodanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D053778:Thiazolidines
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D053778:Thiazolidines; C038131:epalrestat; D013012:Sorbitol; D012236:Rhodanine; D000449:Aldehyde Reductase