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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Key words Diabetic retinopathy ; rat model ; aminoguanidine ; glycation ; retinal basement membrane.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary We have previously shown that long-term administration of aminoguanidine, an inhibitor of advanced glycosylation product formation, reduces the extent of experimental diabetic retinopathy in the rat by 85 %. In order to determine whether the residual retinopathy that developed despite aminoguanidine was attributable to advanced glycation endproduct formation, a time-course study was performed in three different groups of male Wistar rats: non-diabetic controls (NC), streptozotocin-diabetic controls (DC) and streptozotocin-diabetic rats treated with aminoguanidine HCL, 50 mg/100 ml drinking water (D-AG). Eyes were obtained at 24, 32, 44 and 56 weeks of diabetes/treatment duration and morphologic evaluation was done on retinal digest preparations. At 56 weeks, retinal basement membrane thickness was additionally measured. After 24 weeks of diabetes, the number of acellular capillaries was significantly elevated in DC (44.6 ± 5.7/mm2 of retinal area, NC 19.6 ± 4.9; p 〈 0.001) and increased continuously over time (DC 56 weeks 87.4 ± 15.1; p 〈 0.001 vs DC 24 weeks). In contrast, acellular capillaries in D-AG increased over the first 24 weeks and then remained constant for the rest of the study (D-AG 24 weeks 35.7 ± 5.18; p 〈 0.01 vs NC 24 weeks and NS vs DC 24 weeks; D-AG 56 weeks 42.0 ± 6.20; p NS vs D-AG 24 weeks). Diabetes-associated pericyte loss (DC 24 weeks 2310 ± 170/mm2 of capillary area; NC 24 weeks 3120 ± 190; p 〈 0.001; DC 56 weeks 1570 ± 230; NC 56 weeks 2960 ± 50; p 〈 0.001) was significantly prevented by aminoguanidine after diabetic-like changes over the initial 24 weeks (D-AG 24 weeks 2450 ± 75; p NS vs DC 24 weeks; D-AG 56 weeks 2350 ± 90; p 〈 0.001 vs DC 56 weeks). At 56 weeks, aminoguanidine treatment was associated with a 67.4 % reduction in retinal basement membrane thickening. This time-course study demonstrates that aminoguanidine prevents the progression of experimental diabetic retinopathy, and suggests that non AG-inhibitable mechanisms are involved in the initial phase of diabetic retinopathy. [Diabetologia (1995) 38: 269–273]
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Diabetic retinopathy ; rat model ; aminoguanidine ; glycation ; retinal basement membrane
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary We have previously shown that long-term administration of aminoguanidine, an inhibitor of advanced glycosylation product formation, reduces the extent of experimental diabetic retinopathy in the rat by 85%. In order to determine whether the residual retinopathy that developed despite aminoguanidine was attributable to advanced glycation endproduct formation, a time-course study was performed in three different groups of male Wistar rats: non-diabetic controls (NC), streptozotocin-diabetic controls (DC) and streptozotocin-diabetic rats treated with aminoguanidine HCL, 50 mg/100 ml drinking water (D-AG). Eyes were obtained at 24, 32, 44 and 56 weeks of diabetes/treatment duration and morphologic evaluation was done on retinal digest preparations. At 56 weeks, retinal basement membrane thickness was additionally measured. After 24 weeks of diabetes, the number of acellular capillaries was significantly elevated in DC (44.6±5.7/mm2 of retinal area, NC 19.6±4.9; p〈0.001) and increased continuously over time (DC 56 weeks 87.4±15.1; p〈0.001 vs DC 24 weeks). In contrast, acellular capillaries in D-AG increased over the first 24 weeks and then remained constant for the rest of the study (D-AG 24 weeks 35.7±5.18; p〈0.01 vs NC 24 weeks and NS vs DC 24 weeks; D-AG 56 weeks 42.0±6.20; p NS vs D-AG 24 weeks). Diabetes-associated pericyte loss (DC 24 weeks 2310±170/mm2 of capillary area; NC 24 weeks 3120±190; p〈0.001; DC 56 weeks 1570±230; NC 56 weeks 2960±50; p〈0.001) was significantly prevented by aminoguanidine after diabetic-like changes over the initial 24 weeks (D-AG 24 weeks 2450±75; p NS vs DC 24 weeks; D-AG 56 weeks 2350±90; p〈0.001 vs DC 56 weeks). At 56 weeks, aminoguanidine treatment was associated with a 67.4% reduction in retinal basement membrane thickening. This time-course study demonstrates that aminoguanidine prevents the progression of experimental diabetic retinopathy, and suggests that non AG-inhibitable mechanisms are involved in the initial phase of diabetic retinopathy.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Diabetic retinopathy ; rat model ; omega-3 fatty acids
