In the present study Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy was used to examine the effects of streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus on the structural components of slow- and fast-twitch rat skeletal muscles, at molecular level.
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disorder of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism, which is characterized by hyperglycemia caused by a defective or deficient insulin secretory response. The effect of diabetes is seen on a variety of tissues leading to important secondary complications
such as kidney failure, liver dysfunction, cardiac disorders, etc. Skeletal muscle is one of the major tissues determining carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in the body / therefore, is one of the target tissues of diabetes.
The two main types of muscle fibers are type I (slow-twitch) and type II (fast-twitch) fibers / having different structural organization and metabolic features.
The FTIR spectra revealed a considerable decrease in lipid and protein content of diabetic skeletal muscles, indicating an increased lipolysis and protein breakdown or decreased protein synthesis. Moreover changes in protein structure and conformation were observed. In diabetes, muscle membrane lipids were more ordered and the amount of unsaturated lipids
was decreased possibly due to lipid peroxidation. Diabetes caused a decrease in the content of nucleic acids, especially RNA, and hydrogen bonded phospholipids in the membrane structures of skeletal muscles.
In all of the spectral parameters investigated slow-twitch muscle was more severely affected from diabetes. Thus, FTIR spectroscopy appears to be a useful method to evaluate the effect of diabetes on skeletal muscle tissues at molecular level.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607735/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2006 |
| Creators | Bozkurt, Ozlem |
| Contributors | Severcan, Feride |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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