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Ornithine decarboxylase activity was measured in the dorsal root ganglia from crushed and uncrushed contralateral sciatic nerve of control and streptozotocin-diabetic rats. A further group of diabetic rats was treated with insulin throughout the experiment. Ornithine decarboxylase activity in ganglia from uncrushed nerves was the same in diabetic and non-diabetic rats. A significant (greater than 4-fold) increase in mean levels of ornithine decarboxylase activity 72 h after crush injury was found in ganglia from crushed nerves in non-diabetic but not in diabetic rats. The enzyme activity in ganglia from diabetic rats treated with insulin resembled that in non-diabetic rats. Twenty-four hours after crush injury, ornithine decarboxylase activity in ganglia from crushed nerves was higher in non-diabetic than in diabetic animals. This may be responsible for the delayed and defective nerve regeneration known to occur in peripheral nerve of the streptozotocin-diabetic rat.
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McLean, W.G., Chapman, J.E. & Cullum, N.A. Impaired induction of ornithine decarboxylase activity following nerve crush in the streptozotocin-diabetic rat. Diabetologia 30, 963–965 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295882
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