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Omega-3 fatty acids exert several important biological effects on factors that may predispose to diabetic retinopathy. Potential pathogenetic mechanisms include platelet dysfunction, altered eicosanoid production, increased blood viscosity in association with impaired cell deformability and pathologic leucocyte/endothelium interaction. Therefore, we tested whether a 6-month administration of fish oil (750 mg Maxepa, 5 times per week), containing 14% eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and 10% docosahexaenic acid, could inhibit the development of experimental retinopathy of the streptozotocin-diabetic rat. The efficiency of fish oil supplementation was evaluated by measuring EPA concentrations in total, plasma and membrane fatty acids and by measuring the generation of lipid mediators (leukotrienes and thromboxanes). Retinal digest preparations were quantitatively analysed for pericyte loss, and the formation of acellular capillaries. Omega-3 fatty acid administration to diabetic rats resulted in a twofold increase of EPA 20∶5 in total fatty acids, and a reduction of the thromboxane2/3 ratio from 600 (untreated diabetic rats) to 50 (treated diabetic rats). Despite these biochemical changes, diabetes-associated pericyte loss remained unaffected and the formation of acellular, occluded capillaries was increased by 75% in the fish oil treated diabetic group (115.1±26.8; untreated diabetic 65.2±15.0 acellular capillary segments/mm2 of retinal area). We conclude from this study that dietary fish oil supplementation may be harmful for the diabetic microvasculature in the retina.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Key words Diabetic retinopathy ; rat model ; aminoguanidine ; glycation ; secondary intervention ; islet transplantation.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Primary prevention with aminoguanidine – an inhibitor of advanced glycation end product (AGE) formation – has been successfully employed to prevent diabetic retinopathy in the rat. However, it is unknown whether inhibition of AGE formation is still effective in a secondary intervention strategy. The present study addresses this question by comparing secondary intervention with aminoguanidine with syngeneic islet transplantation in the rat model. After 6 months of diabetes, one group was treated with aminoguanidine (50 mg/100 ml drinking water; D-AG) while another group received syngeneic transplantation of collagenase-ficoll isolated islets by intraportal injection (Tx). After an additional 4 months, both groups were compared to a normal (NC 10) and diabetic (DC 10) control group. Retinal autofluorescence was increased 2.5-fold after 6 months and increased 3.7-fold after 10 months of diabetes (p 〈 0.001). Aminoguanidine and islet Tx retarded the further accumulation of autofluorescence equally (p 〈 0.001 vs DC 10), although the values were higher than those observed in DC at 6 months (p 〈 0.001). Diabetes was associated with a 2.7-fold increase in acellular capillaries after 6 months and a 4.1-fold increase after 10 months. Treatment with aminoguanidine or islet Tx reduced but did not completely attenuate the progression of vascular occlusion (p 〈 0.001 vs DC 10; D-AG vs DC 6, p 〈 0.05; Tx vs DC 6, p 〈 0.01). Both treatments reduced endothelial proliferation (22.4 % after 10 months; p 〈 0.001) and completely arrested pericyte dropout (40 % after 10 months; p 〈 0.001). These data demonstrate that aminoguanidine is as effective as islet transplantation in retarding the progression of diabetic retinopathy in a secondary prevention setting. [Diabetologia (1995) 38: 656–660]
