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Guo Z. The role of glucagon-like peptide-1/GLP-1R and autophagy in diabetic cardiovascular disease. Pharmacol Rep 2024; 76:754-779. [PMID: 38890260 DOI: 10.1007/s43440-024-00609-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
Abstract
Diabetes leads to a significantly accelerated incidence of various related macrovascular complications, including peripheral vascular disease and cardiovascular disease (the most common cause of mortality in diabetes), as well as microvascular complications such as kidney disease and retinopathy. Endothelial dysfunction is the main pathogenic event of diabetes-related vascular disease at the earliest stage of vascular injury. Understanding the molecular processes involved in the development of diabetes and its debilitating vascular complications might bring up more effective and specific clinical therapies. Long-acting glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 analogs are currently available in treating diabetes with widely established safety and extensively evaluated efficacy. In recent years, autophagy, as a critical lysosome-dependent self-degradative process to maintain homeostasis, has been shown to be involved in the vascular endothelium damage in diabetes. In this review, the GLP-1/GLP-1R system implicated in diabetic endothelial dysfunction and related autophagy mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of diabetic vascular complications are briefly presented. This review also highlights a possible crosstalk between autophagy and the GLP-1/GLP-1R axis in the treatment of diabetic angiopathy.
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- Zi Guo
- Section of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
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Rizos EC, Tagkas CF, Asimakopoulos AGI, Tsimihodimos V, Anastasiou G, Rizzo M, Agouridis AP, Ntzani EE. The effect of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP1 receptor agonists on arterial stiffness: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Diabetes Complications 2024; 38:108781. [PMID: 38833853 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2024.108781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Revised: 05/18/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/06/2024]
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BACKGROUND Pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (AIx) are indices used to assess arterial stiffness. We evaluated the effect of sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP1-RA) on arterial stiffness indices. METHODS We searched PubMed (up to January 2024) for RCTs assessing the effect of SGLT2i or GLP1-RA on arterial stiffness with reporting outcomes PWV and AIx. Effect sizes of the included studies were expressed as weighted mean difference (WMD) and 95 % confidence interval. Subgroup analyses were performed based on comparator (placebo vs. active comparator), design (RCT vs. crossover), population (diabetic vs. all) and blindness (yes vs. no). RESULTS A total of 19 studies (SGLT2i, 12 studies; GLP1-RA, 5 studies; SGLT2i/GLP1-RA combination, 2 studies) assessing 1212 participants were included. We did not find any statistically significant association between GLP1-RA or SGLT2i and PWV or AIx. None of the subgroup analyses showed any statistically significant result. CONCLUSION No evidence of a favorable change in arterial stiffness indices (PWV, AIx) was found following the administration of SGLT2i or GLP1-RA.
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- Evangelos C Rizos
- School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
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- Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- School of Medicine, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (Promise), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University (MBRU), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus; Department of Internal Medicine, German Oncology Center, Limassol, Cyprus
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- Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece; Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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Bechlioulis A, Markozannes G, Chionidi I, Liberopoulos E, Naka KK, Ntzani EE, Liatis S, Rizzo M, Rizos EC. The effect of SGLT2 inhibitors, GLP1 agonists, and their sequential combination on cardiometabolic parameters: A randomized, prospective, intervention study. J Diabetes Complications 2023; 37:108436. [PMID: 36842186 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2023.108436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (AIx) are indices used to assess arterial stiffness. We aim to compare the effect of empagliflozin, liraglutide and their sequential combination on arterial stiffness indices in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). METHODS This was a randomized single blind study evaluating the effect of empagliflozin vs liraglutide in adult patients with T2D. Patients were randomized to liraglutide titrated gradually to 1.8 mg or empagliflozin 25 mg in 1:1 ratio. Three months later empagliflozin was added to the liraglutide group, and liraglutide was added to the empagliflozin group. Patients were assessed with non-invasive tests for arterial stiffness (i.e., carotid-femoral PWV and AIx of aortic pressure) at baseline, 3-month and 9-month visits (final visit was extended for 3 months from the initial design due to Covid 19 pandemic). The primary outcome was the between-group difference of PWV change (ΔPWV) and ΔAIx at 3 months. Secondary outcomes included the between-group difference of ΔPWV and ΔAIx at 9 months, as well as the ΔPWV and ΔAIx between baseline and 9-month visit when total study population was assessed. RESULTS A total of 62 patients with T2D (30 started liraglutide; 32 empagliflozin, mean age 63 years, 25 % with established cardiovascular disease) participated in the study. We failed to show any significant between-group differences of ΔPWV and ΔΑΙx at 3 and 9 months, as well as between-group difference of ΔPWV and ΔAIx for the total study population between baseline and 9-month visit. In contrast, systemic vascular resistance and lipoprotein(a) levels improved, showing better results with liraglutide than empagliflozin. Favorable effects were also observed on body weight, body mass index, body and visceral fat, blood pressure, HbA1c, and uric acid levels. CONCLUSION No evidence of a favorable change in arterial stiffness indices was seen with empagliflozin or liraglutide or their combination in this study. Well-designed powerful studies are needed to address any potential effects on arterial stiffness in selected populations.
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- Aris Bechlioulis
- 2nd Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina and University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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- Diabetes Outpatient Clinic, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina and University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece; Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, School of Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece; School of Medicine, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
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Mashayekhi M, Beckman JA, Nian H, Garner EM, Mayfield D, Devin JK, Koethe JR, Brown JD, Cahill KN, Yu C, Silver H, Niswender K, Luther JM, Brown NJ. Comparative effects of weight loss and incretin-based therapies on vascular endothelial function, fibrinolysis and inflammation in individuals with obesity and prediabetes: A randomized controlled trial. Diabetes Obes Metab 2023; 25:570-580. [PMID: 36306151 PMCID: PMC10306232 DOI: 10.1111/dom.14903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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AIM To test the hypothesis that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists have beneficial effects on vascular endothelial function, fibrinolysis and inflammation through weight loss-independent mechanisms. MATERIALS AND METHODS Individuals with obesity and prediabetes were randomized to 14 weeks of the GLP-1R agonist liraglutide, hypocaloric diet or the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor sitagliptin in a 2:1:1 ratio. Treatment with drug was double blind and placebo-controlled. Measurements were made at baseline, after 2 weeks prior to significant weight loss and after 14 weeks. The primary outcomes were measures of endothelial function: flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR). RESULTS Eighty-eight individuals were studied (liraglutide N = 44, diet N = 22, sitagliptin N = 22). Liraglutide and diet reduced weight, insulin resistance and PAI-1, while sitagliptin did not. There was no significant effect of any treatment on endothelial vasodilator function measured by FMD. Post hoc subgroup analyses in individuals with baseline FMD below the median, indicative of greater endothelial dysfunction, showed an improvement in FMD by all three treatments. GLP-1R antagonism with exendin (9-39) increased fasting blood glucose but did not change FMD or PAI-1. There was no effect of treatment on UACR. Finally, liraglutide, but not sitagliptin or diet, reduced the chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1). CONCLUSION Liraglutide and diet reduce weight, insulin resistance and PAI-1. Liraglutide, sitagliptin and diet do not change FMD in obese individuals with prediabetes with normal endothelial function. Liraglutide alone lowers the pro-inflammatory and pro-atherosclerotic chemokine MCP-1, indicating that this beneficial effect is independent of weight loss.
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- Mona Mashayekhi
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Biostatistics, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Nashville, TN
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- UCHealth Endocrinology, Yampa Valley Medical Center, Steamboat Springs, CO
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- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Nashville, TN
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- NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Department of Population Health, New York, NY
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- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Nashville, TN
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Nashville, TN
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Zhang X, Zhang Y, Hu Y. Knowledge domain and emerging trends in empagliflozin for heart failure: A bibliometric and visualized analysis. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:1039348. [DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1039348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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ObjectiveEmpagliflozin (EMPA), a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i), is recommended for all patients with Heart failure (HF) to reduce the risk of Cardiovascular death, hospitalization, and HF exacerbation. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation was conducted by searching relevant literatures of EMPA for Heart Failure from 2013 to 2022, and visual analysis in this field was conducted.MethodsThe data were from the Web of Science Core Collection database (WOSCC). The bibliometric tools, CiteSpace and VOSviewer, were used for econometric analysis to probe the evolvement of disciplines and research hotspots in the field of EMPA for Heart Failure.ResultsA total of 1461 literatures with 43861 references about EMPA for Heart Failure in the decade were extracted from WOSCC, and the number of manuscripts were on a rise. In the terms of co-authorship, USA leads the field in research maturity and exerts a crucial role in the field of EMPA for Heart Failure. Multidisciplinary research is conducive to future development. With regards to literatures, we obtained 9 hot paper, 93 highly cited literatures, and 10 co-cited references. The current research focuses on the following three aspects: EMPA improves left ventricular remodeling, exert renal protection, and increases heart rate variability.ConclusionBased on methods such as bibliometrics, citation analysis and knowledge graph, this study analyzed the current situation and trend of EMPA for Heart Failure, sorted out the knowledge context in this field, and provided reference for current and future prevention and scientific research.
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Kim CH, Hwang IC, Choi HM, Ahn CH, Yoon YE, Cho GY. Differential cardiovascular and renal benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP1 receptor agonists in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Int J Cardiol 2022; 364:104-111. [PMID: 35716949 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The differential benefits of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP1RA) in cardiovascular or renal outcomes have not been fully investigated. METHODS Patients with diabetes prescribed SGLT2i or GLP1RA were retrospectively identified. Patients treated with antihyperglycemic medications other than SGLT2i or GLP1RA were used as a control group. Primary outcomes were composite ischemic events (acute coronary syndrome, coronary revascularization, and stroke) and a composite of heart failure and renal events (hospitalization for heart failure, renal death, initiation of renal replacement therapy, and renal admission). RESULTS During a median 38.7 months of follow-up, the incidence of composite ischemic events tended to be lower in the GLP1RA group (annualized rate 0.82% per person-year) than in the other groups (1.68% per person-year in the SGLT2i group and 1.36% per person-year in the control group). The risk of a composite of heart failure and renal outcomes was significantly lower in the SGLT2i group than in the GLP1RA and control groups (0.86% per person-year, 2.33% per person-year, and 1.48% per person-year, respectively). The SGLT2i group had a slower decline in renal function over time compared to that in other groups. CONCLUSIONS SGLT2i showed more benefits in heart failure and renal outcomes, whereas GLP1RA tended to have more favorable ischemic outcomes.
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- Chee Hae Kim
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, VHS Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Cardiovascular Center and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Cardiovascular Center and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea
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- Cardiovascular Center and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Cardiovascular Center and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Arendt Nielsen T, Sega R, Uggerhøj Andersen C, Vorum H, Mohr Drewes A, Jakobsen PE, Brock B, Brock C. Liraglutide Treatment Does Not Induce Changes in the Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther 2021; 38:114-121. [PMID: 34918951 DOI: 10.1089/jop.2021.0055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Purpose: Liraglutide treatment has shown promising anti-inflammatory and nerve regenerative results in preclinical and clinical trials. We sought to assess if liraglutide treatment would induce nerve regeneration through its anti-inflammatory and neurotrophic mechanisms by increasing peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in individuals with long-term type 1 diabetes. Methods: Secondary analyses were performed on a prospective, double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial on adults with type 1 diabetes, distal symmetric polyneuropathy (DSPN), and confirmed diabetic retinopathy, who were randomized 1:1 to either 26 weeks placebo or liraglutide treatment. The primary endpoint was a change in peripapillary RNFL thickness between treatments, assessed by optical coherence tomography. Results: Thirty-seven participants were included in the secondary analysis. No differences in mean peripapillary RNFL thickness (overall ΔMean RNFL thickness; liraglutide -1 (±8) μm (-1%) vs. placebo -1 (±5) μm (-1%), P = 0.78, n = 37) or any of the quadrants. Peripapillary RNFL thicknesses were shown between treatments in either nonproliferative (ΔMean RNFL thickness; liraglutide -1 (±5) μm (-1%) vs. placebo 0 (±4) μm (0%), P = 0.80, N = 26) or proliferative diabetic retinopathy subgroup (ΔMean RNFL thickness; liraglutide -2 (±14) μm (-3%) vs. placebo -1 (±6) μm (-2%), P = 0.88, N = 11). Conclusions: In this study, 26 weeks of liraglutide treatment did not induce measurable changes in the assessed optic nerve thickness. Thus, this methodology does not support the induction of substantial nerve regeneration in this cohort with established retinopathy and DSPN. The trial was approved by the Danish Health and Medicines Authority. Informed consent was obtained from all participants. TODINELI study: EUDRA CT: 2013-004375-12, Ethics Ref: N-20130077 Clinical trial registration number: clinicaltrials.gov NCT02138045.
