ArticleNeurochemical research2022
Liraglutide Alleviates Cognitive Deficit in db/db Mice: Involvement in Oxidative Stress, Iron Overload, and Ferroptosis.
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- Emerging Role of Ferroptosis in Diabetes and Associated Complications: When Metabolic Dysregulation Meets Cell Death.Cell proliferation · 2026Review
- The Role of Ferroptosis in Diabetes Pathogenesis: Therapeutic Implications of Hydrogen Sulfide and Its Reactive Metabolites.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Role and mechanisms of ferroptosis in cognitive impairment: From molecular pathways to therapeutic targets (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2026Review
- Mechanisms and therapeutic strategies of ferroptosis in Diabetic-Associated Cognitive Dysfunction: focus on the crosstalk with apoptosis, autophagy, and pyroptosis.Molecular biology reports · 2026Review
- Dysregulation of the GPX4/ACSL4 axis mediates ferroptosis in neurons of T2DD rats.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Research Progress on Pathology, Molecular Mechanisms, and Intervention Strategies of Cognitive Dysfunction Associated with Type 2 Diabetes.International journal of general medicine · 2026Review
- Ferroptosis in diabetes-associated cognitive dysfunction: mechanisms and therapeutic potential.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
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- Crosstalk between ferroptosis and miRNA in type 2 diabetes mellitus and possible therapeutic targeting.European journal of medical research · 2025Review
- Liraglutide Enhances Cell Viability and Reduces Oxidative Stress in Hyperglycemic H9c2 Cardiomyocytes.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Peripheral blood heat shock protein 27 correlates with information processing speed and executive function, potentially serving as a marker for mild cognitive impairment in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2025Article
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- Risk Factors, Pathological Changes, and Potential Treatment of Diabetes-Associated Cognitive Dysfunction.Journal of diabetes · 2025Review
- The link between ferroptosis and autophagy in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury: new directions for therapy.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2025Review
- Mechanisms of ferroptosis and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist in post-percutaneous coronary intervention restenosis.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2025Review
- Targeting Ferroptosis in Parkinson's: Repurposing Diabetes Drugs as a Promising Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
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Abstract
Studies have shown that diabetes is associated with the occurrence of neurodegenerative diseases and cognitive decline. However, there is currently no effective treatment for diabetes-induced cognitive dysfunction. The superior efficacy of liraglutide (LIRA) for cognitive impairment and numerous neurodegenerative diseases has been widely demonstrated. This study determined the effects of LIRA on diabetic cognitive impairment and on the levels of oxidative stress, lipid peroxidation, iron metabolism and ferroptosis in the hippocampus. Mice were injected daily with liraglutide (200 μg/kg/d) for 5 weeks. LIRA could repair damaged neurons and synapses, and it increased the protein expression levels of PSD 95, SYN, and BDNF. Furthermore, LIRA significantly decreased oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation levels by downregulating the production of ROS and MDA and upregulating SOD and GSH-Px in the serum and hippocampus, and the upregulation of SOD2 expression was also proven. The decreased levels of TfR1 and the upregulation of FPN1 and FTH proteins observed in the LIRA-treated db/db group were shown to reduce iron overload in the hippocampus, whereas the increased expression of Mtft and decreased expression of Mfrn in the mitochondria indicated that mitochondrial iron overload was ameliorated. Finally, LIRA was shown to prevent ferroptosis in the hippocampus by elevating the expression of GPX4 and SLC7A11 and suppressing the excessive amount of ACSL4; simultaneously, the damage to the mitochondria observed by TEM was also repaired. For the first time, we proved in the T2DM model that ferroptosis occurs in the hippocampus, which may play a role in diabetic cognitive impairment. LIRA can reduce oxidative stress, lipid peroxidation and iron overload in diabetic cognitive disorders and further inhibit ferroptosis, thereby weakening the damage to hippocampal neurons and synaptic plasticity and ultimately restoring cognitive function.
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