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Histopathological nerve and skeletal muscle changes in rats subjected to persistent insulin-induced hypoglycemia.


ABSTRACT: New insulin analogues with a longer duration of action and a flatter pharmacodynamic profile are developed to improve convenience and safety for diabetic patients. During the nonclinical development of such analogues, safety studies must be conducted in nondiabetic rats, which consequently are rendered chronically hypoglycemic. A rat comparator model using human insulin would be valuable, as it would enable differentiation between effects related to either persistent insulin-induced hypoglycemia (IIH) or a new analogue per se. Such a model could alleviate the need for an in-study-comparator and thereby reduce the number of animals used during development. Thus, the aims of the present study were i) to develop a preclinical animal model of persistent hypoglycemia in rats using human insulin infusion for four weeks and ii) to investigate histopathological changes in sciatic nerves and quadriceps femoris muscle tissue, as little is known about the response to persistent hypoglycemia in these tissues. Histopathologic changes in insulin-infused animals included axonal degeneration and myofibre degeneration. To our knowledge, this is the first study to show that persistent IIH provokes peripheral nerve and skeletal myofiber degeneration within the same animals. This suggests that the model can serve as a nonclinical comparator model during development of long-acting insulin analogues.

SUBMITTER: Jensen VF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4766526 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Histopathological nerve and skeletal muscle changes in rats subjected to persistent insulin-induced hypoglycemia.

Jensen Vivi Flou Hjorth VF   Mølck Anne-Marie AM   Heydenreich Annette A   Jensen Karin Juul KJ   Bertelsen Line Olrik LO   Alifrangis Lene L   Andersen Lene L   Søeborg Henrik H   Chapman Melissa M   Lykkesfeldt Jens J   Bøgh Ingrid Brück IB  

Journal of toxicologic pathology 20151029 1


New insulin analogues with a longer duration of action and a flatter pharmacodynamic profile are developed to improve convenience and safety for diabetic patients. During the nonclinical development of such analogues, safety studies must be conducted in nondiabetic rats, which consequently are rendered chronically hypoglycemic. A rat comparator model using human insulin would be valuable, as it would enable differentiation between effects related to either persistent insulin-induced hypoglycemia  ...[more]

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