Background: Diabetes melitus is a degenerative disease which prevalence is increasing in developing country. Diabetes mellitus has some acute and chronic complications. Those affect blood vessels trough microvascular and macrovascular complications. In a state of chronic hyperglycemia, oxidative stress can occur. The condition affected endothelin-B (ETB) receptors in the heart organ. Objective: This research aimed to see the changes in the expression of ETB receptors on heart muscle and endothelial blood vessels of heart in a streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat model. Method: Rats were divided into two groups, one group as a control, and one group of diabetic rats model. Each group consist of 6 rats. Diabetic rat model obtained by streptozotocin injection dose 35mg/kgbw intra peritoneal to Sprague Dawley male rats aged 11-12 weeks. After 8 weeks of experiments, all the rats were terminated. The heart muscle was stained with immunohistochemical staining. Antibody of ETB was used to stain the heart muscle. Result: Imunohistochemical stain showed 18.32% ETB receptor in the heart muscle of control group and in 8.72% in diabetic group (p value = 0.001). Meanwhile, on endothelial blood vessels of heart there was 19.75% ETB receptor in control group and 10,39% ETB receptor in diabetic group (p value = 0.004). Conclusion: This study showed that the number of ETB receptors in heart muscle and endothelial blood vessels of the heart was reduced in diabetic group. Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus, Heart, Endothelin-B receptor, Streptozotocin
Physiology 2016 (Dublin, Ireland) (2016) Proc Physiol Soc 37, PCA343
Poster Communications: Expression of Endothelin-b Receptor in the heart muscle of Diabetic rats induced by Streptozotocin
M. D. Pramaningtyas1, T. Nurmasitoh1, M. A. Shiddieqiy2
1. Physiology, Faculty of Medicine Islamic University of Indonesia, Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 2. Medical Faculty, Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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