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- Thomas Arendt Nielsen
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.,Department of Ophthalmology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.,Mech-Sense, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Aalborg University Hospital & Clinical Institute, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.,Department of Ophthalmology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.,Department of Ophthalmology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.,Mech-Sense, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Aalborg University Hospital & Clinical Institute, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.,Steno Diabetes Center North, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.,Steno Diabetes Center North, Aalborg, Denmark.,Department of Endocrinology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.,Mech-Sense, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Aalborg University Hospital & Clinical Institute, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.,Steno Diabetes Center North, Aalborg, Denmark
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Bray JJH, Foster-Davies H, Salem A, Hoole AL, Obaid DR, Halcox JPJ, Stephens JW. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists improve biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Diabetes Obes Metab 2021; 23:1806-1822. [PMID: 33830637 DOI: 10.1111/dom.14399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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AIM To conduct a meta-analysis and systematic review to examine the effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) on clinical biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress in patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS Medline, Embase and the Cochrane Library were searched for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that examined changes with GLP-1RAs in a priori selected biomarkers of inflammation: C-reactive protein (CRP), adiponectin, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, interleukin-6, leptin; and of oxidative stress: malondialdehyde (MDA); 8-iso-prostaglandin F2α; and 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG). RESULTS We included 40 eligible RCTs (n = 6749) with a median follow-up of 6 months, a mean participant age of 53.1 years, 56.3% females, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) 55.6 mmol/mol, body mass index 28.8 kg/m2 and diabetes duration 7.46 years. Analysis of GLP-1RAs versus standard diabetes therapies or placebo revealed significant reductions in CRP, TNFα and MDA, and significant increases in adiponectin for (mean difference -0.54 mg/L [-0.75, -0.34]; standard mean difference [SMD] -0.39 [-0.62, -0.15]; SMD -0.84 [-1.61, -0.06] and SMD 0.30 [0.12, 0.49], respectively [95% confidence intervals]). Systolic blood pressure decreased significantly and was significantly and strongly correlated with a reduction in CRP. Homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance was also significantly correlated with a reduction in CRP, but HbA1c was not. CONCLUSIONS There is strong evidence supporting clinically relevant anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of GLP-1RAs. This may be used to guide future targeted clinical use of GLP-1RAs and the development of medications seeking to target the cardioprotective properties of GLP-1RAs.
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- Jonathan J H Bray
- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, UK
- Institute of Life Sciences-2, Swansea Bay University Health Board and Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, UK
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- Institute of Life Sciences-2, Swansea Bay University Health Board and Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
- Diabetes Research Group, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, UK
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- Institute of Life Sciences-2, Swansea Bay University Health Board and Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Institute of Life Sciences-2, Swansea Bay University Health Board and Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, UK
- Diabetes Research Group, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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Katsiki N, Ferrannini E. Anti-inflammatory properties of antidiabetic drugs: A "promised land" in the COVID-19 era? J Diabetes Complications 2020; 34:107723. [PMID: 32900588 PMCID: PMC7448766 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2020.107723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Inflammation is implicated in the development and severity of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as well as in the pathophysiology of diabetes. Diabetes, especially when uncontrolled, is also recognized as an important risk factor for COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, certain inflammatory markers [i.e. C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and ferritin] were reported as strong predictors of worse outcomes in COVID-19 positive patients. The same biomarkers have been associated with poor glycemic control. Therefore, achieving euglycemia in patients with diabetes is even more important in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the above, it is clinically interesting to elucidate whether antidiabetic drugs may reduce inflammation, thus possibly minimizing the risk for COVID-19 development and severity. The present narrative review discusses the potential anti-inflammatory properties of certain antidiabetic drugs (i.e. metformin, pioglitazone, sitagliptin, linagliptin, vildagliptin, alogliptin, saxagliptin, liraglutide, dulaglutide, exenatide, lixisenatide, semaglutide, empagliflozin, dapagliflozin, canagliflozin), with a focus on CRP, IL-6 and ferritin.
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- Niki Katsiki
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetes Center, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Tentolouris A, Eleftheriadou I, Tzeravini E, Tsilingiris D, Paschou SA, Siasos G, Tentolouris N. Endothelium as a Therapeutic Target in Diabetes Mellitus: From Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Practice. Curr Med Chem 2020; 27:1089-1131. [PMID: 30663560 DOI: 10.2174/0929867326666190119154152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Revised: 12/28/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Endothelium plays an essential role in human homeostasis by regulating arterial blood pressure, distributing nutrients and hormones as well as providing a smooth surface that modulates coagulation, fibrinolysis and inflammation. Endothelial dysfunction is present in Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and contributes to the development and progression of macrovascular disease, while it is also associated with most of the microvascular complications such as diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy. Hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia and dyslipidemia are the main factors involved in the pathogenesis of endothelial dysfunction. Regarding antidiabetic medication, metformin, gliclazide, pioglitazone, exenatide and dapagliflozin exert a beneficial effect on Endothelial Function (EF); glimepiride and glibenclamide, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and liraglutide have a neutral effect, while studies examining the effect of insulin analogues, empagliflozin and canagliflozin on EF are limited. In terms of lipid-lowering medication, statins improve EF in subjects with DM, while data from short-term trials suggest that fenofibrate improves EF; ezetimibe also improves EF but further studies are required in people with DM. The effect of acetylsalicylic acid on EF is dose-dependent and lower doses improve EF while higher ones do not. Clopidogrel improves EF, but more studies in subjects with DM are required. Furthermore, angiotensin- converting-enzyme inhibitors /angiotensin II receptor blockers improve EF. Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors improve EF locally in the corpus cavernosum. Finally, cilostazol exerts favorable effect on EF, nevertheless, more data in people with DM are required.
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- Anastasios Tentolouris
- Diabetes Center, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Diabetes Center, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Diabetes Center, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Diabetes Center, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Diabetes Center, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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- Diabetes Center, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Lee MMY, Petrie MC, McMurray JJV, Sattar N. How Do SGLT2 (Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2) Inhibitors and GLP-1 (Glucagon-Like Peptide-1) Receptor Agonists Reduce Cardiovascular Outcomes?: Completed and Ongoing Mechanistic Trials. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2020; 40:506-522. [PMID: 31996025 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.119.311904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE There is substantial interest in how GLP-1RA (glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists) and SGLT2 (sodium-glucose cotransporter 2) inhibitors reduce cardiovascular and renal events; yet, robust mechanistic data in humans remain sparse. We conducted a narrative review of published and ongoing mechanistic clinical trials investigating the actions of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1RAs to help the community appreciate the extent of ongoing work and the variety and design of such trials. Approach and Results: To date, trials investigating the mechanisms of action of SGLT2 inhibitors have focused on pathways linked to glucose metabolism and toxicity, hemodynamic/volume, vascular and renal actions, and cardiac effects, including those on myocardial energetics. The participants studied have included those with established cardiovascular disease (including coronary artery disease and heart failure), liver disease, renal impairment, obesity, and hypertension; some of these trials have enrolled patients both with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus. GLP-1RA mechanistic trials have focused on glucose-lowering, insulin-sparing, weight reduction, and blood pressure-lowering effects, as well as possible direct vascular, cardiac, and renal effects of these agents. Very few mechanisms of action of SGLT2 inhibitors or GLP-1RAs have so far been convincingly demonstrated. One small trial (n=97) of SGLT2 inhibitors has investigated the cardiac effects of these drugs, where a small reduction in left ventricular mass was found. Data on vascular effects are limited to one trial in type 1 diabetes mellitus, which suggests some beneficial actions. SGLT2 inhibitors have been shown to reduce liver fat. We highlight the near absence of mechanistic data to explain the beneficial effects of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients without diabetes mellitus. GLP-1RAs have not been found to have major cardiovascular mechanisms of action in the limited, completed trials. Conflicting data around the impact on infarct size have been reported. No effect on left ventricular ejection fraction has been demonstrated. CONCLUSIONS We have tabulated the extensive ongoing mechanistic trials that will report over the coming years. We report 2 exemplar ongoing mechanistic trials in detail to give examples of the designs and techniques employed. The results of these many ongoing trials should help us understand how SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1RAs improve cardiovascular and renal outcomes and may also identify unexpected mechanisms suggesting novel therapeutic applications.
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- Matthew M Y Lee
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Dakhel A, Zarrouk M, Ekelund J, Acosta S, Nilsson P, Miftaraj M, Eliasson B, Svensson AM, Gottsäter A. Worse cardiovascular prognosis after endovascular surgery for intermittent claudication caused by infrainguinal atherosclerotic disease in patients with diabetes. Ther Adv Endocrinol Metab 2020; 11:2042018820960294. [PMID: 33149883 PMCID: PMC7580142 DOI: 10.1177/2042018820960294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an established risk factor for intermittent claudication (IC) and other manifestations of atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease. Indications for surgery in infrainguinal IC are debated, and there are conflicting reports regarding its outcomes in patients with DM. Aims of this study were to compare both short- and long-term effects on total- and cardiovascular (CV) mortality, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), stroke, and major amputation following infrainguinal endovascular surgery for IC in patients with and without DM. We also evaluated potential relationships between diabetic control and outcomes in patients with DM. METHODS Nationwide observational cohort study of patients registered in the Swedish Vascular Registry and the Swedish National Diabetes Registry. Propensity score adjusted comparison of total and CV mortality, MACE, AMI, stroke, and major amputation after elective infrainguinal endovascular surgery for IC in 626 patients with and 1112 without DM at 30 postoperative days and after median 5.2 [interquartile range (IQR) 4.2-6.3] years of follow-up for patients with DM, and 5.4 (IQR 4.3-6.5) years for those without. RESULTS In propensity score adjusted Cox regression after 30 postoperative days, there were no differences between groups in morbidity or mortality. At last follow-up, patients with DM showed higher rates of MACE [hazard ratio (HR) 1.26, confidence interval (CI) 1.07-1.48; p < 0.01], AMI (HR 1.48, CI 1.09-2.00; p = 0.01), and major amputation (HR 2.31, CI 1.24-4.32; p < 0.01). Among patients with DM, higher HbA1c was associated with higher total mortality during follow-up (HR 1.01, CI 1.00-1.03; p = 0.045). CONCLUSION Patients with DM have higher rates of MACE, AMI, and major amputation in propensity score adjusted analysis during 5 years of follow-up after infrainguinal endovascular surgery for IC. Furthermore, HbA1c is associated with total mortality in patients with DM. Prevention and treatment of DM is important to improve cardiovascular and limb outcomes.
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- Department of Vascular Diseases, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Swedish National Diabetes Register, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Vascular Diseases, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Research Unit, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Swedish National Diabetes Register, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Vascular Diseases, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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Sharma A, Verma S. Mechanisms by Which Glucagon-Like-Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Can J Diabetes 2019; 44:93-102. [PMID: 31882322 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2019.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 09/09/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The growing global burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus confers significant morbidity and mortality in addition to significant cost to local health-care systems. In recent years, 2 classes of therapies have shown some promise in reducing the risk of adverse cardiovascular (CV) events: 1) glucagon-like-peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and 2) sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors. The mechanisms whereby these therapies reduce the risk of adverse CV outcomes are emerging. Both classes of therapies have overlapping yet distinct mechanisms of action. GLP-1 receptor agonists appear to target the incretin axis, inhibit gastric mobility pathways, modify CV risk factors through weight reduction, induce protection of ischemia/reperfusion injury and improve endothelial dysfunction. In comparison, SGLT-2 inhibitors appear to improve ventricular loading conditions, reduce sympathetic nervous system activation, reduce cardiac fibrosis, reduce renal hypoxia and renal-cardiac signalling, reduce left ventricular mass and improve cardiac energetics. In this review, we summarize the potential mechanisms whereby GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT-2 inhibitors improve CV outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and highlight evidence for their use in populations without diabetes.
