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  • Title: Evaluation of the cardiac autonomic nervous system in spontaneously non-insulin-dependent diabetic rats by 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine imaging.
    Author: Togane Y.
    Journal: Ann Nucl Med; 1999 Feb; 13(1):19-26. PubMed ID: 10202944.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the sensitivity of 123I-labeled metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) scintigraphy in detecting diabetic autonomic nervous system disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-one-week-old male Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats, an animal model of spontaneous non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, were maintained for 8 weeks with or without 30% sucrose solution as a drinking water (n = 3 each). Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka (LETO) rats (n = 3), served as controls. Plasma glucose and insulin levels were measured, and 123I-MIBG scintigraphy was performed with a gamma camera equipped with a pinhole collimator for animals. Plasma and cardiac tissue cathecolamine levels were also determined. RESULTS: Plasma glucose levels of OLETF rats with and without sucrose loading (554+/-106 and 141+/-1.5 mg/dl respectively) were significantly higher than those of LETO rats (116+/-3.7 mg/dl). Norepinephrine concentrations in heart and plasma tended to be lower in diabetic rats. The washout rate of 123I-MIBG in diabetic rats was significantly higher than the rate in control rats. Cardiac uptake of 123I-MIBG, calculated as % dose/g of tissue, was significantly lower in diabetic rats than in control rats. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that myocardial 123I-MIBG scintigraphy is suitable for assessing cardiac sympathetic activity noninvasively in diabetic states, even in the early stages.
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