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Abstract
myo-Inositol transport by a viable rat sciatic-nerve preparation is described. Such 'endoneurial' nerve preparations accumulated myo-inositol by an energy-dependent saturable system. Streptozotocin-diabetes reduced myo-inositol transport into sciatic nerve by approx. 40%. Elevated medium glucose concentration reduced myo-inositol transport into control nerves to a similar extent. Fructose and sorbitol did not inhibit myo-inositol transport. Inclusion of an aldose reductase inhibitor in the medium counteracted the reduced myo-inositol transport caused by elevated glucose concentration. The importance of these results to the problem of diabetic neuropathy is discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6870806 PMCID: PMC1154289 DOI: 10.1042/bj2100775
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857