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- Abhinav Sharma
- Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Knudsen LB, Lau J. The Discovery and Development of Liraglutide and Semaglutide. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2019; 10:155. [PMID: 31031702 PMCID: PMC6474072 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 390] [Impact Index Per Article: 78.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The discovery of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), an incretin hormone with important effects on glycemic control and body weight regulation, led to efforts to extend its half-life and make it therapeutically effective in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). The development of short- and then long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) followed. Our article charts the discovery and development of the long-acting GLP-1 analogs liraglutide and, subsequently, semaglutide. We examine the chemistry employed in designing liraglutide and semaglutide, the human and non-human studies used to investigate their cellular targets and pharmacological effects, and ongoing investigations into new applications and formulations of these drugs. Reversible binding to albumin was used for the systemic protraction of liraglutide and semaglutide, with optimal fatty acid and linker combinations identified to maximize albumin binding while maintaining GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R) potency. GLP-1RAs mediate their effects via this receptor, which is expressed in the pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, heart, lungs, kidneys, and brain. GLP-1Rs in the pancreas and brain have been shown to account for the respective improvements in glycemic control and body weight that are evident with liraglutide and semaglutide. Both liraglutide and semaglutide also positively affect cardiovascular (CV) outcomes in individuals with T2D, although the precise mechanism is still being explored. Significant weight loss, through an effect to reduce energy intake, led to the approval of liraglutide (3.0 mg) for the treatment of obesity, an indication currently under investigation with semaglutide. Other ongoing investigations with semaglutide include the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NASH) and its use in an oral formulation for the treatment of T2D. In summary, rational design has led to the development of two long-acting GLP-1 analogs, liraglutide and semaglutide, that have made a vast contribution to the management of T2D in terms of improvements in glycemic control, body weight, blood pressure, lipids, beta-cell function, and CV outcomes. Furthermore, the development of an oral formulation for semaglutide may provide individuals with additional benefits in relation to treatment adherence. In addition to T2D, liraglutide is used in the treatment of obesity, while semaglutide is currently under investigation for use in obesity and NASH.
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- Lotte Bjerre Knudsen
- Global Drug Discovery, Novo Nordisk A/S, Måløv, Denmark
- *Correspondence: Lotte Bjerre Knudsen
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- Global Research Technology, Novo Nordisk A/S, Måløv, Denmark
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The GLP-1 Analogs Liraglutide and Semaglutide Reduce Atherosclerosis in ApoE -/- and LDLr -/- Mice by a Mechanism That Includes Inflammatory Pathways. JACC Basic Transl Sci 2018; 3:844-857. [PMID: 30623143 PMCID: PMC6314963 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2018.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Revised: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The GLP-1RAs liraglutide and semaglutide reduce cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes patients. In ApoE−/− mice and LDLr−/− mice, liraglutide and semaglutide treatment significantly attenuated plaque lesion development, in part independently of body weight and cholesterol lowering. Semaglutide decreased levels of plasma markers of systemic inflammation in an acute inflammation model (lipopolysaccharide), and transcriptomic analysis of aortic atherosclerotic tissue revealed that multiple inflammatory pathways were down-regulated by semaglutide.
The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) liraglutide and semaglutide reduce cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes patients. The mode of action is suggested to occur through modified atherosclerotic progression. In this study, both of the compounds significantly attenuated plaque lesion development in apolipoprotein E-deficient (ApoE−/−) mice and low-density lipoprotein receptor-deficient (LDLr−/−) mice. This attenuation was partly independent of weight and cholesterol lowering. In aortic tissue, exposure to a Western diet alters expression of genes in pathways relevant to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, including leukocyte recruitment, leukocyte rolling, adhesion/extravasation, cholesterol metabolism, lipid-mediated signaling, extracellular matrix protein turnover, and plaque hemorrhage. Treatment with semaglutide significantly reversed these changes. These data suggest GLP-1RAs affect atherosclerosis through an anti-inflammatory mechanism.
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Key Words
- CD163, cluster of differentiation 163 molecule
- GLP, glucagon-like peptide
- GLP-1
- IFN, interferon
- IL, interleukin
- LDL, low-density lipoprotein
- LPS, lipopolysaccharide
- MMP, matrix metalloproteinase
- NASH, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
- OPN, osteopontin
- RNA, ribonucleic acid
- TIMP, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases
- TNF, tumor necrosis factor
- WD, Western diet
- atherosclerosis
- diabetes
- inflammation
- obesity
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Bretón‐Romero R, Weisbrod RM, Feng B, Holbrook M, Ko D, Stathos MM, Zhang J, Fetterman JL, Hamburg NM. Liraglutide Treatment Reduces Endothelial Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Insulin Resistance in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus. J Am Heart Assoc 2018; 7:e009379. [PMID: 30371206 PMCID: PMC6222937 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.009379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Background Prior studies have shown that nutrient excess induces endoplasmic reticulum ( ER ) stress in nonvascular tissues from patients with diabetes mellitus ( DM ). ER stress and the subsequent unfolded protein response may be protective, but sustained activation may drive vascular injury. Whether ER stress contributes to endothelial dysfunction in patients with DM remains unknown. Methods and Results To characterize vascular ER stress, we isolated endothelial cells from 42 patients with DM and 37 subjects without DM. Endothelial cells from patients with DM displayed higher levels of ER stress markers compared with controls without DM. Both the early adaptive response, evidenced by higher phosphorylated protein kinase-like ER eukaryotic initiation factor-2a kinase and inositol-requiring ER-to-nucleus signaling protein 1 ( P=0.02, P=0.007, respectively), and the chronic ER stress response evidenced by higher C/ EBP α-homologous protein ( P=0.02), were activated in patients with DM . Higher inositol-requiring ER-to-nucleus signaling protein 1 activation was associated with lower flow-mediated dilation, consistent with endothelial dysfunction ( r=0.53, P=0.02). Acute treatment with liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist, reduced p-inositol-requiring ER-to-nucleus signaling protein 1 ( P=0.01), and the activation of its downstream target c-jun N-terminal kinase ( P=0.025) in endothelial cells from patients with DM . Furthermore, liraglutide restored insulin-stimulated endothelial nitric oxide synthase activation in patients with DM ( P=0.019). Conclusions In summary, our data suggest that ER stress contributes to vascular insulin resistance and endothelial dysfunction in patients with DM . Further, we have demonstrated that liraglutide ameliorates ER stress, decreases c-jun N-terminal kinase activation and restores insulin-mediated endothelial nitric oxide synthase activation in endothelial cells from patients with DM .
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- Rosa Bretón‐Romero
- Whitaker Cardiovascular InstituteBoston University School of MedicineBostonMA
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- Whitaker Cardiovascular InstituteBoston University School of MedicineBostonMA
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- Whitaker Cardiovascular InstituteBoston University School of MedicineBostonMA
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- Whitaker Cardiovascular InstituteBoston University School of MedicineBostonMA
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- Whitaker Cardiovascular InstituteBoston University School of MedicineBostonMA
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- Whitaker Cardiovascular InstituteBoston University School of MedicineBostonMA
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- Whitaker Cardiovascular InstituteBoston University School of MedicineBostonMA
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- Whitaker Cardiovascular InstituteBoston University School of MedicineBostonMA
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), yet a significant proportion of the disease burden cannot be accounted for by conventional cardiovascular risk factors. Hypertension occurs in majority of people with T2DM, which is substantially more frequent than would be anticipated based on general population samples. The impact of hypertension is considerably higher in people with diabetes than it is in the general population, suggesting either an increased sensitivity to its effect or a confounding underlying aetiopathogenic mechanism of hypertension associated with CVD within diabetes. In this contribution, we aim to review the changes observed in the vascular tree in people with T2DM compared to the general population, the effects of established anti-diabetes drugs on microvascular outcomes, and explore the hypotheses to account for common causalities of the increased prevalence of CVD and hypertension in people with T2DM.
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- W David Strain
- Diabetes and Vascular Medicine Research Centre, NIHR Exeter Clinical Research Facility and Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5AX, UK.
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Ciresi A, Vigneri E, Radellini S, Pantò F, Giordano C. Liraglutide Improves Cardiovascular Risk as an Add-on to Metformin and Not to Insulin Secretagogues in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: A Real-life 48-Month Retrospective Study. Diabetes Ther 2018; 9:363-371. [PMID: 29139081 PMCID: PMC5801224 DOI: 10.1007/s13300-017-0338-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Although liraglutide is widely recognized to have glycemic and extra-glycemic effects, few studies have compared these effects in relation to hypoglycemic treatment starting from the diagnosis of diabetes. We evaluated the effectiveness of liraglutide in reducing the Framingham risk score (FRS) and visceral adiposity index (VAI) in relation to first-line hypoglycemic treatment from diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, continued without any changes. METHODS We selected 105 diabetic outpatients who were treated with liraglutide for at least 48 months as an add-on therapy to metformin alone (group A, n = 52) or insulin secretagogues (group B, n = 53) from diagnosis time. RESULTS Although both groups showed a reduction in BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure, HbA1c and triglycerides, only group A showed a significant reduction in FRS (p < 0.001) and VAI (p = 0.012) after 48 months. No significant intergroup difference was found for any parameters at either baseline or 48 months, with the exception of FRS at 48 months, lower in group A (p = 0.002), regardless of duration of disease, improvement in glycemic control and VAI. CONCLUSION Our data show that during a 48-month follow-up liraglutide was more efficacious in reducing cardiovascular risk than when it was used as add-on therapy to the first-line therapy from diagnosis with metformin and not with insulin secretagogues.
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- Alessandro Ciresi
- Section of Endocrinology, Biomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology, Biomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology, Biomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology, Biomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology, Biomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
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Lambadiari V, Pavlidis G, Kousathana F, Varoudi M, Vlastos D, Maratou E, Georgiou D, Andreadou I, Parissis J, Triantafyllidi H, Lekakis J, Iliodromitis E, Dimitriadis G, Ikonomidis I. Effects of 6-month treatment with the glucagon like peptide-1 analogue liraglutide on arterial stiffness, left ventricular myocardial deformation and oxidative stress in subjects with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2018; 17:8. [PMID: 29310645 PMCID: PMC5759220 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-017-0646-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Background Incretin-based therapies are used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity. We investigated the changes in arterial stiffness and left ventricular (LV) myocardial deformation after 6-month treatment with the GLP-1 analogue liraglutide in subjects with newly diagnosed T2DM. Methods We randomized 60 patients with newly diagnosed and treatment-naive T2DM to receive either liraglutide (n = 30) or metformin (n = 30) for 6 months. We measured at baseline and after 6-month treatment: (a) carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) (b) LV longitudinal strain (GLS), and strain rate (GLSR), peak twisting (pTw), peak twisting velocity (pTwVel) and peak untwisting velocity (pUtwVel) using speckle tracking echocardiography. LV untwisting was calculated as the percentage difference between peak twisting and untwisting at MVO (%dpTw–UtwMVO), at peak (%dpTw–UtwPEF) and end of early LV diastolic filling (%dpTw–UtwEDF) (c) Flow mediated dilatation (FMD) of the brachial artery and percentage difference of FMD (FMD%) (d) malondialdehyde (MDA), protein carbonyls (PCs) and NT-proBNP. Results After 6-months treatment, subjects that received liraglutide presented with a reduced PWV (11.8 ± 2.5 vs. 10.3 ± 3.3 m/s), MDA (0.92 [0.45–2.45] vs. 0.68 [0.43–2.08] nM/L) and NT-proBNP (p < 0.05) in parallel with an increase in GLS (− 15.4 ± 3 vs. − 16.6 ± 2.7), GLSR (0.77 ± 0.2 vs. 0.89 ± 0.2), pUtwVel (− 97 ± 49 vs. − 112 ± 52°, p < 0.05), %dpTw–UtwMVO (31 ± 10 vs. 40 ± 14), %dpTw–UtwPEF (43 ± 19 vs. 53 ± 22) and FMD% (8.9 ± 3 vs. 13.2 ± 6, p < 0.01). There were no statistically significant differences of the measured markers in subjects that received metformin except for an improvement in FMD. In all subjects, PCs levels at baseline were negatively related to the difference of GLS (r = − 0.53) post-treatment and the difference of MDA was associated with the difference of PWV (r = 0.52) (p < 0.05 for all associations) after 6-month treatment. Conclusions Six-month treatment with liraglutide improves arterial stiffness, LV myocardial strain, LV twisting and untwisting and NT-proBNP by reducing oxidative stress in subjects with newly diagnosed T2DM. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT03010683
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- Vaia Lambadiari
- 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Research Unit and Diabetes Center, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Rimini 1, Haidari, 12462, Athens, Greece.
