Effect of combined dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia on diabetic peripheral neuropathy in alloxan-induced diabetic WBN/Kob rats.

J Toxicol Pathol

Laboratory of Pathology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Setsunan University, 45-1 Nagaotohge-cho, Hirakata, Osaka 573-0101, Japan.

Published: April 2018

Clinical and experimental research have suggested that dyslipidemia aggravates diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). However, whether dyslipidemia is a risk factor for DPN remains unclear. To investigate the effect of dyslipidemia on DPN, morphological features of peripheral nerves were analyzed in diabetic rats treated with a high-fat diet (HFD). Male rats were divided into four groups: nondiabetic rats (N), alloxan-induced diabetic rats (AL), diabetic rats treated with an HFD (AH), and nondiabetic rats treated with an HFD (HF). Combined hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia (AH group) induced a significant increase in plasma triglyceride and cholesterol levels. In addition, the combined effects contributed to a reduction in myelin size and a reduction in myelin thickness as indicated on sensory sural nerve histograms. There was also a reduction in the size of motor nerve axons when compared with the effects of hyperglycemia or dyslipidemia alone. However, the sensory nerve conduction velocity in the AH group was slightly but not significantly lower than those in the HF and AL groups. These results suggest that combined hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia induced mild peripheral motor and sensory nerve lesions, without significantly affecting sensory nerve conduction velocity.

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