Aim. Models combining diabetes and atherosclerosis are important in evaluating the cardiovascular (CV) effects and safety of antidiabetes drugs in the development of treatments targeting CV complications. Our aim was to evaluate if crossing the heterozygous glucokinase knockout mouse (GK+/-) and hyperlipidemic mouse deficient in apolipoprotein E (ApoE-/-) will generate a disease model exhibitin...

The Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat is an animal model of non-obese type 2 diabetes (T2D). The GK rat was generated through the introduction of various genetic mutations from continuous inbreeding; these rats develop diabetes spontaneously. The mutated genes in GK rats may play key roles in the regulation of diabetes. The hypothalamus plays a central role in systematic energy homeostasis. Here, the hypo...

We examined the effects of gamma knife (GK) irradiation on injured nerves using a rat partial sciatic nerve ligation (PSL) model. GK irradiation was performed at one week after ligation and nerve preparations were made three weeks after ligation. GK irradiation is known to induce immune responses such as glial cell activation in the central nervous system. Thus, we determined the effects of GK ...

Reduced beta cell mass in pancreatic islets (PI) of Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats is frequently observed in this diabetic model, but knowledge on delta cells is scarce. Aiming to compare delta cell physiology/pathology of GK to Wistar rats, we found that delta cell number increased over time as did somatostatin mRNA and delta cells distribution in PI is different in GK rats. Subtle changes in 6-week-...

The first step of proline biosynthesis is catalyzed by gamma-glutamyl kinase (GK). To better understand the feedback inhibition properties of GK, we randomly mutagenized a plasmid carrying tomato tomPRO1 cDNA, which encodes proline-sensitive GK. A pool of mutagenized plasmids was transformed into an Escherichia coli GK mutant, and proline-overproducing derivatives were selected on minimal mediu...

Effect of Duodenal-Jejunal Bypass on Skeletal Muscle Insulin Signaling in GotoKakizaki Rats by Ruben Carnell Sloan, III July, 2009 Director: Timothy P. Gavin, Ph.D. DEPARTMENT OF EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCE Gastric bypass surgery (RYGBP) for the treatment of obesity has proven to clinically reverse type 2 diabetes mellitus. RYGBP involves both gastric reduction and bypass of the proximal small i...

The Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat is a genetic model of type 2 diabetes. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common complication of diabetes. In this study, we observed the development of DR in GK rats and the expression of some angiogenesis-related signals. GK rats were housed for 5, 6 and 7 months. Results of retinal vessels stained by cluster of differentiation 31 (CD31) showed that the number of retina...

This study investigates the antidiabetic effects of salsalate on disease progression of diabetes in non-obese diabetic Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats, an experimental model of type 2 diabetes. Salsalate was formulated in rat chow (1,000 ppm) and used to feed rats from 5 to 21 weeks of age. At 5 weeks of age, GK and Wistar (WIS) control rats were subdivided into four groups, each composed of six rats: ...

For any positive integer k and nonnegative m, we consider the symmetric function Gk,m defined as sum of all monomials degree m that involve only exponents smaller than k. We call a Petrie in honor Flinders Petrie, coefficients its expansion Schur basis are determinants matrices (and thus belong to 0,1,-1 by classical result Gordon Wilkinson). More generally, prove Pieri-like rule for expanding ...