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Pioglitazone reverses down-regulation of cardiac PPARgamma expression in Zucker diabetic fatty rats.
Pelzer, Theo; Jazbutyte, Virginija; Arias-Loza, Paula Anahi et al.
2005In Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 329 (2), p. 726-32
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Keywords :
Animals; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/metabolism; Down-Regulation/drug effects; Glucose/metabolism; Heart/drug effects; Male; Myocardium/metabolism/pathology; Obesity/complications/metabolism; Organ Size/drug effects; PPAR gamma/agonists/metabolism; Rats; Rats, Zucker; Thiazolidinediones/pharmacology
Abstract :
[en] Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) plays a critical role in peripheral glucose homeostasis and energy metabolism, and inhibits cardiac hypertrophy in non-diabetic animal models. The functional role of PPARgamma in the diabetic heart, however, is not fully understood. Therefore, we analyzed cardiac gene expression, metabolic control, and cardiac glucose uptake in male Zucker diabetic fatty rats (ZDF fa/fa) and lean ZDF rats (+/+) treated with the high affinity PPARgamma agonist pioglitazone or placebo from 12 to 24 weeks of age. Hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and hypertriglyceridemia as well as lower cardiac PPARgamma, glucose transporter-4 and alpha-myosin heavy chain expression levels were detected in diabetic ZDF rats compared to lean animals. Pioglitazone increased body weight and improved metabolic control, cardiac PPARgamma, glut-4, and alpha-MHC expression levels in diabetic ZDF rats. Cardiac [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose uptake was not detectable by micro-PET studies in untreated and pioglitazone treated ZDF fa/fa rats but was observed after administration of insulin to pioglitazone treated ZDF fa/fa rats. PPARgamma agonists favorably affect cardiac gene expression in type-2 diabetic rats via activation and up-regulation of cardiac PPARgamma expression whereas improvement of impaired cardiac glucose uptake in advanced type-2 diabetes requires co-administration of insulin.
Disciplines :
Cardiovascular & respiratory systems
Author, co-author :
Pelzer, Theo
Jazbutyte, Virginija
Arias-Loza, Paula Anahi
Segerer, Stephan
Lichtenwald, Margit
Law, Marilyn P.
Schafers, Michael
Ertl, Georg
Neyses, Ludwig ;  University of Luxembourg > Research Office
Language :
English
Title :
Pioglitazone reverses down-regulation of cardiac PPARgamma expression in Zucker diabetic fatty rats.
Publication date :
2005
Journal title :
Biochemical and biophysical research communications
ISSN :
0006-291X
Volume :
329
Issue :
2
Pages :
726-32
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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