Reduction of diabetes incidence in NOD mice by neonatal glucose treatment

APMIS. 1991 Nov;99(11):989-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1991.tb01289.x.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate whether neonatal glucose treatment influences the incidence of diabetes in NOD mice. Thirty-nine NOD mice (19 males, 20 females) were treated with 8 g glucose/kg BW/day administered by subcutaneous injections twice a day for the first six days of life. Thirty-six untreated NOD mice (20 males, 16 females) served as a control group. In the glucose-treated group, 33% became diabetic compared with 58% in the control group (X2 = 5.3, p = 0.021). Among the glucose-treated males, 16% became diabetic compared with 50% of the untreated males (X2 = 5.5, p = 0.019), whereas 50% of the glucose-treated females became diabetic compared with 69% of the untreated females (X2 = 1.1, NS). We conclude that neonatal glucose treatment can reduce the diabetes incidence in NOD mice. These results could have implications for the prevention of type 1 diabetes mellitus in humans.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / genetics
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / pathology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / prevention & control*
  • Female
  • Glucose / administration & dosage
  • Glucose / therapeutic use*
  • Injections, Subcutaneous
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Mutant Strains
  • Pancreas / pathology

Substances

  • Glucose