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Keywords Advanced glycation end products ; carboxymethyllysine ; retinopathy ; extracellular matrix ; oxidative stress.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Aims/hypothesis. Glycated proteins, formed by reaction of glucose and protein, react further yielding numerous, mostly undefined advanced glycation end products (AGE). The recently characterized imidazolone-type AGE (AG-1) is non-oxidatively formed involving 3-deoxyglucosone whereas some AGEs, particularly Nɛ-(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML), are formed only in the presence of oxygen. Methods. To study the possible contribution of oxidative and non-oxidative AGE formation in the development of diabetic retinopathy antibodies directed against CML-type and imidazolone-type AGEs were characterized by dot blot analysis and used to localize these well-characterized epitops in the retinas from diabetic rats (early course) and from human Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus with laser-treated proliferative diabetic retinopathy (late course). Results. In non-diabetic rats CML was moderately positive in neuroglial and vascular structures of non-diabetic rat retinas and increased strongly in diabetic retinas. Anti-imidiazolone antibody staining was strongly positive only in diabetic capillaries. Advanced human diabetic retinopathy showed strong CML-immunolabelling of the entire retina whereas control samples showed moderate staining of neuroglial structures only with the polyclonal CML-antibody. Anti-imidiazolone antibody staining was faint in the inner retina of control sections but were strong throughout the entire diabetic retina. Immunolabelling for the AGE-receptor was congruent with a marker of Müller cells. Conclusion/interpretation. Our data indicate that the oxidatively formed CML is present in non-diabetic retinas as a regular constituent but increases in diabetes both in neuroglial and vascular components. Imidazolone-type AGE are restricted to microvessels and spread during later stages over the entire retina, co-localizing with the expression of AGE-receptor. [Diabetologia (1999) 42: 728–736]
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Diabetic retinopathy ; rat model ; aminoguanidine ; glycation ; secondary intervention ; islet transplantation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Primary prevention with aminoguanidine — an inhibitor of advanced glycation end product (AGE) formation — has been successfully employed to prevent diabetic retinopathy in the rat. However, it is unknown whether inhibition of AGE formation is still effective in a secondary intervention strategy. The present study addresses this question by comparing secondary intervention with aminoguanidine with syngeneic islet transplantation in the rat model. After 6 months of diabetes, one group was treated with aminoguanidine (50 mg/100 ml drinking water; D-AG) while another group received syngeneic transplantation of collagenase-ficoll isolated islets by intraportal injection (Tx). After an additional 4 months, both groups were compared to a normal (NC 10) and diabetic (DC 10) control group. Retinal autofluorescence was increased 2.5-fold after 6 months and increased 3.7-fold after 10 months of diabetes (p〈0.001). Aminoguanidine and islet Tx retarded the further accumulation of autofluorescence equally (p〈0.001 vs DC 10), although the values were higher than those observed in DC at 6 months (p〈0.001). Diabetes was associated with a 2.7-fold increase in acellular capillaries after 6 months and a 4.1-fold increase after 10 months. Treatment with aminoguanidine or islet Tx reduced but did not completely attenuate the progression of vascular occlusion (p〈0.001 vs DC 10; D-AG vs DC 6, p〈0.05; Tx vs DC 6, p〈0.01). Both treatments reduced endothelial proliferation (22.4% after 10 months; p〈0.001) and completely arrested pericyte dropout (40% after 10 months; p〈0.001). These data demonstrate that aminoguanidine is as effective as islet transplantation in retarding the progression of diabetic retinopathy in a secondary prevention setting.