title: The effect of diabetes mellitus on aortic prostanoid synthesis and serum cholesterol levels in the rat fed a high cholesterol diet.
abstract: The effect of diabetes mellitus on serum cholesterol and aortic microsomal prostanoid synthesis was studied in cholesterol fed male Lewis rats. Normal, diabetic and diabetic rats treated with pancreatic islets were divided into three diet subgroups, control diet, control +2% cholesterol for 8 weeks and control +2% cholesterol diet for 16 weeks. Serum glucose levels were elevated three-fold in the diabetic group compared to normal. Treatment with islets restored serum glucose to normal levels in diabetic rats. The 2% cholesterol diet did not significantly alter serum glucose levels in any of the groups. Body weights in the diabetic group were significantly lower than normal or diabetic rats treated with islets. Feeding 2% cholesterol for 16 weeks significantly increased weight in normal and islet treated diabetic rats but not in the diabetic group. Aortic microsomal prostanoid synthesis was similar in all experimental groups with 6-keto-PGF1 alpha (PGI2 metabolite) being the major product synthesized in all groups. Aortic microsomal prostanoid levels were not altered by the 2% cholesterol diet. Serum cholesterol levels increased 14-fold in the diabetic group which returned to the normal level in the diabetic animals treated with islets. These data show that diabetes does not alter aortic microsomal prostanoid levels in the rat. However, diabetes significantly increased serum cholesterol levels which were reversed by islet transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Center, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bartula
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Linzel
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Phan
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Merrell
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000378:metabolism; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary; D011453:Prostaglandins; D002784:Cholesterol