Research Article

Reduction of Methylglyoxal-Induced Glycation by Pyridoxamine Improves Adipose Tissue Microvascular Lesions

Table 1

Body weight, glycemia, fasting and 2 hours after intraperitoneal glucose injection (1.8 g/kg), glycated hemoglobin, serum triglycerides, and total and HDL cholesterol.

ParameterCMGPyr

Body weight (g)430 ± 17440 ± 18433 ± 12
Fasting glycemia (mg/dL)63.3 ± 162.9 ± 1.564.3 ± 2
Glycemia at 2 h (mg/dL)92.0 ± 6.191.3 ± 1.892.5 ± 3.1
HbA1c (%)3.6 ± 0.13.6 ± 0.03.7 ± 0.1
Triglycerides (mg/dL)95.8 ± 9.178.6 ± 5.698 ± 10.8
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)92.5 ± 5.884.7 ± 4.791.3 ± 4.5
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)55.5 ± 1.247.3 ± 2.0*54.8 ± 1.6#

C: Control Wistar rats; MG: Wistar rats with methylglyoxal administration; Pyr: Wistar rats with methylglyoxal administration and pyridoxamine treatment. Data is presented as mean ± SEM, in each group. *Different from C; #different from MG. 1 symbol .