TY - JOUR
T1 - Contribution of ubiquitous calpains to cataractogenesis in the spontaneous diabetic WBN/Kob rat
AU - Sakamoto-Mizutani, Kanako
AU - Fukiage, Chiho
AU - Tamada, Yoshiyuki
AU - Azuma, Mitsuyoshi
AU - Shearer, Thomas R.
PY - 2002/1/1
Y1 - 2002/1/1
N2 - To determine the involvement of calpains in human cataractogenesis, studies in aged animal models are needed. Aged, male WBN/Kob rats spontaneously develop cataract along with severe, persistent diabetes with hyperglycemia and nephropathy. The purpose of present experiments was to provide a biochemical mechanism for the involvement of ubiquitous calpains in cataractogenesis in WBN/Kob rats. Serum and urinary glucose were measured to confirm diabetes, and cataracts were observed by slit lamp biomicroscopy. Calcium determinations were performed on lens samples from several ages of WBN/Kob and Wistar rats. Casein zymography, immunoblot analysis for α-spectrin, calpain 2, and calpain 10 were performed to detect activation of calpain in lens samples. Serum glucose levels increased and cortical cataract developed in male WBN/Kob rats within 1 year, indicating diabetic cataract. Cataract was accompanied by several presumptive biochemical indicators of calpain activation, including increased calcium, proteolysis of α-spectrin, and decreased caseinolytic activity for calpains suggesting calpain activation followed by autolytic degradation. Activation of ubiquitous calpains may contribute to biochemical mechanism of cataractogenesis in spontaneously diabetic WBN/Kob rats. The WBN/Kob model may be useful for elucidating the roles of calpain 2 and calpain 10 in human cataractogenesis.
AB - To determine the involvement of calpains in human cataractogenesis, studies in aged animal models are needed. Aged, male WBN/Kob rats spontaneously develop cataract along with severe, persistent diabetes with hyperglycemia and nephropathy. The purpose of present experiments was to provide a biochemical mechanism for the involvement of ubiquitous calpains in cataractogenesis in WBN/Kob rats. Serum and urinary glucose were measured to confirm diabetes, and cataracts were observed by slit lamp biomicroscopy. Calcium determinations were performed on lens samples from several ages of WBN/Kob and Wistar rats. Casein zymography, immunoblot analysis for α-spectrin, calpain 2, and calpain 10 were performed to detect activation of calpain in lens samples. Serum glucose levels increased and cortical cataract developed in male WBN/Kob rats within 1 year, indicating diabetic cataract. Cataract was accompanied by several presumptive biochemical indicators of calpain activation, including increased calcium, proteolysis of α-spectrin, and decreased caseinolytic activity for calpains suggesting calpain activation followed by autolytic degradation. Activation of ubiquitous calpains may contribute to biochemical mechanism of cataractogenesis in spontaneously diabetic WBN/Kob rats. The WBN/Kob model may be useful for elucidating the roles of calpain 2 and calpain 10 in human cataractogenesis.
KW - Calcium
KW - Calpain 10
KW - Calpain 2
KW - Cataract
KW - Spontaneous diabetes
KW - WBN/Kob rat
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U2 - 10.1006/exer.2002.2065
DO - 10.1006/exer.2002.2065
M3 - Article
C2 - 12457873
AN - SCOPUS:0036453977
VL - 75
SP - 611
EP - 617
JO - Experimental Eye Research
JF - Experimental Eye Research
SN - 0014-4835
IS - 5
ER -