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ArticleDiabetes & vascular disease research2017

Aleglitazar, a dual peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α and -γ agonist, protects cardiomyocytes against the adverse effects of hyperglycaemia.

Yan Chen, Hongmei Chen, Yochai Birnbaum, Manjyot K Nanhwan, Mandeep Bajaj, Yumei Ye, Jinqiao Qian

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Article in Diabetes & vascular disease research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Yan Chen1 Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Hongmei Chen2 Department of Anesthesiology, Kunming Tongren Hospital, Kunming, China.
Yochai Birnbaum3 Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Manjyot K Nanhwan4 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA.
Mandeep Bajaj5 Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Yumei Ye4 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA.
Jinqiao Qian1 Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Baylor College of Medicine · USThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USFirst Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University · CNKunming Medical University · CNKunming Tongren Hospital · CN

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Abstract

purposeTo assess the effects of Aleglitazar on hyperglycaemia-induced apoptosis.

methodsWe incubated human cardiomyocytes, cardiomyocytes from cardiac-specific peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ knockout or wild-type mice in normoglycaemic or hyperglycaemic conditions (glucose 25 mM). Cells were treated with different concentrations of Aleglitazar for 48 h. We measured viability, apoptosis, caspase-3 activity, cytochrome-C release, total antioxidant capacity and reactive oxygen species formation in the treated cardiomyocytes. Human cardiomyocytes were transfected with short interfering RNA against peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α or peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ.

resultsAleglitazar attenuated hyperglycaemia-induced apoptosis, caspase-3 activity and cytochrome-C release and increased viability in human cardiomyocyte, cardiomyocytes from cardiac-specific peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ knockout and wild-type mice. Hyperglycaemia reduced the antioxidant capacity and Aleglitazar significantly blunted this effect. Hyperglycaemia-induced reactive oxygen species production was attenuated by Aleglitazar in both human cardiomyocyte and wild-type mice cardiomyocytes. Aleglitazar improved cell viability in cells exposed to hyperglycaemia. The protective effect was partially blocked by short interfering RNA against peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α alone and short interfering RNA against peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ alone and completely blocked by short interfering RNA to both peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ.

conclusionAleglitazar protects cardiomyocytes against hyperglycaemia-induced apoptosis by combined activation of both peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ in a short-term vitro model.

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AnimalsApoptosisCaspase 3Cells, CulturedCell SurvivalCytochromes cCytoprotectionDose-Response Relationship, DrugGenotypeHyperglycemiaHypoglycemic AgentsMice, KnockoutMyocytes, CardiacOxazolesOxidative StressPhenotypealeglitazarCASP3 protein, humanCasp3 protein, mouseCaspase 3Cytochromes cHypoglycemic AgentsOxazolesPPAR alphaPPAR gammaThiophenesAleglitazarapoptosiscardiomyocyteshyperglycaemiaperoxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ agonist

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PMID28111985
PMCPMC5305042
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