Abstract
Dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-4 inhibitors are used to treat hyperglycemia by increasing the incretin glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). Previous studies showed anti-inflammatory and antiatherosclerotic effects of DPP-4 inhibitors. Here, we compared the effects of linagliptin versus sitagliptin and liraglutide on survival and vascular function in animal models of endotoxic shock by prophylactic therapy and treatment after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) injection. Gliptins were administered either orally or subcutaneously: linagliptin (5 mg/kg/day), sitagliptin (50 mg/kg/day) or liraglutide (200 µg/kg/day). Endotoxic shock was induced by LPS injection (mice 17.5–20 mg/kg i.p., rats 10 mg/kg/day). Linagliptin and liraglutide treatment or DPP-4 knockout improved the survival of endotoxemic mice, while sitagliptin was ineffective. Linagliptin, liraglutide and sitagliptin ameliorated LPS-induced hypotension and vascular dysfunction in endotoxemic rats, suppressed inflammatory parameters such as whole blood nitrosyl-iron hemoglobin (leukocyte-inducible nitric oxide synthase activity) or aortic mRNA expression of markers of inflammation as well as whole blood and aortic reactive oxygen species formation. Hemostasis (tail bleeding time, activated partial thromboplastin time) was impaired in endotoxemic rats and recovered under cotreatment with linagliptin and liraglutide. Finally, the beneficial effects of linagliptin on vascular function and inflammatory parameters in endotoxemic mice were impaired in AMP-activated kinase (alpha1) knockout mice. The improved survival of endotoxemic animals and other data shown here may warrant further clinical evaluation of these drugs in patients with septic shock beyond the potential improvement of inflammatory complications in diabetic individuals with special emphasis on the role of AMP-activated kinase (alpha1) in the DPP-4/GLP-1 cascade.
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Abbreviations
- ACh:
-
Acetylcholine
- ADA:
-
Adenine deaminase
- AMPK:
-
AMP-activated protein kinase
- aPTT:
-
Activated partial thromboplastin time
- CCL-2:
-
See MCP-1
- DHE:
-
Dihydroethidine
- DPP-4:
-
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4
- ECL:
-
Enhanced chemiluminescence
- ecSOD:
-
Extracellular superoxide dismutase
- eNOS:
-
Endothelial •NO synthase (type 3)
- GLP-1:
-
Glucagon-like peptide-1
- ICAM-1:
-
Intercellular adhesion molecule-1
- IL-6:
-
Interleukin-6
- iNOS:
-
Inducible •NO synthase (type 2)
- L-012:
-
8-Amino-5-chloro-7-phenylpyrido[3,4-d]pyridazine-1,4-(2H,3H)dione sodium salt
- MCP-1:
-
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
- Nox:
-
Catalytic subunit of NADPH oxidase
- NIBP:
-
Non-invasive blood pressure
- qRT-PCR:
-
Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
- ROS:
-
Reactive oxygen species
- TNF-α:
-
Tumor necrosis factor-α
- VCAM-1:
-
Vascular adhesion molecule-1
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We are indebted to Angelica Karpi, Jörg Schreiner, Jessica Rudolph, Bettina Mros and Evelyn Montermann for expert technical assistance. This paper contains results that are part of the doctoral thesis of Michael Mader. The present work was supported by vascular biology research grants from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG (A.D. and T.M.). Sebastian Steven holds a Virchow-Fellowship from the Center of Thrombosis and Hemostasis (Mainz, Germany) funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF 01EO1003). Yuliya Miked holds a stipend from the International PhD Programme on the “Dynamics of Gene Regulation, Epigenetics and DNA Damage Response” from the Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH, (Mainz, Germany) funded by the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation.
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A.D. and T.M. received research grant support from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Ingelheim, Germany. T.K. is an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Ingelheim, Germany. All other authors have no competing financial interests.
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Steven, S., Hausding, M., Kröller-Schön, S. et al. Gliptin and GLP‐1 analog treatment improves survival and vascular inflammation/dysfunction in animals with lipopolysaccharide‐induced endotoxemia. Basic Res Cardiol 110, 6 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00395-015-0465-x
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