PMID: 16528132Mar 11, 2006Paper

Talin immunogold density increases in sciatic nerve of diabetic rats after nerve growth factor treatment

Medicina
Waleed M RennoFarida Al-Awadi

Abstract

Diabetic neuropathy is a debilitating disorder whose causation is poorly understood. Recent studies have shown significant reduction in the activity of nerve growth factor (NGF) and in the amount of talin cytoskeleton protein immunoreactivity in the perineurium in patients with diabetic neuropathy. Since talin is involved in transmembrane connections between extracellular matrix and cytoskeleton, this study investigates the subcellular pattern of talin immunoreactivity and the effect of NGF treatment of diabetic rats on the distribution of talin in the sciatic nerve. Post-embedding immunogold electron microscopy using monoclonal antibody against talin in combination with quantitative procedures was employed to localize talin-like immunoreactivity in the sciatic nerve of normal, diabetic and NGF treated diabetic rats. We found the highest densities of gold particles in the Schwann cells (139.6+/-5.6 particles/microm2) and in the fibroblasts (127.4+/-4.1 particles/microm2). A moderate amount of immunoreactivity was also present in the endothelial cells of vasa nervosa (32.3+/-9.1 particles/microm2). The myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers and the extracellular matrix profiles were not labeled (8.7+/-2.1 particles/microm2, 4....Continue Reading

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