The ultrastructural changes of mitochondria under insulin insufficiency
The high prevalence of diabetes and the progressive increase in the number of patients suffering from organ-specific complications of diabetes makes us look for factors influencing the change of metabolic processes and leading to energy imbalance and possible defects in the mitochondria in different tissues under the influence of insulin deficiency. The study included 52 white Wistar rats weighing 234.00 ± 2.64 g at the age of 5-6 months. Group I consisted of 25 laboratory rats with streptozotocin diabetes not receiving hypoglycemic therapy. II group (27 animals) - control group. As a result of the electron microscopic examination of the myocardium and lung tissue, we have revealed ultrastructural changes of mitochondria in the form of disorganization and the reduction of their structures in a persistent decompensation of carbohydrate metabolism, in contrast to the group of non-diabetic rats. It indicates the development of secondary mitochondrial insufficiency in the myocardium and tissues of the respiratory system in medically uncontrolled hyperglycemia.