Publication: Morphological and microvascular changes of the adrenal glands in streptozotocin-induced long-term diabetic rats
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2009-10-19
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Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology. Vol.114, No.1 (2009), 1-10
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Sirinush Sricharoenvej, Surasak Boonprasop, Passara Lanlua, Sitha Piyawinijwong, Apichaya Niyomchan Morphological and microvascular changes of the adrenal glands in streptozotocin-induced long-term diabetic rats. Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology. Vol.114, No.1 (2009), 1-10. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/27888
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Morphological and microvascular changes of the adrenal glands in streptozotocin-induced long-term diabetic rats
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It has been known that diabetes mellitus is associated with hyperfunction of the adrenal gland. However, the structural changes of adrenal gland in diabetes have rarely been studied. The aims of this study were to investigate the morphological and microvascular alterations in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced long-term diabetic rats. Twelve male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into diabetic (n=8) and control (n=4) groups. Each diabetic rat was induced by an intraperitoneal injection of STZ (60 mg/kg) in citrate buffer (pH 4.5). Control rats were intraperitoneally injected with the same amounts of the buffer. These animals were sacrificed at 20 weeks after the injections. The adrenal glands were processed for the morphological and microvascular studies by using conventional light microscopy (LM) and vascular corrosion cast technique combined with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), respectively. In the diabetic group, the cells in zona glomeruloza (ZG) became atrophied and the thickness of this zone was found to be less than that of the controls. In the zona fasciculata (ZF) and zona reticularis (ZR), the hypertrophic cells were investigated in both layers. The degenerated chromaffin and hypertrophic sympathetic ganglion cells in the adrenal medulla were observed. Also some degenerated ganglion cells were found. Additionally, lymphocyte infiltration, macrophages and amyloidosis were found in the adrenal medulla of long-term diabetic rats with renal failure. Under the SEM observation, the luminal diameters of capillaries in the diabetic group were dilated in all zones. In addition, these capillaries in the ZF and ZR were arranged in tortuous courses. This study demonstrates morphological and microvascular changes in the adrenal gland of diabetic rats which are in accordance with the hormonal changes reported by previous investigators.