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To determine the effect of diabetes mellitus on cerebral microvessel protein composition, post translational modification of proteins with glucose and malondialdehyde (MDA) was determined and the abundant protein species found in cerebral microvessels isolated from control and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were studied. Two dimensional gel electrophoresis and computer assisted densitometry revealed that only one out of 25 quantitated proteins was significantly altered in diabetic rats after 5 weeks of uncontrolled hyperglycemia. The level of glycosylation of cerebral microvessel protein mixture was significantly increased in diabetic rats compared to control rats (168.8±25 vs 109.5±4.8 nmol/mg) (p<0.05). Western blot analysis of cerebral microvessel proteins from diabetic rats using a specific antibody against MDA-modified proteins revealed three protein spots with molecular weights of approximately 60,000 Kd. These were shown not to be contaminants from cerebral tissue or plasma proteins modified with MDA. It is concluded that short duration of streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus in rats is associated with some qualitative changes in protein composition of cerebral microvessels. These changes may contribute to the diabetes-related alterations in the blood-brain barrier.
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Mooradian, A.D., Pinnas, J.L., Lung, CC. et al. Diabetes-related changes in the protein composition of rat cerebral microvessels. Neurochem Res 19, 123–128 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00966805
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