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Ocular changes –cataract and retinal lesion- in Spontaneously Diabetic Torii (SDT) fatty rats, an obese type 2 diabetic model Maekawa, Tatsuya; Nakamura, Sanae; Miyajima, Katsuhiro; Uno, Kinuko; Yamaguchi, Ayane; Mandai, Kouhei; Gotoh, Takayuki; Shinohara, Masami; Shinozaki, Yuichi; Sasase, Tomohiko; Fatchiyah, Fatchiyah; Ohta, Takeshi
JSMARTech: Journal of Smart Bioprospecting and Technology Vol 2, No 2 (2021)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21776/ub.jsmartech.2021.002.02.81

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Cataract and retinopathy remain the preventable cause of blindness worldwide, and many pharmacological strategies have been proposed for the treatment of these eye diseases. Animal models play an important role in understanding the pathophysiological features of eye disease and developing for a new therapy. In this study, we investigated the development of cataract and retinal lesion with diabetes using an obese type 2 diabetic models SDT fatty rat. Macroscopic analysis in eyes was performed from 16 to 24 weeks of age and histological analysis was performed at 24 weeks of age. As a result, the lens cloudiness was observed from 19 weeks of age and the degree of the cloudiness was more progressed until 24 weeks of age. Histopathological findings, such as degeneration of lens fiber and shortening and irregular arrangement of cone and rod in retinal tissue, were observed at 24 weeks of age. In conclusion, SDT fatty rats may be useful to understand the pathological features in diabetic cataract and retinopathy develop a new therapy for the disease.
Bilateral midbrain transection induced hyperphagia accelerates the development of diabetes in Spontaneously Diabetic Torii (SDT) rats Sasase, Tomohiko; Ito, Makoto; Ishii, Yukihito; Ohta, Takeshi
JSMARTech: Journal of Smart Bioprospecting and Technology Vol 2, No 2 (2021)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21776/ub.jsmartech.2021.002.02.69

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Spontaneously Diabetic Torii (SDT) rat is a model of severe type 2 diabetes and its complications. These characteristics of SDT rat are very useful to research diseases; however, the slow onset of diabetes may limit the usefulness of this animal model. To solve this problem, we performed bilateral midbrain transection on SDT rats and evaluated whether hyperphagia accelerates the onset of diabetes. By severing ascending fibers from the nucleus tractus solitarius to limbic regions through ventral and dorsal tegmental regions, food consumption was significantly increased in SDT rats and the onset of diabetes was accelerated. Cumulative incidence of diabetes in midbrain transected SDT rats was 88.9% at 7 weeks after surgery (14 weeks of age), while sham operated rats was 20.0%. Increased food consumption was correlated to body weight, plasma glucose level, plasma triglyceride level, and plasma insulin level. In conclusion, the overeating caused by blocking anorexigenic signal in brain significantly accelerates the onset of diabetes in SDT rats. The early development of type 2 diabetes may accelerate microvascular complications and is considered useful in the study of the disease in SDT rats.
Effects of Ovariectomy on Kidney Injury in SDT Fatty Rats Watanabe, Kana; Saigo, Yasuka; Sasase, Tomohiko; Uno, Kinuko; Miyajima, Katsuhiro; Ohta, Takeshi; Maekawa, Tatsuya
JSMARTech: Journal of Smart Bioprospecting and Technology Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024): JSMARTech Volume 5, No. 2, 2024
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21776/ub.jsmartech.2024.005.02.37

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Postmenopausal women are at a higher risk of developing diabetes, and estrogen can lower blood glucose levels. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of ovariectomy (OVX) on the pathology of diabetic nephropathy. Female SD rats and SDT fatty rat underwent bilateral OVX or sham treatment at 6 weeks of age, and their blood and kidneys were collected at 40 weeks of age for blood biochemical and histopathological analyses. OVX treatment resulted in a decrease in blood estradiol levels at 24 and 40 weeks of age. Histopathological analysis revealed that Sham-treated SDT fatty rats showed glomerular atrophy, adhesions, enlargement, mesangial cell proliferation, regenerated tubules, hyaline casts, Armani-Ebstein lesions, tubular dilatation, interstitial inflammatory cell infiltration, and fibrosis. OVX treatment slightly reduced glomerular atrophy and enlargement, renal tubular dilatation, and interstitial inflammatory cell infiltration, while slightly increased or exacerbated mesangial cell hyperplasia, tubular regeneration, and Armani-Ebstein lesions. The above findings suggest that SDT fatty rats are not a practical model to study postmenopausal diabetic nephropathy.