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ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2020

DPP-4 inhibition resembles exercise in preventing type 2 diabetes development by inhibiting hepatic protein kinase C

Yu-Peng Li, Jing Xiao, Xu Liang, Yu Pei, Xiao-Fei Han, Chen-Xi Li, Hui Tian

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Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yu-Peng LiTianjin Medical University Chu Hsien-I Memorial Hospital (Tianjin Medical University Metabolic Diseases Hospital), Tianjin, China. NHC Key Laboratory of Hormones and Development (Tianjin Medical University), Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metabolic Diseases.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0994-5575
Jing XiaoMilitary Postgraduate Medical College, Second Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xu LiangTianjin Eye Hospital, Tianjin Key Lab of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tianjin Eye Institute, Tianjin, China; Clinical College of Ophthalmology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Yu PeiMilitary Postgraduate Medical College, Second Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xiao-Fei HanMilitary Postgraduate Medical College, Second Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Chen-Xi LiMilitary Postgraduate Medical College, Second Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Hui TianMilitary Postgraduate Medical College, Second Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Tianjin Infectious Diseases Hospital · CNTianjin Medical University Eye Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveInterventions for hyperinsulinemia (HINS), an early indicator of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), can significantly reduce the T2DM risk. This study aims to determine how dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibition prevents HINS progression to T2DM through ameliorating hepatic steatosis.

methodsKKay mice were used as a HINS model and they underwent exercise or received a DPP-4 inhibitor, MK0626. Hepatic steatosis was examined and liver diacylglycerol levels were determined. Human hepatic cells (LO2) were treated with MK0626 or transfected with DPP-4 siRNA. Protein kinase C ε isoform (PKCε) and DPP-4 expression and insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1) phosphorylation were assessed using immunohistochemistry and western blot.

resultsKKay mice developed HINS spontaneously at 7 weeks of age. Similar to exercise, MK0626 ameliorated hepatic steatosis and reduced the liver triglyceride and diacylglycerol content. Both exercise and MK0626 suppressed diacylglycerol-induced PKCε expression and restored insulin signaling, which was shown by tyrosine phosphorylation of IRS-1, in the livers of KKay mice. Additionally, silencing DPP-4 or MK0626 treatment decreased PKCε expression in LO2 cells.

conclusionsOur data demonstrate that DPP-4 inhibition resembles exercise and effectively delays T2DM onset by suppressing hepatic PKCε expression in the HINS mouse model.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2HyperinsulinismInsulin ResistanceAnimalsDipeptidyl Peptidase 4LiverMiceProtein Kinase CDipeptidyl Peptidase 4Protein Kinase CDPP-4 inhibitorhepatic steatosishyperinsulinemiaPKCεtype 2 diabetes

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PMID32588693
PMCPMC7323281
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