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- 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Research Unit and Diabetes Center, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Rimini 1, Haidari, 12462, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Research Unit and Diabetes Center, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Rimini 1, Haidari, 12462, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Cardiology Department, Attikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Rimini 1 str, Haidari, 12462, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Cardiology Department, Attikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Rimini 1 str, Haidari, 12462, Athens, Greece
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- Hellenic National Center for the Prevention of Diabetes and Its Complications HNDC, 3 Ploutarchou str, 10675, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Cardiology Department, Attikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Rimini 1 str, Haidari, 12462, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Cardiology Department, Attikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Rimini 1 str, Haidari, 12462, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Cardiology Department, Attikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Rimini 1 str, Haidari, 12462, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Cardiology Department, Attikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Rimini 1 str, Haidari, 12462, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Research Unit and Diabetes Center, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Rimini 1, Haidari, 12462, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Cardiology Department, Attikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Rimini 1 str, Haidari, 12462, Athens, Greece
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Liu Y, Jiang X, Chen X. Liraglutide and Metformin alone or combined therapy for type 2 diabetes patients complicated with coronary artery disease. Lipids Health Dis 2017; 16:227. [PMID: 29197387 PMCID: PMC5712174 DOI: 10.1186/s12944-017-0609-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 11/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This study is to compare the effects of Liraglutide and Metformin alone or combined treatment on the cardiac function in T2DM patients complicated with CAD. METHODS 120 T2DM patients were included at Endocrinology Department of Tianjin First Center Hospital (Tianjin, China) from April 2012 to September 2013. The study contained two sections. Section 1: 30 patients in group 1 was treated with Liraglutide (Novo Nordisk) (1.2 mg/d), and 30 patients in group 2 with Metformin (Shiguibao) (1500 mg/d) for 24 weeks. Section 2: 30 patients in group1 was treated with Liraglutide (1.8 mg/d) and 30 in group 2 with Liraglutide (1.2 mg/d) plus Metformin (1500 mg/d) for 24 weeks. Fasting blood glucose (FBG), postprandial glucose (PPG), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), body mass index (BMI), blood pressure (BP), triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), C reactive protein (CRP), left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD), ejection fraction (EF) and the ratio of early (E) to late (A) ventricular filling velocities (E/A ratio) were measured before and after the 24-week treatment. RESULTS After 24-week treatment, when blood glucose level was controlled in 4 groups, Liraglutide alone treatment showed better improvements than on all measuring except TG in Section 1, however, combined treatment of Liraglutide and Metformin showed better improvements on all measuring except BMI, TG and BP in Section 2. CONCLUSIONS With similar glycemic control, the Liraglutide (1.2 mg/d) monotherapy showed the better effects than either Metformin alone, or combination of Liraglutide and Metformin on lipid metabolism and cardiovascular function. TRIAL REGISTRATION This trial was registered at Chinese Clinical Trial Registry ( chictr.org.cn ) # ChiCTR-IPR-16008578 .
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- Ying Liu
- Department of Endocrinology, Tianjin First Center Hospital, 24 Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300192, China.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Tianjin First Center Hospital, 24 Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin, 300192, China
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Gajdova J, Karasek D, Goldmannova D, Krystynik O, Schovanek J, Vaverkova H, Zadrazil J. Pulse wave analysis and diabetes mellitus. A systematic review. Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub 2017. [DOI: 10.5507/bp.2017.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Rizzo M, Rizvi AA, Sesti G. Cardiovascular effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist therapies in patients with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Obes Metab 2017; 19:613-614. [PMID: 28098425 DOI: 10.1111/dom.12883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Revised: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Manfredi Rizzo
- Biomedical Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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Synergistic effects of metformin with liraglutide against endothelial dysfunction through GLP-1 receptor and PKA signalling pathway. Sci Rep 2017; 7:41085. [PMID: 28145471 PMCID: PMC5286534 DOI: 10.1038/srep41085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Metformin or glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue liraglutide has cardiovascular benefits. However, it is not clear whether their combined treatment have additive or synergistic effects on the vasculature. In this study, human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), exposed to palmitic acid (PA) to induce endothelial dysfunction, were incubated with metformin, liraglutide or their combination. High fat diet (HFD)-fed ApoE−/− mice were randomized into control, metformin, liraglutide, and combination treatment groups. Results showed that in PA-treated HUVECs and HFD-fed ApoE−/− mice, combination of metformin and liraglutide at lower dose significantly improved endothelial dysfunction compared with the single treatment. Metformin upregulated GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R) level and protein kinase A (PKA) phosphorylation. However, PKA inhibition but not GLP-1R blockade eliminated the protective effects of metformin on endothelial function. Furthermore, AMPK inhibitor compound C abolished the metformin-mediated upregulation of GLP-1R level and PKA phosphorylation. In conclusion, combination of metformin and liraglutide has synergistic protective effects on endothelial function. Moreover, metformin stimulates GLP-1R and PKA signalling via AMPK-dependent pathway, which may account for its synergistic protective effects with liraglutide. Our findings provide new insights on the interaction between metformin and GLP-1, and provide important information for designing new GLP-1-based therapy strategies in treating type 2 diabetes.
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Iacobellis G, Mohseni M, Bianco SD, Banga PK. Liraglutide causes large and rapid epicardial fat reduction. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2017; 25:311-316. [PMID: 28124506 DOI: 10.1002/oby.21718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2016] [Revised: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), the visceral fat depot of the heart, is a modifiable cardiovascular risk factor and emerging therapeutic target. Liraglutide, an analog of glucagon-like peptide-1, is indicated for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Liraglutide has recently been shown to reduce cardiovascular risk. Nevertheless, whether liraglutide could reduce EAT is unknown. METHODS To test the hypothesis, a 6-month randomized, open-label, controlled study was performed in 95 type 2 diabetic subjects with body mass index (BMI) ≥27 kg/m2 and hemoglobinA1c ≤8% on metformin monotherapy. Individuals were randomized in two groups to receive additional liraglutide up to 1.8 mg s.c. once daily (n = 54) or to remain on metformin up to 1,000 mg twice daily (n = 41). Ultrasound-measured EAT thickness was measured at baseline and at 3- and 6-month follow-ups. RESULTS In the liraglutide group, EAT decreased from 9.6 ± 2 to 6.8 ± 1.5 and 6.2 ± 1.5 mm (P < 0.001), accounting for a -29% and -36% of reduction at 3 and 6 months, respectively, whereas there was no EAT reduction in the metformin group; BMI and hemoglobinA1c improved only in the liraglutide group after 6 months. CONCLUSIONS Liraglutide causes a substantial and rapid EAT reduction. Liraglutide cardiometabolic effects may be EAT-mediated.
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- Gianluca Iacobellis
- Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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Scott RA, Freitag DF, Li L, Chu AY, Surendran P, Young R, Grarup N, Stancáková A, Chen Y, Varga TV, Yaghootkar H, Luan J, Zhao JH, Willems SM, Wessel J, Wang S, Maruthur N, Michailidou K, Pirie A, van der Lee SJ, Gillson C, Al Olama AA, Amouyel P, Arriola L, Arveiler D, Aviles-Olmos I, Balkau B, Barricarte A, Barroso I, Garcia SB, Bis JC, Blankenberg S, Boehnke M, Boeing H, Boerwinkle E, Borecki IB, Bork-Jensen J, Bowden S, Caldas C, Caslake M, Cupples LA, Cruchaga C, Czajkowski J, den Hoed M, Dunn JA, Earl HM, Ehret GB, Ferrannini E, Ferrieres J, Foltynie T, Ford I, Forouhi NG, Gianfagna F, Gonzalez C, Grioni S, Hiller L, Jansson JH, Jørgensen ME, Jukema JW, Kaaks R, Kee F, Kerrison ND, Key TJ, Kontto J, Kote-Jarai Z, Kraja AT, Kuulasmaa K, Kuusisto J, Linneberg A, Liu C, Marenne G, Mohlke KL, Morris AP, Muir K, Müller-Nurasyid M, Munroe PB, Navarro C, Nielsen SF, Nilsson PM, Nordestgaard BG, Packard CJ, Palli D, Panico S, Peloso GM, Perola M, Peters A, Poole CJ, Quirós JR, Rolandsson O, Sacerdote C, Salomaa V, Sánchez MJ, Sattar N, Sharp SJ, Sims R, Slimani N, Smith JA, Thompson DJ, Trompet S, Tumino R, van der A DL, van der Schouw YT, Virtamo J, Walker M, Walter K, Abraham JE, Amundadottir LT, Aponte JL, Butterworth AS, Dupuis J, Easton DF, Eeles RA, Erdmann J, Franks PW, Frayling TM, Hansen T, Howson JMM, Jørgensen T, Kooner J, Laakso M, Langenberg C, McCarthy MI, Pankow JS, Pedersen O, Riboli E, Rotter JI, Saleheen D, Samani NJ, Schunkert H, Vollenweider P, O'Rahilly S, Deloukas P, Danesh J, Goodarzi MO, Kathiresan S, Meigs JB, Ehm MG, Wareham NJ, Waterworth DM. A genomic approach to therapeutic target validation identifies a glucose-lowering GLP1R variant protective for coronary heart disease. Sci Transl Med 2016; 8:341ra76. [PMID: 27252175 PMCID: PMC5219001 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aad3744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Regulatory authorities have indicated that new drugs to treat type 2 diabetes (T2D) should not be associated with an unacceptable increase in cardiovascular risk. Human genetics may be able to guide development of antidiabetic therapies by predicting cardiovascular and other health endpoints. We therefore investigated the association of variants in six genes that encode drug targets for obesity or T2D with a range of metabolic traits in up to 11,806 individuals by targeted exome sequencing and follow-up in 39,979 individuals by targeted genotyping, with additional in silico follow-up in consortia. We used these data to first compare associations of variants in genes encoding drug targets with the effects of pharmacological manipulation of those targets in clinical trials. We then tested the association of those variants with disease outcomes, including coronary heart disease, to predict cardiovascular safety of these agents. A low-frequency missense variant (Ala316Thr; rs10305492) in the gene encoding glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP1R), the target of GLP1R agonists, was associated with lower fasting glucose and T2D risk, consistent with GLP1R agonist therapies. The minor allele was also associated with protection against heart disease, thus providing evidence that GLP1R agonists are not likely to be associated with an unacceptable increase in cardiovascular risk. Our results provide an encouraging signal that these agents may be associated with benefit, a question currently being addressed in randomized controlled trials. Genetic variants associated with metabolic traits and multiple disease outcomes can be used to validate therapeutic targets at an early stage in the drug development process.