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Keywords Oxidant stress ; nicanartine ; diabetic retinopathy ; rat ; experimental.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary In order to study the contribution of oxidant stress to the pathogenesis of experimental diabetic retinopathy, male streptozotocin diabetic Lewis rats were treated with the antioxidant and lipid-lowering compound nicanartine (80 mg/kg; n = 8, blood glucose level 16.7 ± 3.9 mmol/l; HbA1 11.8 ± 1.6 %) by oral supplementation for 6 months and compared with untreated diabetic (n = 6; blood glucose 18.1 ± 1.4 mmol/l; HbA1 11.5 ± 1.5 %) and untreated, non-diabetic rats (n = 8; blood glucose 4.0 ± 0.6 mmol/l; HbA1 4.8 ± 0.9 %). Diabetic retinopathy was evaluated by computer-assisted quantitative morphometry including measurement of autofluorescent advanced glycated end-products and immunohistochemistry for heme oxygenase I. Antioxidant treatment did not inhibit the 3.1-fold increase of retinal advanced glycation end products, while the expression of heme oxygenase I in both vascular and glial structures was markedly reduced. Chronic hyperglycaemia led to a 37.3 % increase in endothelial cells (p 〈 0.001 vs normal controls) and a 26.6 % reduction in pericyte numbers (p 〈 0.001 vs controls). Both abnormalities were significantly ameliorated by nicanartine (p 〈 0.001 vs diabetic controls). No effect was observed on the formation of acellular capillaries or microaneurysms. These data indicate that antioxidant therapy with nicanartine is of limited benefit in diabetic retinopathy, at least in the rodent model of streptozotocin-induced diabetes. [Diabetologia (1997) 40: 629–634]
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Keywords Diabetic retinopathy ; chinese hamster ; advanced-glycation end-products ; pericytes.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary To assess the relationship between glucose and advanced glycation end products (AGE) and the relationship between AGE and retinal changes in vivo, we studied the time course of retinopathy over 12 months in trypsin digest preparations and measured glycaemia and retinal AGE in spontaneous diabetic hamsters of mild (MD) and severe (SD) phenotypes. Blood glucose levels were elevated in MD (9.44 ± 0.76 mmol/l) and in SD (3 months: 24.3 ± 1.4 mmol/l; 12 months: 31.7 ± 0.8 mmol/l) over non-diabetic controls (NC: 7.15 ± 0.25 mmol/l; p 〈 0.05 or less vs MD; p 〈 0.001 vs SD). Similar relations were found for HbA1. Retinal AGE in mild diabetes was 405 ± 11.3 arbitrary units (AU) (NC 245 ± 7.7; p 〈 0.01) after 3 months and remained unchanged. A non-linear increase of AGE over time was found in severe hyperglycaemic hamsters (466 ± 21 AU after 3 months and 758 ± 21 AU after 12 months; p 〈 0.001 vs MD). Pericyte loss in mild diabetes progressed from –26 % after 3 months to –41 % after 12 months (p 〈 0.001 vs NC). Whereas the initial pericyte loss in severely diabetic hamsters was identical to the mildly diabetic group, a higher degree of pericyte loss occurred after 12 months (–57 %; p 〈 0.05 vs MD). Endothelial cell numbers remained unaffected by mild hyperglycaemia, but significantly increased over time in severe diabetes reaching 31.7 % above controls after 12 months (p 〈 0.001 vs NC and MD). Microaneurysms were absent in all retinae examined. Acellular capillary segments were increased in mild diabetes (3.83 ± 0.31 per mm2 of retinal area) and severe diabetes (7.83 ± 0.73) over controls (1.0 ± 0.23). These data suggest that a threshold of glycaemia might exist above which AGE removal systems become saturated. Pericyte loss and acellular capillary formation are associated with mild increases in blood glucose and AGE levels while endothelial cell proliferation requires higher glucose and AGE levels. [Diabetologia (1998) 41: 165–170]
