title: myo-Inositol and sorbitol in erythrocytes from diabetic patients before and after sorbinil treatment.
abstract: Erythrocytes from diabetic patients before and after treatment with the aldose reductase inhibitor, sorbinil, were analyzed by a capillary gas chromatographic method for sorbitol and myo-inositol. The mean erythrocyte sorbitol level in the diabetic patients was significantly higher than in the control subjects (13.1 +/- 0.9 and 5.2 +/- 0.3 nmol/ml erythrocytes, respectively, mean +/- SEM, p less than 0.001). The mean erythrocyte myo-inositol level in diabetic patients was not different from that in control subjects (43.2 +/- 2.9 and 40.5 +/- 1.9 nmol/ml erythrocytes, respectively). Sorbinil treatment reduced the elevated sorbitol levels in the diabetic patients to normal or slightly below normal, but did not affect the erythrocyte myo-inositol concentration. It is concluded that the erythrocyte is not a suitable model to monitor a possible effect of sorbinil on myo-inositol concentration in less accessible tissues.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000449:Aldehyde Reductase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D048289:Imidazolidines; D007294:Inositol / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000097:blood*; D013401:Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D007093:Imidazoles; D048289:Imidazolidines; D007294:Inositol; D013012:Sorbitol; D013401:Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases; D000449:Aldehyde Reductase; C026411:sorbinil