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- Robert A Scott
- Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK. The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- Statistical Genetics, Projects, Clinical Platforms, and Sciences (PCPS), GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Internal Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University, SE-205 Malmö, Sweden
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- Genetics of Complex Traits, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK. Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CE Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- University of Lille, INSERM, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, UMR 1167, RID-AGE, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Public Health Division of Gipuzkoa, San Sebastian 20013, Spain. Instituto BIO-Donostia, Basque Government, San Sebastian 20014, Spain. CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EA3430), University of Strasbourg, 67085 Strasbourg, France
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- INSERM, Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations (CESP), 94807 Villejuif, France. Univeristy of Paris-Sud, F-94805 Villejuif, France
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- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid 28029, Spain. Navarre Public Health Institute (ISPN), Pamplona 31003, Spain
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK. University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
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- German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbruecke, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany
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- Human Genetics Center, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77025, USA. Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Division of Statistical Genomics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, Institute for Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute and Department of Oncology, Li Ka Shing Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA. Framingham Heart Study, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Framingham, MA 01702-5827, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Division of Statistical Genomics, Department of Genetics and Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Epidemiology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, SE-752 37 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- University of Cambridge and National Institute of Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Institute of Clinical Physiology, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, UMR 1027, INSERM, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Toulouse, 31000 Toulouse, France
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Research Centre in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy. Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed, 86077 Pozzilli, Italy
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- Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Research Unit, 931 41 Skellefteå, Sweden. Department of Public Health & Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, 901 85 Umeå, Sweden
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- Steno Diabetes Center, 2820 Gentofte, Denmark. National Institute of Public Health, Southern Denmark University, DK-1353 Odense, Denmark
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- Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands
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- German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, Belfast BT12 6BJ, UK
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Statistical Genomics, Department of Genetics and Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Internal Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland. Kuopio University Hospital, FL 70029 Kuopio, Finland
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- Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Capital Region, DK-2600 Copenhagen, Denmark. Department of Clinical Experimental Research, Rigshospitalet, 2100 Glostrup, Denmark. Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Framingham Heart Study, Population Sciences Branch, NHLBI/National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7264, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GL, UK. Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Centre for Epidemiology, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany. Department of Medicine I, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany. DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, 80802 Munich, Germany
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- Clinical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid 28029, Spain. Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Council, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia 30008, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, 2730 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, University of Copenhagen, 2730 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Cancer Research and Prevention Institute (ISPO), 50141 Florence, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Federico II University, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland. Institute of Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, 80802 Munich, Germany. Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. Department of Medical Oncology, Arden Cancer Centre, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, West Midlands CV2 2DX, UK
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- Public Health Directorate, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, Citta' della Salute e della Scienza Hospital, University of Turin, 10126 Torino, Italy. Center for Cancer Prevention (CPO), 10126 Torino, Italy. Human Genetics Foundation, 10126 Torino, Italy
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland
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- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid 28029, Spain. Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA. Hospitales Universitarios de Granada/Universidad de Granada, Granada 18012, Spain
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience, MRC Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 4HQ, UK
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, 69372 Lyon, France
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands
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- Cancer Registry and Histopathology Unit, "Civic-M.P. Arezzo" Hospital, ASP Ragusa, 97100 Ragusa, Italy
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), 3720 BA Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Genetics, PCPS, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK. Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK. Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Fulham and Sutton, London and Surrey SW3 6JJ, UK
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- Institut für Integrative und Experimentelle Genomik, Universität zu Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University, SE-205 Malmö, Sweden. Department of Public Health & Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, 901 85 Umeå, Sweden. Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Genetics of Complex Traits, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Research Centre for Prevention and Health, DK-2600 Capital Region, Denmark. Department of Public Health, Institute of Health Science, University of Copenhagen, 1014 Copenhagen, Denmark. Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London SW3 6LY, UK. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London W2 1NY, UK. Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, Middlesex UB1 3HW, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Kuopio, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK. Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0381, USA
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK
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- Institute for Translational Genomics and Population Sciences, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK. National Institute for Health Research, Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK
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- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, 80802 Munich, Germany. Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, 80636 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, BH10-462, Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK. MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK. National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK. The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Cardiology Division, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Genetics, PCPS, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
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Østergaard L, Frandsen CS, Madsbad S. Treatment potential of the GLP-1 receptor agonists in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a review. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2016; 9:241-65. [PMID: 26573176 DOI: 10.1586/17512433.2016.1121808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Over the last decade, the discovery of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) has increased the treatment options for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). GLP-1 RAs mimic the effects of native GLP-1, which increases insulin secretion, inhibits glucagon secretion, increases satiety and slows gastric emptying. This review evaluates the phase III trials for all approved GLP-1 RAs and reports that all GLP-1 RAs decrease HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose, and lead to a reduction in body weight in the majority of trials. The most common adverse events are nausea and other gastrointestinal discomfort, while hypoglycaemia is rarely reported when GLP-1 RAs not are combined with sulfonylurea or insulin. Treatment options in the near future will include co-formulations of basal insulin and a GLP-1 RA.
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- L Østergaard
- a Department of Endocrinology, Hvidovre Hospital , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- a Department of Endocrinology, Hvidovre Hospital , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- a Department of Endocrinology, Hvidovre Hospital , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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Shi L, Tan G, Zhang K. Relationship of the Serum CRP Level With the Efficacy of Metformin in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis. J Clin Lab Anal 2016; 30:13-22. [PMID: 25277876 PMCID: PMC6807049 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.21803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Metformin, an anti-diabetes drug, is always used as a first-line agent for the management of T2DM. This meta-analysis was conducted to investigate whether CRP was sensitive in predicting the efficacy of metformin in the treatment of T2DM. METHODS Potential relevant studies were identified covering the following databases: MEDLINE, Science Citation Index database, the Cochrane Library Database, PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Current Contents Index, the Chinese Biomedical Database, the Chinese Journal Full-Text Database, and the Weipu Journal Database. Data from eligible studies were extracted and included into the meta-analysis using a random effects model. Statistical analyses were calculated using the version 12.0 STATA software. RESULTS A total of 33 articles including 1,433 subjects were collected for analysis. Pooled SMD of those studies revealed that serum levels of CRP and hs-CRP significantly decreased in patients with T2DM after receiving the metformin treatment. Subgroup analysis by country yielded significant different estimates in the serum levels of CRP between the baseline and after metformin treatment in the China, Israel and India subgroups; but only detected only in the China subgroup considering serum levels of hs-CRP. Follow-up time-stratified analyses indicated that serum levels of CRP were markedly reduced in the metformin-treated group in all subgroups. While differences in serum hs-CRP levels were not observed in two subgroups. CONCLUSION Decreased serum levels of CRP and hs-CRP may contribute to a more sensitive prediction in providing a more accurate efficacy reference in the metformin drug in T2DM patients.
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- Lei Shi
- Department of PharmacyLiaochengP.R. China
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- Department of PharmacyLiaocheng Third People's HospitalLiaochengP.R. China
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Pfützner A, Hermanns I, Ramljak S, Demircik F, Pfützner AH, Kann PH, Weber MM. Elevated Intact Proinsulin Levels During an Oral Glucose Challenge Indicate Progressive ß-Cell Dysfunction and May Be Predictive for Development of Type 2 Diabetes. J Diabetes Sci Technol 2015; 9:1307-12. [PMID: 26420624 PMCID: PMC4667304 DOI: 10.1177/1932296815607862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Elevated fasting intact proinsulin is a biomarker of late-stage ß-cell-dysfunction associated with clinically relevant insulin resistance. In this pilot investigation, we explored the potential value of measuring intact proinsulin as a functional predictor of ß-cell exhaustion during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). METHODS The study was performed with 31 participants, 11 of whom were healthy subjects (7 female, age: 59 ± 20 years), 10 had impaired glucose tolerance (IGT, 6 female, 62 ± 10 years), and 10 had known type 2 diabetes (T2DM, 5 female, 53 ± 11 years, HbA1c: 7.0 ± 0.6%, disease duration: 8 ± 5 years). During OGTT, blood was drawn after 0 hours, 1 hour, and 2 hours for determination of glucose and intact proinsulin. Five years later, patients were again contacted to assess their diabetes status and the association to the previous OGTT results was analyzed. RESULTS The OGTT (0 hours/1 hour/2 hours) results were as follows: healthy subjects: glucose: 94 ± 8 mg/dL/140 ± 29 mg/dL/90 ± 24 mg/dL, intact proinsulin: 3 ± 2 pmol/L/10 ± 7 pmol/L/10 ± 5 pmol/L); IGT: glucose: 102 ± 9 mg/dL/158 ± 57 mg/dL/149 ± 34 mg/dL, intact proinsulin: 7 ± 4 pmol/L/23 ± 8 pmol/L/28 ± 6 pmol/L; T2DM: glucose: 121 ± 20 mg/dL/230 ± 51 mg/dL/213 ± 34 mg/dL; intact proinsulin: 7 ± 7 pmol/L/26 ± 9 pmol/L/27 ± 10 pmol/L). Five years later, all of the IGT and 2 of the healthy subjects had developed T2DM and one had devloped IGT. All of them had elevated 2-hour proinsulin values in the initial OGTT, while patients with normal intact proinsulin results did not develop diabetes. CONCLUSIONS Elevated 2-hour intact proinsulin levels during OGTT were predictive for later type 2 diabetes development. Further studies need to confirm our findings in larger populations.
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- Andreas Pfützner
- Pfützner Science & Health Institute, Diabetes Center and Practice, Mainz, Germany
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- University Hospital Mainz, Center of Thrombosis and Homeostasis, Mainz, Germany
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- Pfützner Science & Health Institute, Diabetes Center and Practice, Mainz, Germany
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- Pfützner Science & Health Institute, Diabetes Center and Practice, Mainz, Germany
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- Universitäty Hospital, Department of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Marburg, Germany
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- University-Hospital, Department of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Mainz, Germany
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Simó R, Guerci B, Schernthaner G, Gallwitz B, Rosas-Guzmàn J, Dotta F, Festa A, Zhou M, Kiljański J. Long-term changes in cardiovascular risk markers during administration of exenatide twice daily or glimepiride: results from the European exenatide study. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2015; 14:116. [PMID: 26338040 PMCID: PMC4558893 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-015-0279-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality is significantly increased in patients with diabetes; thus, it is important to determine whether glucose-lowering therapy affects this risk over time. Changes in cardiovascular risk markers were examined in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with exenatide twice daily (a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist) or glimepiride (a sulfonylurea) added to metformin in the EURopean EXenAtide (EUREXA) study. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Patients with type 2 diabetes failing metformin were randomized to add-on exenatide twice daily (n = 515) or glimepiride (n = 514) until treatment failure defined by hemoglobin A1C. Anthropomorphic measures, blood pressure (BP), heart rate, lipids, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) over time were evaluated. RESULTS Over 36 months, twice-daily exenatide was associated with improved body weight (-3.9 kg), waist circumference (-3.6 cm), systolic/diastolic BP (-2.5/-2.6 mmHg), high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol (0.05 mmol/L), triglycerides (-0.2 mmol/L), and hsCRP (-1.7 mg/L). Heart rate did not increase (-0.3 beats/minute), and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (0.2 mmol/L) and total cholesterol (0.1 mmol/L) increased slightly. Between-group differences were significantly in favor of exenatide for body weight (P < 0.0001), waist circumference (P < 0.001), systolic BP (P < 0.001), diastolic BP (P = 0.023), HDL-cholesterol (P = 0.001), and hsCRP (P = 0.004). Fewer patients randomized to exenatide twice daily versus glimepiride required the addition of at least one antihypertensive (20.4 vs 26.4%; P = 0.026) or lipid-lowering medication (8.4 vs 12.8%; P = 0.025). CONCLUSIONS Add-on exenatide twice daily was associated with significant, sustained improvement in several cardiovascular risk markers in patients with type 2 diabetes versus glimepiride. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT00359762, http://www.ClinicalTrials.gov.
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- Rafael Simó
- CIREDEM, Carlos III Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
- Diabetes Research and Metabolism Unit, Institut de Recerca Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Diabetologie, Maladies Metaboliques and Nutrition, Hôpital Brabois, CHU de Nancy, et CIC Inserm, Vandoeuvre Lès Nancy, France.
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- Medizinische Klinik IV, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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- Diabetes Unit, Policlinico Le Scotte, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
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- Eli Lilly and Company, Eli Lilly Regional Operations Ges.m.b.H., Vienna, Austria.
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pennington, NJ, USA.
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- Eli Lilly, Eli Lilly and Company, Eli Lilly Polska Sp. z o.o., Warsaw, Poland.
