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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 272: E267-E274, 1997;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 272, Issue 2 E267-E274, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Glucose utilization and glucose transporter proteins GLUT-1 and GLUT-3 in brains of diabetic (db/db) mice

S. J. Vannucci, E. M. Gibbs and I. A. Simpson
Department of Pediatrics, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA.

This study describes the effects of diabetes on brain growth, cerebral glucose utilization (CGU), and the glucose transporter proteins GLUT-1 and GLUT-3 in the genetically diabetic db/db mouse. Mice were studied at 5 and 10 wk of age and compared with age-matched nondiabetic littermates. At 5 wk, db/db mice were not yet hyperglycemic, but their body weights were 27.5% greater than those of their nondiabetic littermates. By 10 wk, db/db mice were both hyperglycemic (blood glucose values of 39.3 +/- 4.3 vs. 12.1 +/- 2.1 mmol/l for db/db and control, respectively) and obese, with a twofold increase in body weight. Significant reductions in brain weight were observed at 5 wk (15% decrease in brain wet wt), and no further brain growth was observed, such that by 10 wk, brains of db/db mice were 25% smaller than those of control mice; brain wet weight-to-dry weight ratios were slightly reduced. Global rates of CGU, as determined with 2-[14C]deoxyglucose, were significantly reduced in the 10-wk diabetic mice. Levels of brain glucose and brain-to-blood glucose ratios were increased in 5- and 10-wk db/db mice, reflecting adequate glucose delivery to the brain. Blood-brain barrier GLUT-1 levels were unchanged, and mRNA levels were regionally increased. The expression of the neuronal glucose transporter GLUT-3 was not reduced to a significant extent in brains of db/db mice. The results of this study indicate that the db/db mouse has markedly decelerated brain growth accompanied by global reductions in glucose metabolism that are not due to reductions in glucose transport capacity.


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