Table 1. Effect of BBT-877 treatment on physiological parameters of STZ-induced diabetic mice.
Characteristic | CV | SV | S108 | S308 | S908 | S10L |
Body weight (g) | 26.9 ± 0.7 | 23.5 ± 0.4† | 25.0 ± 0.4 | 24.4 ± 0.4 | 24.5± 0.4 | 25.0 ± 0.3 |
Kidney weight (mg) | 297.3 ± 8.5 | 287.7 ± 5.8 | 272.8 ± 10.3 | 286.0 ± 11.1 | 283.4 ± 6.3 | 292.8 ±8.7 |
Liver weight (mg) | 1105± 40 | 1385 ± 59† | 1255 ± 48 | 1157 ± 57‡ | 1219 ± 46‡ | 1227 ± 48‡ |
Spleen weight (mg) | 54.2 ± 3.16 | 55.4 ± 3.8 | 49.3 ± 1.9 | 47.4 ± 2.1 | 54.3 ± 2.4 | 48.4 ± 1.0 |
Food intake (gig per day) | 0.19 ± 0.02 | 0.30 ± 0.03† | 0.29 ± 0 .03 | 0.28 ± 0.03 | 0.26 ± 0.03 | 0.31 ± 0.03 |
Water intake (m/lg per day) | 0.014 ± 0.0 | 0.064 ± 0.0† | 0.045 ± 0.1p = 0.08 | 0.044 ± 0.0 | 0.039 ± 0.0‡ | 0.044 ± 0.0‡ |
Urine volume (ml/g per day) | 0.046 ± 0.0 | 0.501 ± 0.1† | 0.282 ± 0.1p = 0.08 | 0.270 ± 0.1p = 0.07 | 0.252 ± 0.1‡ | 0.329 ± 0.1 |
Albumin/creatinine ratio (μg/mg) | 6.87 ± 0.5 | 31,94 ± 2.9† | 21.27 ± 3.4‡ | 21.19 ± 4.3p = 0.06 | 19.36± 3.5‡ | 25.66 ± 3.6 |
Albumin/creatinine ratio was measured at 4 weeks; other parameters were measured at 8 weeks. Data are displayed as mean ± SEM. Abbreviations: STZ: streptozotocin; HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin; CV: control-vehicle; SV: STZ-vehicle; S10B: STZ-10 mg BBT-877; S30B: STZ-30 mg BBT-877; S90B: STZ-90 mg BBT-877; S10L: STZ-10 mg Losartan. †p < 0.01 vs. CV; ‡p < 0.05 vs. SV, noted p values are vs. SV (n = 8−10).