Co-administration of APD668, a G protein-coupled receptor 119 agonist and linagliptin, a DPPIV inhibitor, prevents progression of steatohepatitis in mice fed on a high trans-fat diet.

Autor: Bahirat UA; Lupin Limited (Research Park), Department of Pharmacology, Novel Drug Discovery and Development (NDDD), 46A/47A, Village Nande, Mulshi, Pune, 412 115, Maharashtra, India. Electronic address: umakantbahirat@lupin.com., Shenoy RR; Department of Pharmacology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal, 576104, Karnataka, India., Talwar R; Lupin Limited (Research Park), Department of Pharmacology, Novel Drug Discovery and Development (NDDD), 46A/47A, Village Nande, Mulshi, Pune, 412 115, Maharashtra, India., Goel RN; Lupin Limited (Research Park), Department of Pharmacology, Novel Drug Discovery and Development (NDDD), 46A/47A, Village Nande, Mulshi, Pune, 412 115, Maharashtra, India., Nemmani KVS; Lupin Limited (Research Park), Department of Pharmacology, Novel Drug Discovery and Development (NDDD), 46A/47A, Village Nande, Mulshi, Pune, 412 115, Maharashtra, India.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Biochemical and biophysical research communications [Biochem Biophys Res Commun] 2018 Jan 08; Vol. 495 (2), pp. 1608-1613. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Dec 05.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.12.004
Abstrakt: Non-Alcoholic SteatoHepatitis (NASH) is the more severe form of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and is characterized by the presence of hepatic steatosis, oxidative stress, inflammation, hepatocyte injury with or without fibrosis. Recently, GPR119 receptor has emerged as a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of dyslipidemia and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. In the present study, we investigated the effect of APD668, a GPR119 agonist alone or in combination with linagliptin, a DPPIV inhibitor on the progression of steatohepatitis in mice fed on a high trans-fat diet. In this study, monotherapy with either APD668 or linagliptin caused a reduction in the levels of ALT, AST, glucose, cholesterol and epididymal fat mass but the effect was more pronounced upon treatment with combination of both drugs. On the other hand, combined treatment of APD668 with linagliptin demonstrated a non-significant additive effect in reduction of hepatic triglyceride (-78%) and cholesterol (-56%) compared to monotherapy groups. Moreover, co-administration of APD668 and linagliptin resulted in enhanced levels of active GLP-1 with additional benefit of significant synergistic decrease in body weight gain (-19%) in mice. We speculated that the enhanced effect observed with the combination treatment could be due to either 1) direct activation of GPR119 receptors present in liver and intestine or 2) enhanced active GLP-1 levels or 3) decreased degradation of GLP-1 in-vivo through DPPIV inhibition. Therefore, these findings clearly suggest that GPR119 receptor agonists in combination with DPPIV inhibitors may represent a promising therapeutic strategy for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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