Bone Morphogenetic Protein-7 (BMP-7) belongs to the transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) family of cytokines has is known to have potent anti-inflammatory properties. It has been used in patients to treat osteoporosis clinically and has been reported to treat diabetic nephropathy in murine models. Moreover, studies show that inflammation is up-regulated in patients with pre-diabetes (PD). We, therefore, hypothesize that the administration of BMP-7 will attenuate inflammation in the heart of Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced PD mice. In this study, we divided C57Bl/6 mice into three groups: CONTROL, PD, and PD+BMP-7. CONTROL mice received intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of Sodium Citrate Buffer while PD and PD+BMP-7 groups received i.p. injections of Streptozotocin (STZ) for two days. In addition, PD+BMP-7 mice received intravenous injections (i.v.) of BMP-7 (200µg/kg) on the last day of STZ injection and for the following two days. Animals were sacrificed 21 days post last injection and examined for levels of oxidative stress, inflammatory immune response, apoptosis, fibrosis and cardiac function. Our results indicate significant glucose intolerance in PD mice (p
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ucf.edu/oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:etd-3911 |
| Date | 01 January 2013 |
| Creators | Urbina, Princess |
| Publisher | STARS |
| Source Sets | University of Central Florida |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Electronic Theses and Dissertations |
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