Naringin prevents diabetic nephropathy in rats through blockage of oxidative stress and attenuation of the mitochondrial dysfunction.

We have studied the effects of naringin (NAR), a flavonoid from citric fruits, on morphology, ultrastructure and function of the kidney in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Two groups of animals were used: (1) control rats and (2) STZ rats (60 mg STZ/kg b.w.

Mitochondrial HO metabolism as central event of heart complex I syndrome in early diabetes.

Hydrogen peroxide is the main metabolite effective in redox regulation and it is considered an insulinomimetic agent, with insulin signalling being essential for normal mitochondrial function in cardiomyocytes. Therefore, the aim of this work was to deeply analyse the heart mitochondrial HO metabolism, in the early stage of type 1 diabetes. Diabetes was induced by Streptozotocin (STZ, single dose, 60 mg × kg, ip.

Decrease lysyl oxidase activity in hearts of copper-deficient bovines.

Background: Lysyl oxidase (LOX) is a metalloenzyme that requires Cu as a cofactor and it is responsible for the formation of collagen and elastin cross-linking. The objective of this work was to measure the LOX enzyme activity in the heart of bovines with Cu deficiency induced by high molybdenum and sulfur levels in the diet.

Methods: Eighteen myocardial samples were obtained from Cu-deficient (n = 9) and control (n = 9) Holstein bovines during two similar assays.

Temporal evolution of cardiac mitochondrial dysfunction in a type 1 diabetes model. Mitochondrial complex I impairment, and HO and NO productions as early subcellular events.

The aim of this work was to study the early events that occur in heart mitochondria and to analyse the temporal evolution of cardiac mitochondrial dysfunction in a type 1 diabetes model. Male Wistar rats were injected with Streptozotocin (STZ, single dose, 60 mg × kg, i.p.

Hydrogen peroxide, nitric oxide and ATP are molecules involved in cardiac mitochondrial biogenesis in Diabetes.

This study, in an experimental model of type I Diabetes Mellitus in rats, deals with the mitochondrial production rates and steady-state concentrations of HO and NO, and ATP levels as part of a network of signaling molecules involved in heart mitochondrial biogenesis. Sustained hyperglycemia leads to a cardiac compromise against a work overload, in the absence of changes in resting cardiac performance and of heart hypertrophy. Diabetes was induced in male Wistar rats by a single dose of Streptozotocin (STZ, 60mg × kg, ip.