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Cosenso-Martin LN, Giollo-Júnior LT, Martineli DD, Cesarino CB, Nakazone MA, Cipullo JP, Vilela-Martin JF. Twelve-week randomized study to compare the effect of vildagliptin vs. glibenclamide both added-on to metformin on endothelium function in patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Diabetol Metab Syndr 2015; 7:70. [PMID: 26312070 PMCID: PMC4550051 DOI: 10.1186/s13098-015-0062-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Vildagliptin, a DPP-4 inhibitor widely used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), shows beneficial effects on endothelial function. This study aims to evaluate the effect of vildagliptin on endothelial function and arterial stiffness in patients with T2DM and hypertension. METHODS Fifty over 35-year-old patients with T2DM and hypertension, without cardiovascular disease, will be randomly allocated to two groups: group 1 will receive vildagliptin added-on to metformin and group 2, glibenclamide added-on to metformin. Biochemical tests (glycemia, glycated hemoglobin, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, creatinine, alanine aminotransferase, ultrasensitive C-reactive protein, and microalbuminuria), 24-h non-invasive ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and assessment of endothelial function and arterial stiffness will be performed in both groups before and after 12 weeks of treatment. The endothelial function will be assessed by peripheral arterial tonometry, which measures the reactive hyperemia index (vasodilation), and arterial stiffness will be evaluated by applanation tonometry. All analysis will be performed using SPSS Statistical Software. For all analysis, a 2-sided P < 0.05 will be considered statistically significant. RESULTS The study started in December 2013 and patient recruitment is programed until October 2015. The expected results are that vildagliptin will improve the endothelial function in patients with T2DM and hypertension compared to glibenclamide treatment, independently of glycemic control. CONCLUSIONS It is expected that this DPP-4 inhibitor will improve endothelial function in patients with T2 DM. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinical Trials NCT02145611, registered on 11 Jun 2013.
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- Luciana Neves Cosenso-Martin
- />Hospital de Base/Centro Integrado de Pesquisa da Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto (FUNFARME), São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
- />Internal Medicine Department and Hypertension Clinic, State Medical School in São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP), Ave Brig. Faria Lima 5416, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15090-000 Brazil
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- />Hospital de Base/Centro Integrado de Pesquisa da Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto (FUNFARME), São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
- />Internal Medicine Department and Hypertension Clinic, State Medical School in São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP), Ave Brig. Faria Lima 5416, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15090-000 Brazil
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- />Hospital de Base/Centro Integrado de Pesquisa da Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto (FUNFARME), São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
- />Internal Medicine Department and Hypertension Clinic, State Medical School in São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP), Ave Brig. Faria Lima 5416, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15090-000 Brazil
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- />Hospital de Base/Centro Integrado de Pesquisa da Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto (FUNFARME), São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
- />Internal Medicine Department and Hypertension Clinic, State Medical School in São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP), Ave Brig. Faria Lima 5416, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15090-000 Brazil
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- />Hospital de Base/Centro Integrado de Pesquisa da Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto (FUNFARME), São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
- />Internal Medicine Department and Hypertension Clinic, State Medical School in São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP), Ave Brig. Faria Lima 5416, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15090-000 Brazil
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- />Hospital de Base/Centro Integrado de Pesquisa da Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto (FUNFARME), São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
- />Internal Medicine Department and Hypertension Clinic, State Medical School in São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP), Ave Brig. Faria Lima 5416, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15090-000 Brazil
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- />Hospital de Base/Centro Integrado de Pesquisa da Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto (FUNFARME), São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
- />Internal Medicine Department and Hypertension Clinic, State Medical School in São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP), Ave Brig. Faria Lima 5416, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15090-000 Brazil
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Rizvi AA, Patti AM, Giglio RV, Nikolic D, Amato A, Al-Busaidi N, Al-Rasadi K, Soresi M, Banach M, Montalto G, Rizzo M. Liraglutide improves carotid intima-media thickness in patients with type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an 8-month prospective pilot study. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2015. [PMID: 26195184 DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2015.1067299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the effects of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor analogue liraglutide on subclinical atherosclerosis in diabetic subjects with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In this 8-month prospective study, 29 subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and NAFLD (16 men and 13 women, mean age: 61 ± 10 years) were matched for age and gender with 29 subjects with T2DM without NAFLD (16 men and 13 women, mean age: 61 ± 8 years). Liraglutide 0.6 mg/day for 2 weeks, followed by 1.2 mg/day, was given in addition to metformin. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Anthropometric variables, glucometabolic parameters and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) using B-mode real-time ultrasound were assessed at baseline and 4 and 8 months. RESULTS Glycated hemoglobin reduced significantly in both groups. No significant changes were found in body weight, waist circumference and lipids. Carotid IMT decreased significantly in the T2DM patients with NAFLD (from 0.96 ± 0.27 to 0.82 ± 0.17 to 0.85 ± 0.12 mm, p = 0.0325), but not in the T2DM patients without NAFLD (from 0.91 ± 0.23 to 0.88 ± 0.17 to 0.85 ± 0.15 mm, p = 0.4473). CONCLUSION Eight months of liraglutide use in patients with T2DM and NAFLD significantly reduced carotid IMT, a surrogate marker of atherosclerosis, independently of glucometabolic changes.
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- Ali A Rizvi
- a 1 University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism , Columbia, SC, USA
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- b 2 University of Palermo, Biomedical Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties , Via del Vespro, 141, 90127, Palermo, Italy +39 091 6552945 ; +39 091 6552945 ;
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- b 2 University of Palermo, Biomedical Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties , Via del Vespro, 141, 90127, Palermo, Italy +39 091 6552945 ; +39 091 6552945 ;
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- b 2 University of Palermo, Biomedical Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties , Via del Vespro, 141, 90127, Palermo, Italy +39 091 6552945 ; +39 091 6552945 ;
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- c 3 University of Palermo, Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies , Palermo, Italy
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- d 4 Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Department of Clinical Biochemistry , Muscat, Oman
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- d 4 Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Department of Clinical Biochemistry , Muscat, Oman
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- b 2 University of Palermo, Biomedical Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties , Via del Vespro, 141, 90127, Palermo, Italy +39 091 6552945 ; +39 091 6552945 ;
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- e 5 University of Lodz, Department of Hypertension, Chair of Nephrology and Hypertension , Lodz, Poland
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- b 2 University of Palermo, Biomedical Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties , Via del Vespro, 141, 90127, Palermo, Italy +39 091 6552945 ; +39 091 6552945 ;
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- a 1 University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism , Columbia, SC, USA.,b 2 University of Palermo, Biomedical Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties , Via del Vespro, 141, 90127, Palermo, Italy +39 091 6552945 ; +39 091 6552945 ;
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Cosenso-Martin LN, Giollo-Junior LT, Vilela-Martin JF. DPP-4 Inhibitor Reduces Central Blood Pressure in a Diabetic and Hypertensive Patient: A Case Report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2015; 94:e1068. [PMID: 26166078 PMCID: PMC4504643 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000001068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) are among the main risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease. Pharmacotherapy for DM should not only improve blood glucose control, but also provide beneficial glucose-independent cardiovascular effects. The central systolic blood pressure (SBP) has become more important than the brachial SBP in the assessment of cardiovascular risk.This case report describes the effect of vildagliptin, a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor, on the central SBP in a 54-year-old woman with hypertension and DM. She was submitted to applanation tonometry (AT) before and after vildagliptin association. AT of the radial artery is a non-invasive method that indirectly assesses arterial stiffness by calculating the central SBP and the augmentation index (AIx).After 3 months of follow-up using vildagliptin, central SBP and AIx were improved. Moreover, she presented better glycemic control.This case suggests an effect of DPP-4 inhibitor on arterial stiffness parameter (central SBP) in a hypertensive and diabetic patient, which shows a glucose-independent beneficial cardiovascular effect of this group of drugs.
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- Luciana Neves Cosenso-Martin
- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP), Hypertension Clinic of FAMERP and Hospital de Base, Ave Brig Faria Lima 5416, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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Song X, Jia H, Jiang Y, Wang L, Zhang Y, Mu Y, Liu Y. Anti-atherosclerotic effects of the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) based therapies in patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A meta-analysis. Sci Rep 2015; 5:10202. [PMID: 26111974 PMCID: PMC4481643 DOI: 10.1038/srep10202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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This study assessed the effect of GLP-1 based therapies on atherosclerotic markers in type 2 diabetes patients. 31 studies were selected to obtain data after multiple database searches and following inclusion and exclusion criteria. Age and BMI of the participants of longitudinal studies were 59.8 ± 8.3 years and 29.2 ± 5.7 kg/m2 (Mean±SD). Average duration of GLP-1 based therapies was 20.5 weeks. Percent flow-mediated diameter (%FMD) did not change from baseline significantly but when compared to controls, %FMD increased non-significantly following GLP-1-based therapies (1.65 [−0.89, 4.18]; P = 0.2; REM) in longitudinal studies and increased significantly in cross sectional studies (2.58 [1.68, 3.53]; P < 0.00001). Intima media thickness decreased statistically non-significantly by the GLP-1 based therapies. GLP-1 based therapies led to statistically significant reductions in the serum levels of brain natriuretic peptide (−40.16 [−51.50, −28.81]; P < 0.0001; REM), high sensitivity c-reactive protein (−0.27 [−0.48, −0.07]; P = 0.009), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (−12.90 [−25.98, 0.18]; P=0.05), total cholesterol (−5.47 [−9.55, −1.39]; P = 0.009), LDL-cholesterol (−3.70 [−7.39, −0.00]; P = 0.05) and triglycerides (−16.44 [−25.64, −7.23]; P = 0.0005) when mean differences with 95% CI in the changes from baselines were meta-analyzed. In conclusion, GLP-1-based therapies appear to provide beneficial effects against atherosclerosis. More randomized data will be required to arrive at conclusive evidence.
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- Xiaoyan Song
- 1] Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China [2] Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA 309 Hospital, Beijing 100091, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA 309 Hospital, Beijing 100091, China
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- Department of Acupuncture, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Chinese PLA 309 Hospital, Beijing 100091
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- Department of Orthopedics, Chinese PLA 309 Hospital, Beijing 100091
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- Department of Endocrinology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Geriatric Endocrinology, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100853, China
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Faber R, Zander M, Pena A, Michelsen MM, Mygind ND, Prescott E. Effect of the glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue liraglutide on coronary microvascular function in patients with type 2 diabetes - a randomized, single-blinded, cross-over pilot study. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2015; 14:41. [PMID: 25896352 PMCID: PMC4407869 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-015-0206-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Impaired coronary microcirculation is associated with a poor prognosis in patients with type 2 diabetes. In the absence of stenosis of major coronary arteries, coronary flow reserve (CFR) reflects coronary microcirculation. Studies have shown beneficial effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) on the cardiovascular system. The aim of the study was to explore the short-term effect of GLP-1 treatment on coronary microcirculation estimated by CFR in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods Patients with type 2 diabetes and no history of coronary artery disease were treated with either the GLP-1 analogue liraglutide or received no treatment for 10 weeks, in a randomized, single-blinded, cross-over setup with a 2 weeks wash-out period. The effect of liraglutide on coronary microcirculation was evaluated using non-invasive trans-thoracic Doppler-flow echocardiography during dipyridamole induced stress. Peripheral microvascular endothelial function was assessed by Endo-PAT2000®. Interventions were compared by two-sample t-test after ensuring no carry over effect. Results A total of 24 patients were included. Twenty patients completed the study (15 male; mean age 57 ± 9; mean BMI 33.1 ± 4.4, mean baseline CFR 2.35 ± 0.45). There was a small increase in CFR following liraglutide treatment (change 0.18, CI95% [-0.01; 0.36], p = 0.06) but no difference in effect in comparison with no treatment (difference between treatment allocation 0.16, CI95% [-0.08; 0.40], p = 0.18). Liraglutide significantly reduced glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) (-10.1 mmol/mol CI95% [-13.9; -6.4], p = 0.01), systolic blood pressure (-10 mmHg CI95% [-17; -3], p = 0.01) and weight (-1.9 kg CI95% [-3.6; -0.2], p = 0.03) compared to no treatment. There was no effect on peripheral microvascular endothelial function after either intervention. Conclusions In this short-term treatment study, 10 weeks of liraglutide treatment had no significant effect on neither coronary nor peripheral microvascular function in patients with type 2 diabetes. Further long-term studies, preferably in patients with more impaired microvascular function and using a higher dosage of GLP-1 analogues, are needed to confirm these findings. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01931982. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12933-015-0206-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Rebekka Faber
- Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400, Copenhagen NV, Denmark. .,Department of Endocrinology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400, Copenhagen NV, Denmark.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400, Copenhagen NV, Denmark.
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- Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University Hospital, Kildegårdsvej 28, 2900 Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400, Copenhagen NV, Denmark.
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- Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
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- Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400, Copenhagen NV, Denmark.
