Although changes in collagen production probably play a major role in the connective tissue defects of diabetes, we do not know to what extent these changes are attributable to hormonal/metabolic versus nutritional alterations. To study collagen production as influenced separately by nutrition versus hormonal/metabolic factors, rats were given 50 mg/kg i.v. streptozocin (STZ) (mild weight-gaining diabetes) or 100 mg/kg STZ (severe weight-losing diabetes) and compared with nondiabetic food-restricted rats to match weight changes in diabetic animals. Articular cartilage was incubated with [3H]proline, and uptake of [3H]proline into both collagen and noncollagen proteins was determined with purified bacterial collagenase. Collagen decreased to 49% in mildly diabetic rats and 16% in severely diabetic rats, compared with control rats fed ad libitum and decreased to 85 and 73%, respectively, in food-restricted rats (both P < .01 vs. diabetes). Diabetes induced a greater defect in collagen production than food restriction and a greater decrease in collagen than noncollagen protein production within each group, suggesting a specific effect on collagen. With comparable levels of metabolic severity (glucose, β-hydroxybutyrate), diabetic animals that lost weight produced significantly less collagen than animals that gained weight, suggesting separate mechanisms. Quantitation of the impact of undernutrition on collagen production in diabetes demonstrated that ∼31 to 32% of the defect was due to undernutrition, leaving ∼68–69% of the defect due to the diabetic state. Multivariate analysis of metabolic (glucose, β-hydroxybutyrate), hormonal(insulin, insulinlike growth factor I [IGF-I]), and nutritional (weight change) factors revealed that altered collagen production was correlated only with the degree of weight change (P <.01) in food-restricted animals; reduced collagen production was correlated only with circulating IGF-I (P <.01) in diabetic animals.
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June 01 1989
Nutritional and Hormonal Regulation of Articular Collagen Production in Diabetic Animals
Guillermo E Umpierrez;
Guillermo E Umpierrez
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Veterans Administration Medical Center
Iowa City, Iowa
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Steven Goldstein;
Steven Goldstein
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Veterans Administration Medical Center
Iowa City, Iowa
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Lawrence S Phillips;
Lawrence S Phillips
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Veterans Administration Medical Center
Iowa City, Iowa
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Robert G Spanheimer
Robert G Spanheimer
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Veterans Administration Medical Center
Iowa City, Iowa
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to Robert G. Spanheimer, Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, IA 52242.
Diabetes 1989;38(6):758–763
Article history
Received:
August 19 1988
Revision Received:
January 24 1989
Accepted:
January 24 1989
PubMed:
2721823
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Guillermo E Umpierrez, Steven Goldstein, Lawrence S Phillips, Robert G Spanheimer; Nutritional and Hormonal Regulation of Articular Collagen Production in Diabetic Animals. Diabetes 1 June 1989; 38 (6): 758–763. https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.38.6.758
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