ArticleDrug design, development and therapy2023
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Protects Against Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by Modulating microRNA-29b-3p/SLMAP.
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- Impact of monotherapy and combination therapy with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists on exosomal and non-exosomal MicroRNA signatures in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Mitochondrial Homeostasis in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: From Dysfunction to Therapeutic Strategies.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Cardiac intermediary metabolism in heart failure: substrate use, signalling roles and therapeutic targets.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2025Review
- The role of myocardial fibrosis in the diabetic cardiomyopathy.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2025Review
- Remodeling of the cardiac striatin interactome and its dynamics in the diabetic heart.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Managing cardiovascular events, hyperglycemia, and obesity in type 2 diabetes through microRNA regulation linked to glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2025Review
- Therapeutic strategies targeting mechanisms of macrophages in diabetic heart disease.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2024Review
- Liraglutide Improves Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by Downregulation of Cardiac Inflammatory and Apoptosis Markers.Current drug research reviews · 2024Review
- [Smeglutide inhibits high glucose-induced proliferation of myocardial fibroblasts by downregulating TGFβ/Smad3 signaling].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2023Article
- Chinese herbal medicine and active ingredients for diabetic cardiomyopathy: molecular mechanisms regulating endoplasmic reticulum stress.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Purpose: Our aims were to investigate the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) and to explore the protective effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) on DCM. Methods: After 12 weeks of treatment with exenatide-loaded microspheres, a long-acting GLP-1RA, in DCM mice, cardiac structure and function were evaluated by plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), echocardiography, H&E, oil red and Sirius staining. The expression of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor in mouse heart tissue was determined by immunofluorescence staining. The label-free proteomic analysis of cardiac proteins was conducted among control, DCM and DM+GLP-1RA groups. Then, quantitative real-time PCR, Western blotting and dual-luciferase reporter assay were performed to verify the regulation of target protein by the upstream microRNA (miRNA). Results: GLP-1RA treatment obviously improved serum BNP, myocardial fibrosis, lipid deposition of the myocardium and echocardiography parameters in DCM mice. Sarcolemmal membrane-associated protein (SLMAP) was one of 61 differentially expressed cardiac proteins found in three groups by proteomic analysis. Up-regulation of microRNA-29b-3p (miR-29b-3p) and down-regulation of SLMAP were found in the ventricular myocardium of GLP-1RA-treated DCM mice. SLMAP was a target of miR-29b-3p, while GLP-1RA regulated SLMAP expression through miR-29b-3p. Furthermore, inhibition of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) in cardiomyocytes reversed the effects of GLP-1RA on miR-29b/SLMAP. Conclusion: SLMAP may play roles in the pathogenesis of DCM and may be a target of GLP-1RA in protecting against DCM. After binding to myocardial GLP-1R, GLP-1RA can regulate the expression of myocardial SLMAP through miR-29b-3p.
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