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Sun F, Wu S, Guo S, Yu K, Yang Z, Li L, Zhang Y, Ji L, Zhan S. Effect of GLP-1 receptor agonists on waist circumference among type 2 diabetes patients: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Endocrine 2015; 48:794-803. [PMID: 25115635 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-014-0373-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) are increasingly used in patients with type 2 diabetes. However, the effect on abdominal obesity has not yet been confirmed. The study aimed to systematically evaluate the effect of GLP-1RAs on waist circumference in patients with type 2 diabetes. MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane library and www.clinicaltrialgov were searched through October 31, 2013. Randomized controlled trials with available data were selected if they compared GLP-1 RAs with placebo and traditional anti-diabetic drugs with a duration≥8 weeks. Weighted mean difference was estimated using random-effect model. Network meta-analysis was performed to supplement direct comparisons. Seventeen trials with 12 treatments were included. Overall, significant reductions on waist circumference following treatment of liraglutide--1.8 mg once daily (-5.24 cm, 95% CI -7.68, -2.93), liraglutide--1.2 mg once daily (-4.73 cm, 95% CI -6.68, -2.65) and exenatide--10 μg twice daily (-1.34 cm, 95 % CI -2.00, -0.75) were detected versus placebo. The reduction effect was more evident when compared with insulin and thiazolidinediones (range -1.71 to -8.03 cm). Compared with exenatide, liraglutide--0.6 mg once daily, taspoglutide, liraglutide--1.2 mg once daily and liraglutide--1.8 mg once daily significantly decreased waist circumference from -3.32 to -6.01 cm. Besides, liraglutide--1.8 mg once daily significantly decreased waist circumference by -1.73 cm (95 % CI -3.04, -0.55) versus sitagliptin, whereas no significant difference following liraglutide--1.2-mg-once-daily treatment was detected compared with liraglutide--1.8 mg once daily and sitagliptin. Reduction was observed with statistical significance for exenatide--10 μg twice daily compared with exenatide--5 μg twice daily (-1.21 cm, 95% CI -2.43, -0.06). Ranking probability analysis indicated liraglutide--1.8 mg once daily and liraglutide--1.2 mg once daily decreased waist circumference most among all 12 treatments with probability of 98.36% and 91.82%, respectively. Some GLP-1RAs, especially liraglutide--1.8 mg once daily and liraglutide--1.2 mg once daily, were associated with a significant reduction in waist circumference.
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- Feng Sun
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Centre, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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Tate M, Chong A, Robinson E, Green BD, Grieve DJ. Selective targeting of glucagon-like peptide-1 signalling as a novel therapeutic approach for cardiovascular disease in diabetes. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 172:721-36. [PMID: 25231355 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Revised: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is an incretin hormone whose glucose-dependent insulinotropic actions have been harnessed as a novel therapy for glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes. Although it has been known for some time that the GLP-1 receptor is expressed in the CVS where it mediates important physiological actions, it is only recently that specific cardiovascular effects of GLP-1 in the setting of diabetes have been described. GLP-1 confers indirect benefits in cardiovascular disease (CVD) under both normal and hyperglycaemic conditions via reducing established risk factors, such as hypertension, dyslipidaemia and obesity, which are markedly increased in diabetes. Emerging evidence indicates that GLP-1 also exerts direct effects on specific aspects of diabetic CVD, such as endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, angiogenesis and adverse cardiac remodelling. However, the majority of studies have employed experimental models of diabetic CVD and information on the effects of GLP-1 in the clinical setting is limited, although several large-scale trials are ongoing. It is clearly important to gain a detailed knowledge of the cardiovascular actions of GLP-1 in diabetes given the large number of patients currently receiving GLP-1-based therapies. This review will therefore discuss current understanding of the effects of GLP-1 on both cardiovascular risk factors in diabetes and direct actions on the heart and vasculature in this setting and the evidence implicating specific targeting of GLP-1 as a novel therapy for CVD in diabetes.
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- Mitchel Tate
- Centre for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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Li AQ, Zhao L, Zhou TF, Zhang MQ, Qin XM. Exendin-4 promotes endothelial barrier enhancement via PKA- and Epac1-dependent Rac1 activation. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2014; 308:C164-75. [PMID: 25377089 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00249.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Among emerging antidiabetic agents, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)-based therapies carry special cardiovascular implications, exerting both direct and indirect effects. The control of vascular permeability is of pivotal importance in vascular pathologies. The objective of the present study was to determine the effect of GLP-1 on endothelial barrier function and assess the underlying mechanism(s). Here we show for the first time that the stable GLP-1 analog exendin-4 attenuated the leakage of subcutaneous blood vessels in mice indexed by dye extravasation caused by injections of thrombin. Moreover, in cultured endothelial cells, exendin-4 significantly prevented the thrombin-induced FITC-dextran permeability of endothelial monolayers via GLP-1 receptor. Immunofluorescence microscopy reveals that exendin-4 abrogates detrimental effects of thrombin on VE-cadherin and the F-actin cytoskeleton, with decreased stress fiber and gap formation. Importantly, exendin-4 reduced thrombin-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of VE-cadherin at Y731 and Y658. Moreover, small GTPase Rac1 was significantly activated as a result of exendin-4 treatment. The efficacy of exendin-4 to counteract the barrier-compromising effect of thrombin was blunted when Rac1 was inactivated by Rac1 inhibitor NSC-23766. Inhibition of PKA activity or small-interfering RNA for exchange protein directly activated by cAMP 1 (Epac1) decreased exendin-4-induced Rac1 activation and barrier enhancement, indicating the participation of both PKA and Epac1 in the barrier-stabilizing effect of exendin-4 elicited on thrombin-impaired barrier function. Thus, our findings have uncovered an unpredicted role for exendin-4 in the coordination of vascular permeability and clarified the molecular underpinnings that contribute to barrier restoration initiated by exendin-4.
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- Ai Q Li
- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science of Ministry of Education, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science of Ministry of Education, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science of Ministry of Education, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science of Ministry of Education, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science of Ministry of Education, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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Buse JB, Vilsbøll T, Thurman J, Blevins TC, Langbakke IH, Bøttcher SG, Rodbard HW. Contribution of liraglutide in the fixed-ratio combination of insulin degludec and liraglutide (IDegLira). Diabetes Care 2014; 37:2926-33. [PMID: 25114296 DOI: 10.2337/dc14-0785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Insulin degludec/liraglutide (IDegLira) is a novel combination of insulin degludec (IDeg) and liraglutide. This trial investigated the contribution of the liraglutide component of IDegLira versus IDeg alone on efficacy and safety in patients with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In a 26-week, double-blind trial, patients with type 2 diabetes (A1C 7.5-10.0% [58-86 mmol/mol]) on basal insulin (20-40 units) and metformin with or without sulfonylurea/glinides were randomized (1:1) to once-daily IDegLira + metformin or IDeg + metformin with titration aiming for fasting plasma glucose between 4 and 5 mmol/L. Maximum allowed doses were 50 dose steps (equal to 50 units IDeg plus 1.8 mg liraglutide) and 50 units for IDeg. The primary end point was change in A1C from baseline. RESULTS A total of 413 patients were randomized (mean A1C 8.8% [73 mmol/mol]; BMI 33.7 kg/m2). IDeg dose, alone or as part of IDegLira, was equivalent (45 units). A1C decreased by 1.9% (21 mmol/mol) with IDegLira and by 0.9% (10 mmol/mol) with IDeg (estimated treatment difference -1.1% [95% CI -1.3, -0.8], -12 mmol/mol [95% CI -14, -9; P < 0.0001). Mean weight reduction with IDegLira was 2.7 kg vs. no weight change with IDeg, P < 0.0001. Hypoglycemia incidence was comparable (24% for IDegLira vs. 25% for IDeg). Overall adverse events were similar, and incidence of nausea was low in both groups (IDegLira 6.5% vs. IDeg 3.5%). CONCLUSIONS IDegLira achieved glycemic control superior to that of IDeg at equivalent insulin doses without higher risk of hypoglycemia and with the benefit of weight loss. These findings establish the efficacy and safety of IDegLira and the distinct contribution of the liraglutide component.
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- John B Buse
- University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Chapel Hill, NC
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- University of Copenhagen, Gentofte Hospital, Center for Diabetes Research, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Endocrine and Metabolic Consultants, Clinical Research, Rockville, MD
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Nandy D, Johnson C, Basu R, Joyner M, Brett J, Svendsen CB, Basu A. The effect of liraglutide on endothelial function in patients with type 2 diabetes. Diab Vasc Dis Res 2014; 11:419-30. [PMID: 25212693 DOI: 10.1177/1479164114547358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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This single-centre, 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial assessed how the human glucagon-like-peptide 1 analogue liraglutide impacted endothelial function in adult patients (n = 49) with type 2 diabetes and no overt cardiovascular disease. Patients were randomized to liraglutide, placebo or glimepiride. At baseline and Week 12, venous occlusion plethysmography was used to measure forearm blood flow (FBF) in response to acetylcholine (ACh) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) before and after (L)-N(G)-monomethyl arginine (L-NMMA) infusion. At Week 12, ACh-mediated FBF increased with liraglutide and decreased with placebo; however, the between-treatment difference was not significant (p = 0.055). Inhibition of ACh-mediated FBF after L-NMMA infusion increased with liraglutide and decreased with placebo; this between-treatment difference was also not significant (p = 0.149). No change in FBF was observed with SNP. Liraglutide did not significantly impact endothelium-dependent vasodilation after 12 weeks; however, additional investigations looking at the effect of liraglutide on endothelial function in alternative vasculature and during the postprandial period are warranted.
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Du Q, Wang YJ, Yang S, Zhao YY, Han P. Liraglutide for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials. Adv Ther 2014; 31:1182-95. [PMID: 25388240 DOI: 10.1007/s12325-014-0164-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Liraglutide has been widely used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), however, the results of a number of randomized placebo-controlled trials on the effects of liraglutide for the treatment of T2DM have varied. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of liraglutide versus placebo for the treatment of T2DM. METHODS We searched randomized controlled trials comparing liraglutide and placebo for the treatment of T2DM in the following databases: MEDLINE; EMBASE; Cochrane Library Central Register of Controlled Trials; and Clinical Trials Gov (through August 2014). The standard mean difference (SMD) was calculated for the continuous data and a χ (2) test was used to evaluate heterogeneity. RESULTS Initially, 103 articles were retrieved through the literature search and 11 studies met the requirements for the meta-analysis. The effects of liraglutide on lowering glycosylated hemoglobin, fasting plasma glucose, reducing weight, lowering blood pressure, and the prevalence of adverse events were significantly different from placebo (P < 0.0001, SMD = -0.96, 95% CI = [-1.20, -0.73]; P < 0.0001, SMD = -0.72, 95% CI = [-0.99, -0.45]; P = 0.004, SMD = -0.24, 95% CI = [-0.40, -0.07]; P = 0.021, SMD = -0.15, 95% CI = [-0.27, -0.02], and P = 0.007, respectively). CONCLUSION Liraglutide had greater hypoglycemic, weight-reducing and systolic blood pressure-lowering effects than placebo. However, there were more adverse events in the treatment with liraglutide. It is suggested that additional well-designed, large, studies be conducted to further support the use of liraglutide and provide objective guidance for clinical application of liraglutide.
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- Qiang Du
- Department of Endocrinology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110004, China,
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Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) stimulates insulin secretion and inhibits glucagon secretion in the pancreatic islets of Langerhans under hyperglycaemia. In type 2 diabetes (T2DM), GLP-1 improves glycaemic control without a hypoglycaemia risk. GLP-1 receptors have also been found in extra-pancreatic tissues, e.g., the cardiovascular system, the gastrointestinal system, and the central nervous system. Since cardiovascular comorbidities and degenerative neurological changes are associated with T2DM, the interest in the extrapancreatic effects of GLP-1 has increased. GLP-1-based therapies with either GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) or DPP-4 inhibitors (that delay the degradation of endogenous GLP-1) have become widely used therapeutic options in T2DM. In clinical studies, GLP-1 RA have demonstrated a significant lowering of blood pressure that is independent of body weight changes. Preclinical data and small short-term studies with GLP-1 and GLP-1 RA have shown cardioprotective effects in ischaemia models. GLP-1 as well as a treatment with GLP-1 RA also induces a stable body weight loss by affecting GLP-1 signaling in the hypothalamus and by slowing gastric emptying. Regarding neuroprotective actions in degenerative neurological disease models for Parkinson's- or Alzheimer's disease or neurovascular complications like stroke, animal studies have shown positive results. In this article, a summary of the extrapancreatic effects of GLP-1 and GLP-1-based therapies is presented.
