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ArticleScientific reports2020

Sodium-glucose co-transporter (SGLT) inhibitor restores lost axonal varicosities of the myenteric plexus in a mouse model of high-fat diet-induced obesity.

Satoshi Shimo, Sei Saitoh, Huy Bang Nguyen, Truc Quynh Thai, Masako Ikutomo, Ken Muramatsu, Nobuhiko Ohno

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Satoshi ShimoDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Health Science University, 7187 Kodachi, Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, 401-0380, Japan. sshimo@kenkoudai.ac.jp.
Sei SaitohDepartment of Anatomy II and Cell Biology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan.
Huy Bang NguyenDivision of Neurobiology and Bioinformatics, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, 38 Saigonaka, Meidaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan.
Truc Quynh ThaiDivision of Neurobiology and Bioinformatics, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, 38 Saigonaka, Meidaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan.
Masako IkutomoDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Tokyo Health Sciences, 4-11 Ochiai, Tama, Tokyo, 206-0033, Japan.
Ken MuramatsuDepartment of Physical Therapy, Kyorin University Faculty of Health Sciences, 5-4-1 Shimorenjaku, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8612, Japan.
Nobuhiko OhnoDivision of Neurobiology and Bioinformatics, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, 38 Saigonaka, Meidaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan.
Fujita Health University Hospital · JPJichi Medical University · JPKyorin University · JPNational Institute for Physiological Sciences · JPUniversity of Tokyo Health Sciences · JPUniversity of Yamanashi Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes impairs enteric nervous system functions; however, ultrastructural changes underlying the pathophysiology of the myenteric plexus and the effects of sodium-glucose co-transporter (SGLT) inhibitors are poorly understood. This study aimed to investigate three-dimensional ultrastructural changes in axonal varicosities in the myenteric plexus and the effect thereon of the SGLT inhibitor phlorizin in mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD). Three-dimensional ultrastructural analysis using serial block-face imaging revealed that non-treated HFD-fed mice had fewer axonal varicosities and synaptic vesicles in the myenteric plexus than did normal diet-fed control mice. Furthermore, mitochondrial volume was increased and lysosome number decreased in the axons of non-treated HFD-fed mice when compared to those of control mice. Phlorizin treatment restored the axonal varicosities and organelles in HFD-fed mice. Although HFD did not affect the immunolocalisation of PGP9.5, it reduced synaptophysin immunostaining in the myenteric plexus, which was restored by phlorizin treatment. These results suggest that impairment of the axonal varicosities and their synaptic vesicles underlies the damage to the enteric neurons caused by HFD feeding. SGLT inhibitor treatment could restore axonal varicosities and organelles, which may lead to improved gastrointestinal functions in HFD-induced obesity as well as diabetes.

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ObesityAnimalsAxonsDietary FatsMiceMyenteric PlexusPhlorhizinSynaptic VesiclesUbiquitin ThiolesteraseDietary FatsPhlorhizinUbiquitin ThiolesteraseUchl1 protein, mouse

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PMID32704004
PMCPMC7378553
OpenAlexW3044584128

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