title: Oxidative stress and innate immunity in feline patients with diabetes mellitus: the role of nutrition.
abstract: This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that oxidative stress is increased and neutrophil function is decreased in cats with diabetes mellitus (DM). Measures of oxidative stress and neutrophil function were evaluated in 20 control and 15 diabetic cats. Cats were then fed a diet designed specifically for feline diabetics (Purina DM Dietetic Management Feline Formula) for 8 weeks, after which all assays were repeated. Cats with DM had significantly less plasma superoxide dismutase (SOD) than control cats, consistent with a greater degree of oxidative stress in the DM group. Following 8 weeks of consuming a diabetes-specific diet glutathione peroxidase, an antioxidant enzyme increased significantly in both groups. Other parameters of oxidative stress, as well as neutrophil function, were similar between groups and did not change following dietary intervention. The DM cats were significantly older and heavier than the control cats, which may have contributed to differences in parameters of oxidative stress and levels of antioxidant enzymes between these groups, but the decreased level of SOD enzyme in the diabetic group would appear to support the continued development of targeted antioxidant supplementation for this cats with this disease.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Sciences Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. cbwebb@colostate.edu
authors.forename: Craig B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Falkowski
mesh_terms: D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology*; D002415:Cats; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003927:Diet, Diabetic / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000097:blood / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D008297:Male; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology*; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase
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