The purpose of this study was to simultaneously evaluate in rats the effects of vitamin E depletion on tissue alpha-tocopherol (alpha-T) concentrations, electrophysiologic measurements and histopathology. Rats (21-day-old male Wistar) were fed either vitamin E-deficient or supplemented (control) diets (n = 6/group) for 10, 16, and 61 weeks. At these times, electrophysiologic tests (electromyography, spinal and somatosensory evoked potentials, and motor nerve conduction velocity) were performed, the rats were killed and alpha-T concentrations of adipose tissue, sciatic nerve, and cervical and lumbar spinal cord were measured along with histopathologic evaluation of skeletal muscles and the nervous system. By 61 weeks, depletion of alpha-T from adipose tissue and peripheral nerve was more severe (< 1% of controls) than from cervical and lumbar spinal cord (15 and 8% of controls, respectively). Electrophysiologic tests were normal at all times. Histopathologic evaluation at 61 weeks revealed normal peripheral nerve structure, but necrosis of type 1 muscle fibers and increased numbers of spheroids in the gracile and cuneate nuclei. Our results confirm that low alpha-T concentrations in tissues precede histologic changes in peripheral nerves and skeletal muscle. Furthermore, pathologic changes associated with vitamin E deficiency occur independently in muscle and nervous tissue of rats.
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