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- Baptist Gallwitz
- Department of Medicine IV, Eberhard-Karls-University, Otfried-Müller-Str. 10, 72076, Tübingen, Germany,
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Seufert J, Gallwitz B. The extra-pancreatic effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists: a focus on the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and central nervous systems. Diabetes Obes Metab 2014; 16:673-88. [PMID: 24373150 DOI: 10.1111/dom.12251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Revised: 08/09/2013] [Accepted: 12/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) exenatide, liraglutide and lixisenatide have been shown to improve glycaemic control and beta-cell function with a low risk of hypoglycaemia in people with type 2 diabetes. GLP-1 receptors are also expressed in extra-pancreatic tissues and trial data suggest that GLP-1RAs also have effects beyond their glycaemic actions. Preclinical studies using native GLP-1 or GLP-1RAs provide substantial evidence for cardioprotective effects, while clinical trial data have shown beneficial actions on hypertension and dyslipidaemia in people with type 2 diabetes. Significant weight loss has been reported with GLP-1RAs in both people with type 2 diabetes and obese people without diabetes. GLP-1RAs also slow down gastric emptying, but preclinical data suggest that the main mechanism behind GLP-1RA-induced weight loss is more likely to involve their effects on appetite signalling in the brain. GLP-1RAs have also been shown to exert a neuroprotective role in rodent models of stroke, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. These extra-pancreatic effects of GLP-1RAs could provide multi-factorial benefits to people with type 2 diabetes. Potential adverse effects of GLP-1RA treatment are usually manageable but may include gastrointestinal effects, increased heart rate and renal injury. While extensive further research is still required, early data suggest that GLP-1RAs may also have the potential to favourably impact cardiovascular disease, obesity or neurological disorders in people without diabetes in the future.
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- J Seufert
- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Medicine II, Albert-Ludwigs University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
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Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog liraglutide inhibits endothelial cell inflammation through a calcium and AMPK dependent mechanism. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97554. [PMID: 24835252 PMCID: PMC4023984 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2013] [Accepted: 04/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Liraglutide is a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) mimetic used for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. Similar to the actions of endogenous GLP-1, liraglutide potentiates the post-prandial release of insulin, inhibits glucagon release and increases satiety. Recent epidemiological studies and clinical trials have suggested that treatment with GLP-1 mimetics may also diminish the risk of cardiovascular disease in diabetic patients. The mechanism responsible for this effect has yet to be determined; however, one possibility is that they might do so by a direct effect on vascular endothelium. Since low grade inflammation of the endothelium is an early event in the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), we determined the effects of liraglutide on inflammation in cultured human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs). Liraglutide reduced the inflammatory responses to TNFα and LPS stimulation, as evidenced by both reduced protein expression of the adhesion molecules VCAM-1 and E-Selectin, and THP-1 monocyte adhesion. This was found to result from increased cell Ca2+ and several molecules sensitive to Ca2+ with known anti inflammatory actions in endothelial cells, including CaMKKβ, CaMKI, AMPK, eNOS and CREB. Treatment of the cells with STO-609, a CaMKK inhibitor, diminished both the activation of AMPK, CaMKI and the inhibition of TNFα and LPS-induced monocyte adhesion by liraglutide. Likewise, expression of an shRNA against AMPK nullified the anti-inflammatory effects of liraglutide. The results indicate that liraglutide exerts a strong anti-inflammatory effect on HAECs. They also demonstrate that this is due to its ability to increase intracellular Ca2+ and activate CAMKKβ, which in turn activates AMPK.
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Cherney DZ, Perkins BA, Soleymanlou N, Har R, Fagan N, Johansen OE, Woerle HJ, von Eynatten M, Broedl UC. The effect of empagliflozin on arterial stiffness and heart rate variability in subjects with uncomplicated type 1 diabetes mellitus. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2014; 13:28. [PMID: 24475922 PMCID: PMC3915232 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-13-28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 365] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 01/23/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus are at high risk for the development of hypertension, contributing to cardiovascular complications. Hyperglycaemia-mediated neurohormonal activation increases arterial stiffness, and is an important contributing factor for hypertension. Since the sodium glucose cotransport-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor empagliflozin lowers blood pressure and HbA1c in type 1 diabetes mellitus, we hypothesized that this agent would also reduce arterial stiffness and markers of sympathetic nervous system activity. Methods Blood pressure, arterial stiffness, heart rate variability (HRV) and circulating adrenergic mediators were measured during clamped euglycaemia (blood glucose 4–6 mmol/L) and hyperglycaemia (blood glucose 9–11 mmol/L) in 40 normotensive type 1 diabetes mellitus patients. Studies were repeated after 8 weeks of empagliflozin (25 mg once daily). Results In response to empagliflozin during clamped euglycaemia, systolic blood pressure (111 ± 9 to 109 ± 9 mmHg, p = 0.02) and augmentation indices at the radial (-52% ± 16 to -57% ± 17, p = 0.0001), carotid (+1.3 ± 1 7.0 to -5.7 ± 17.0%, p < 0.0001) and aortic positions (+0.1 ± 13.4 to -6.2 ± 14.3%, p < 0.0001) declined. Similar effects on arterial stiffness were observed during clamped hyperglycaemia without changing blood pressure under this condition. Carotid-radial pulse wave velocity decreased significantly under both glycemic conditions (p ≤ 0.0001), while declines in carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity were only significant during clamped hyperglycaemia (5.7 ± 1.1 to 5.2 ± 0.9 m/s, p = 0.0017). HRV, plasma noradrenalin and adrenaline remained unchanged under both clamped euglycemic and hyperglycemic conditions. Conclusions Empagliflozin is associated with a decline in arterial stiffness in young type 1 diabetes mellitus subjects. The underlying mechanisms may relate to pleiotropic actions of SGLT2 inhibition, including glucose lowering, antihypertensive and weight reduction effects. Trial registration Clinical trial registration: NCT01392560
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- David Zi Cherney
- Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, 585 University Ave, Toronto 8N-845, M5G 2N2, Ontario, Canada.
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Incretin-based therapy became recently available as antihyperglycemic treatment for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Incretin therapy comprises glucagon-like peptide receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) and dipeptidyl-peptidase 4 inhibitors (DPP4-I): these classes of drugs not only have the ability to reduce blood glucose, but also can exert several cardioprotective effects. They have been shown to positively influence some risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), to improve endothelial function, and to directly affect cardiac function. For these reasons incretins are considered not only antidiabetic drugs, but also cardiovascular effective. The first clinical trials aimed to demonstrate the safety of DPP4 inhibitors have been recently published: their clinical significance will be discussed in light of the prior experimental findings.
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- Angelo Avogaro
- Malattie del Metabolismo, Dipartimento di Medicina-DIMED, Università di Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2, 35120, Padova, Italy,
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Effect of Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors Clustering with or without Arterial Hypertension on Arterial Stiffness: A Narrative Review. Diseases 2013. [DOI: 10.3390/diseases1010051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Marso SP, Poulter NR, Nissen SE, Nauck MA, Zinman B, Daniels GH, Pocock S, Steinberg WM, Bergenstal RM, Mann JFE, Ravn LS, Frandsen KB, Moses AC, Buse JB. Design of the liraglutide effect and action in diabetes: evaluation of cardiovascular outcome results (LEADER) trial. Am Heart J 2013; 166:823-30.e5. [PMID: 24176437 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 07/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Diabetes is a multisystem disorder associated with a nearly twofold excess risk for a broad range of adverse cardiovascular outcomes including coronary heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular death. Liraglutide is a human glucagon-like peptide receptor analog approved for use in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). STUDY DESIGN To formally assess the cardiovascular safety of liraglutide, the Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes: Evaluation of cardiovascular outcome Results (LEADER) trial was commenced in 2010. LEADER is a phase 3B, multicenter, international, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial with long-term follow-up. Patients with T2DM at high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) who were either drug naive or treated with oral antihyperglycemic agents or selected insulin regimens (human NPH, long-acting analog, or premixed) alone or in combination with oral antihyperglycemics were eligible for inclusion. Randomized patients are being followed for up to 5 years. The primary end point is the time from randomization to a composite outcome consisting of the first occurrence of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or nonfatal stroke. CONCLUSIONS LEADER commenced in September 2010, and enrollment concluded in April 2012. There were 9,340 patients enrolled at 410 sites in 32 countries. The mean age of patients was 64.3 ± 7.2 years, 64.3% were men, and mean body mass index was 32.5 ± 6.3 kg/m2. There were 7,592 (81.3%) patients with prior CVD and 1,748 (18.7%) who were high risk but without prior CVD. It is expected that LEADER will provide conclusive data regarding the cardiovascular safety of liraglutide relative to the current standard of usual care for a global population of patients with T2DM.
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- Steven P Marso
- Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri.
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Forst T, Pfützner A. Pharmacological profile, efficacy and safety of lixisenatide in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2013; 14:2281-96. [DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2013.838559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Petrie JR. The cardiovascular safety of incretin-based therapies: a review of the evidence. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2013; 12:130. [PMID: 24011363 PMCID: PMC3847044 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-12-130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2013] [Accepted: 08/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in people with diabetes and therefore managing cardiovascular (CV) risk is a critical component of diabetes care. As incretin-based therapies are effective recent additions to the glucose-lowering treatment armamentarium for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), understanding their CV safety profiles is of great importance. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists have been associated with beneficial effects on CV risk factors, including weight, blood pressure and lipid profiles. Encouragingly, mechanistic studies in preclinical models and in patients with acute coronary syndrome suggest a potential cardioprotective effect of native GLP-1 or GLP-1 receptor agonists following ischaemia. Moreover, meta-analyses of phase 3 development programme data indicate no increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) with incretin-based therapies. Large randomized controlled trials designed to evaluate long-term CV outcomes with incretin-based therapies in individuals with T2D are now in progress, with the first two reporting as this article went to press.
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- John R Petrie
- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK.
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Aronis KN, Chamberland JP, Mantzoros CS. GLP-1 promotes angiogenesis in human endothelial cells in a dose-dependent manner, through the Akt, Src and PKC pathways. Metabolism 2013; 62:1279-86. [PMID: 23684008 PMCID: PMC3755020 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2013.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2013] [Revised: 04/10/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Novel anti-diabetic medications that mimic or augment the physiological actions of GLP-1 improve cardiovascular risk factors in diabetics and GLP-1 has been proposed to have a beneficial role in the cardiovascular system. GLP-1 may have a direct cardioprotective role by decreasing infarct size and protecting from ischemia-reperfusion injury while prolonging survival in rodent models. The mechanisms underlying these observations remain largely unknown. In vitro studies suggest that GLP-1 may promote endothelial cell proliferation, but no study to date has evaluated a potential direct effect of GLP-1 on angiogenesis. SPECIFIC AIM To evaluate whether GLP-1 affects angiogenesis in humans and to elucidate underlying molecular mechanisms. MATERIAL AND METHODS We utilized a 3D culture system where spherules of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) embedded in a collagen scaffold were treated with escalating doses of human recombinant GLP-1 (50-2000 nmol/L) and the formation of new vessels was observed and quantified. Signaling inhibitors were utilized to identify molecular pathways through which GLP-1 promotes angiogenesis. RESULTS We demonstrate that GLP-1 promotes angiogenesis in a dose-dependent manner. The maximum effect on angiogenesis was observed at a GLP-1 dose of 500 nmol/L, while increased angiogenesis occurred in response to doses ranging from 200 nmol/L to 1000 nmol/L. Pre-treatment of the system with Akt inhibitor IV, Bisindolylmaleimide (PKC inhibitor) and src inhibitor I resulted in a significant decrease of the GLP-1 induced angiogenesis. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to demonstrate that GLP-1 promotes angiogenesis in a HUVEC three dimensional in vitro model. This effect requires pharmacological doses and is mediated through the Akt, PKC and src pathways.
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- Konstantinos N Aronis
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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