Abstract
The effect of diabetes and insulin on basement membrane synthesis in vitro be renal glomeruli obtained from normal and diabetic rats was determined. Four groups of experimental animals were used: age-matched controls; streptozotocin-diabetic; and streptozotocin-diabetic treated with insulin for half or all of the duration of diabetes. Isolated glomeruli were incubated with [ 14C]-lysine and the radioactive lysine and hydroxylysine in glomerular proteins were measured. [ 14C]Lysine incorporation and hydroxy[ 14H]lysine synthesis were elevated in diabetic glomeruli. Progressive diminution in 14C-labelled protein and hydroxy[ 14C]lysine formation was observed in incubations containing glomeruli from insulin-treated diabetic rats, with greater reversal toward normal following longer periods of exogenous insulin administration. Basement membrane synthesis, determined by the appearance of labelled hydroxylysine in membranes obtained from sonicated glomeruli, was increased in diabetic preparations. Reversal of these changes toward normal values was observed in glomeruli from rats treated with insulin immediately following induction of diabetes. The results indicate that basement membrane synthesis is increased in renal glomeruli from streptozotocin-diabetic rats, and that this process is restored toward normal with continuous insulin therapy.
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