Effects of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) on diabetic cardiomyopathy in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty ratsopen access
- Authors
- Lim, Young-Hyo; Joe, Jun-Ho; Jang, Ki-Seok; Song, Yi-Sun; So, Byung-Im; Fang, Cheng-Hu; Shin, Jinho; Kim, Jung-Hyun; Lim, Heon-Kil; Kim, Kyung-Soo
- Issue Date
- Oct-2011
- Publisher
- BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
- Keywords
- Diabetes Mellitus; Cardiomyopathy; Echocardiography; Doppler; Histology; Fibrosis
- Citation
- CARDIOVASCULAR DIABETOLOGY, v.10, pp.1 - 10
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- CARDIOVASCULAR DIABETOLOGY
- Volume
- 10
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 10
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/167524
- DOI
- 10.1186/1475-2840-10-92
- ISSN
- 1475-2840
- Abstract
- Background: Diabetic cardiomyopathy (CMP) is a common and disabling disease in diabetic patients, however no effective treatments have been developed. Although granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) improves heart function in myocardial infarction, its effect on non-ischemic CMP such as diabetic CMP is unknown. In the present study, we investigated the effects of G-CSF on diabetic CMP in a rat model of type II diabetes. Methods: Twenty 7-week-old male Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF: a rat model of diabetes) rats and 10 male Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka (LETO: normal controls) rats were used. All of the LETO and 8 OLETF rats were fed on tap water while the rest were fed on sucrose-containing water. After 10 weeks, saline or recombinant human G-CSF (100 mu g/kg/day) was injected intraperitoneally for 5 days. Blood levels of glucose, total cholesterol and triglyceride, and Doppler echocardiograms for diastolic dysfunction were obtained just before and 4 weeks after the saline or G-CSF treatment. Light microscopy, electron microscopy (EM) and immunohistochemistry for transforming growth factor-beta were employed to examine myocardial histology 4 weeks after the saline or G-CSF treatment. Results: Diastolic dysfunction developed at 17 weeks (before the saline or G-CSF treatment) in the OLETF rats whether or not they were fed sucrose water, but were more severe in those fed sucrose water. Four weeks after saline or G-CSF treatment, diastolic function had recovered in the G-CSF-treated group regardless of sucrose water feeding, and perivascular and/or interstitial fibrosis in the G-CSF-treated group had decreased significantly. TGF-beta immunoreactivity in the interstitial and perivascular tissue was also reduced in the G-CSF-treated group, and EM studies revealed less severe disruption of myofilaments and mitochondrial cristae, and decreased collagen deposition. Conclusions: G-CSF can ameliorate cardiac diastolic dysfunction and morphological damage, especially fibrosis of the myocardium, in OLETF rats with diabetic CMP.
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