PMID- 32813865 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201005 LR - 20201005 IS - 1678-2690 (Electronic) IS - 0001-3765 (Linking) VI - 92 IP - 2 DP - 2020 TI - Type 2 diabetes mellitus alters cardiac mitochondrial content and function in a non-obese mice model. PG - e20191340 LID - S0001-37652020000300801 [pii] LID - 10.1590/0001-3765202020191340 [doi] AB - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with an increase of premature appearance of several disorders such as cardiac complications. Thus, we test the hypothesis that a combination of a high fat diet (HFD) and low doses of streptozotocin (STZ) recapitulate a suitable mice model of T2DM to study the cardiac mitochondrial disturbances induced by this disease. Animals were divided in 2 groups: the T2DM group was given a HFD and injected with 2 low doses of STZ, while the CNTRL group was given a standard chow and a buffer solution. The combination of HFD and STZ recapitulate the T2DM metabolic profile showing higher blood glucose levels in T2DM mice when compared to CNTRL, and also, insulin resistance. The kidney structure/function was preserved. Regarding cardiac mitochondrial function, in all phosphorylative states, the cardiac mitochondria from T2DM mice presented reduced oxygen fluxes when compared to CNTRL mice. Also, mitochondria from T2DM mice showed decreased citrate synthase activity and lower protein content of mitochondrial complexes. Our results show that in this non-obese T2DM model, which recapitulates the classical metabolic alterations, mitochondrial function is impaired and provides a useful model to deepen study the mechanisms underlying these alterations. FAU - Yurre, Ainhoa R DE AU - Yurre AR AD - Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. FAU - Martins, Eduarda G L AU - Martins EGL AD - Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. FAU - Lopez-Alarcon, Micaela AU - Lopez-Alarcon M AD - Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. FAU - Cabral, Bruno AU - Cabral B AD - Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. FAU - Vera, Narendra AU - Vera N AD - Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. FAU - Lopes, Jarlene A AU - Lopes JA AD - Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. FAU - Galina, Antonio AU - Galina A AD - Instituto de Bioquimica Medica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. FAU - Takiya, Christina M AU - Takiya CM AD - Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. FAU - Lindoso, Rafael S AU - Lindoso RS AD - Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. FAU - Vieyra, Adalberto AU - Vieyra A AD - Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. FAU - SAenz, Oscar C AU - SAenz OC AD - Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade do Pais Vasco (UPV-EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. FAU - Medei, Emiliano AU - Medei E AD - Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200812 PL - Brazil TA - An Acad Bras Cienc JT - Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias JID - 7503280 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 5W494URQ81 (Streptozocin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blood Glucose MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 MH - Insulin Resistance MH - Mice MH - Mitochondria MH - Streptozocin EDAT- 2020/08/20 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/06 06:00 CRDT- 2020/08/20 06:00 PHST- 2019/04/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/03/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/08/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/08/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/06 06:00 [medline] AID - S0001-37652020000300801 [pii] AID - 10.1590/0001-3765202020191340 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - An Acad Bras Cienc. 2020;92(2):e20191340. doi: 10.1590/0001-3765202020191340. Epub 2020 Aug 12.