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Keywords Diabetic retinopathy ; rat model ; omega-3 fatty acids.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Omega-3 fatty acids exert several important biological effects on factors that may predispose to diabetic retinopathy. Potential pathogenetic mechanisms include platelet dysfunction, altered eicosanoid production, increased blood viscosity in association with impaired cell deformability and pathologic leucocyte/endothelium interaction. Therefore, we tested whether a 6-month administration of fish oil (750 mg Maxepa, 5 times per week), containing 14 % eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and 10 % docosahexaenic acid, could inhibit the development of experimental retinopathy of the streptozotocin-diabetic rat. The efficiency of fish oil supplementation was evaluated by measuring EPA concentrations in total, plasma and membrane fatty acids and by measuring the generation of lipid mediators (leukotrienes and thromboxanes). Retinal digest preparations were quantitatively analysed for pericyte loss, and the formation of acellular capillaries. Omega-3 fatty acid administration to diabetic rats resulted in a twofold increase of EPA 20:5 in total fatty acids, and a reduction of the thromboxane2/3 ratio from 600 (untreated diabetic rats) to 50 (treated diabetic rats). Despite these biochemical changes, diabetes-associated pericyte loss remained unaffected and the formation of acellular, occluded capillaries was increased by 75 % in the fish oil treated diabetic group (115.1 ± 26.8; untreated diabetic 65.2 ± 15.0 acellular capillary segments/mm2 of retinal area). We conclude from this study that dietary fish oil supplementation may be harmful for the diabetic microvasculature in the retina. [Diabetologia (1996) 39: 251–255]
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  • 10
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Keywords Diabetic retinopathy ; prediction ; lymphocytes ; glycation.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Aims/hypothesis. We investigated whether either the amount of diabetes-induced intracellular oxidative stress or the concentration of hyperglycaemia-induced advanced glycation endproducts is associated with the risk of diabetic retinopathy. Methods. We measured concentrations of the glycoxidation product Ne-(carboxymethyl)lysine and two non-oxidation-dependent advanced glycation endproducts (methylglyoxal-derived and 3-deoxyglucosone-derived) in CD45RA+ T-cells from 21 Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients with and without diabetic retinopathy and from age-matched non-diabetic control subjects. Results. Intracellular concentrations of both oxidation-dependent Ne-(carboxymethyl)lysine and oxidation-independent advanced glycation endproducts were increased in memory T-cells from diabetic patients. Ne-(carboxymethyl)lysine: diabetic median-24 176 arbitrary units/mg protein (95 % confidence interval 18 690–34 099 arbitrary units/mg protein); nondiabetic-9088 arbitrary units/mg protein (confidence interval 6994–10 696 arbitrary units/mg protein; p 〈 0.0001). Methylglyoxal-derived advanced glycation end products: diabetic-5430 arbitrary units/mg protein (confidence interval 3458–13 610); nondiabetic-271 arbitrary units/mg protein (confidence interval 61–760 arbitrary units/mg protein; p 〈 0.0001). 3-Deoxyglucosone-derived advanced glycation end products: diabetic-8070 arbitrary units/mg protein (confidence interval 7049–16 551 arbitrary units/mg protein); nondiabetic-1479 arbitrary units/mg protein (confidence interval 1169–3170; p 〈 0.0001). Only Ne-(carboxymethyl)lysine concentrations, however, inversely correlated with the duration of retinopathy-free diabetes (r = –0.51; p 〈 0.02). Diabetes-dependent Ne-(carboxymethyl)lysine accumulation did not correlate with age, diabetes duration, or averaged glycohaemoglobin concentrations. In vitro experiments wih menadione and lymphocytes confirmed that Ne-(carboxymethyl)lysine concentrations reflect intracellular oxidative stress. Conclusion/interpretation. Monitoring intracellular concentrations of increased oxidative stress in long-lived CD45RA+ lymphocytes by markers such as Ne-(carboxymethyl)lysine possibly identifies a subgroup of patients at high risk for microvascular complications. [Diabetologia (1999) 42: 603–607]
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