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Skeletal muscle contains high levels of aldose reductase that catalyzes the reduction of galactose to the polyol galactitol. Galactitol and water were measured in muscle of rats fed a high galactose diet with or without addition of the aldose reductase inhibitor sorbinil. Galactitol, measured in isolated samples of muscle by HPLC, reached steady-state levels (5.9 +/- 1.0 mg/g tissue) within 3 days. Muscle water, determined in vivo by magnetic resonance imaging, increased (51 +/- 5%, P < 0.02) to steady-state levels within 7 days. Both the increased galactitol and water remained constant for the 4-month duration of this study. Aldose reductase activity also remained constant. Sorbinil prevented both the increase in galactitol and the increase in water. These results suggest that the increase in water is due to the osmotic effects of galactitol accumulation and demonstrate that galactitol and water accumulation neither up-regulate nor down-regulate aldose reductase expression in skeletal muscle.
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