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Role of Apolipoprotein A1 in PPAR Signaling Pathway for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. PPAR Res 2022; 2022:4709300. [PMID: 35242173 PMCID: PMC8886744 DOI: 10.1155/2022/4709300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) have been suggested to play crucial roles in the pathology of NAFLD with a vague understanding of the underlying mechanism. Here, we integrated large-scale literature data and clinical data to explore the potential role of the PPAR-APOA1 signaling pathway in the pathology of NAFLD. First, the signaling pathway connecting PPARs, APOA1, and NAFLD was constructed. Then, we employed clinical data to explore the association between APOA1 levels and NAFLD. In addition, we built the APOA1-driven pathway analysis to explore the potential mechanism of the APOA1-NAFLD association. Pathway analysis showed that APOA1 serves as a hubprotein connecting PPARs and NAFLD through a beneficial modulation of 16 out of 21 NAFLD upstream regulators. Each relationship within the composed pathway was supported by results from multiple previous studies. Clinical data analysis showed that an increase of APOA1 level was associated with a significantly decreased NAFLD prevalence (χ2 = 292.109; P < 0.001). When other confounding factors were adjusted, serum APOA1 level was shown as an independent risk factor for the prevalence of NAFLD (P value<.0001; OR = 0.562). Our results suggested that the three PPARs (PPARA, PPARD, and PPARG) might promote the expression and molecular transportation of APOA1 to form a PPAR-APOA1 signaling pathway that demonstrated a beneficial role in the pathogenesis of NAFLD.
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White CR, Palgunachari M, Wolkowicz P, Anantharamaiah GM. Peptides as Therapeutic Agents for Atherosclerosis. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2419:89-110. [PMID: 35237960 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1924-7_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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More than three decades ago, as a test for the amphipathic helix theory, an 18 amino acid residue peptide and its analogs were designed with no sequence homology to any of the exchangeable apolipoproteins. Based on the apolipoprotein A-I (the major protein component of high density lipoproteins, HDL) mimicking properties, they were termed as ApoA-I mimicking peptides. Several laboratories around the world started studying such de novo-designed peptides for their antiatherogenic properties. The present chapter describes the efforts in bringing these peptides as therapeutic agents for atherosclerosis and several lipid-mediated disorders.
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- C Roger White
- Department of Medicine, UAB Medical Centre, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, UAB Medical Centre, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Suematsu Y, Kawachi E, Idemoto Y, Matsuo Y, Kuwano T, Kitajima K, Imaizumi S, Kawamura A, Saku K, Uehara Y, Miura SI. Anti-atherosclerotic effects of an improved apolipoprotein A-I mimetic peptide. Int J Cardiol 2019; 297:111-117. [PMID: 31519377 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.08.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Apolipoprotein (Apo)A-I is a major protein component of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) that causes cholesterol efflux from peripheral cells through ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) and the generation of HDL. Furthermore, it has a possible protective function against atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). We previously developed a novel ApoA-I mimetic peptide without phospholipids (Fukuoka University ApoA-I Mimetic Peptide, FAMP). According to our previous studies, FAMP had an anti-arteriosclerotic effect. Since the required dose and reaction time of conventional FAMP were relatively large and short, respectively, we newly developed an improved FAMP (i-FAMP). METHODS AND RESULTS We synthesized four candidate i-FAMPs, i-FAMP-D1, -D2, -D3 and -D4, and examined which i-FAMP has greater cholesterol efflux capacity than FAMP in A172 human glioblastoma cells transiently transfected with human ABCA1 cDNA. Only i-FAMP-D1 showed significantly greater cholesterol efflux capacity than conventional FAMP. i-FAMP-D1 formed stronger α-helical conformations than FAMP as assessed by circular dichroism spectra. Thus, we selected i-FAMP-D1 for further experiments. i-FAMP-D1 had a greater atheroprotective effect than FAMP in ApoE knockout mice. In addition, i-FAMP-D1 activated cholesterol efflux from macrophage to HDL more strongly than FAMP and increased cholesterol excretion from liver to feces. CONCLUSION These results suggest that i-FAMP-D1 has a stronger anti-atherosclerotic effect than conventional FAMP.
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- Yasunori Suematsu
- Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Clinical Research and Ethics Center, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Clinical Research and Ethics Center, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Center for Graduate Clinical Practice, Fukuoka University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- General Medical Research Center, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Graduate School of Sports and Health Sciences, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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- Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Kumar MS. Peptides and Peptidomimetics as Potential Antiobesity Agents: Overview of Current Status. Front Nutr 2019; 6:11. [PMID: 30834248 PMCID: PMC6388543 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2019.00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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There is a high occurrence of obesity worldwide without many new medications being approved for its treatment. Therefore, there is an urgent need to introduce new approaches for treating obesity. Bioactive peptides have been used to treat metabolic disorders- such as type-2 diabetes and obesity; while also possessing anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, and anti-viral properties. However, the development of these peptides has taken backstage due to their size, reduced stability, poor delivery and bioavailability, fast rate of degradation etc. But with the emergence of newer techniques for multifunctional peptides, mimetics, peptide analogs, and aptamers, there is a sudden revival in this therapeutic field. An increased attention is required for development of the natural peptides from food and marine sources which can mimic the function of mediators involved in weight management to avoid obesity. Herein, the search for the structures of anti-obesity peptides was carried out in order to establish their potential for drug development in future. An extensive search for the current status of endogenous, food and marine peptides, with reference to novel and interesting experimental approaches based on peptidomimetics for controlling obesity, was performed. Apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R)-specific agonist, GLP-1 dual and triple agonists, neuropeptides and prolactin-releasing peptide mimetics were specifically examined for their anti-obesity role. Novel peptides, mimetics, and synthesis interventions are transpiring and might offer safer alternatives for otherwise scarcely available safe antiobesity drug. A deeper understanding of peptides and their chemistry through the use of peptide engineering can be useful to overcome the disadvantages and select best mimetics and analogs for treatment in future.
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- Maushmi S Kumar
- Shobhaben Pratapbhai School of Pharmacy and Technology Management, SVKM'S Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies-NMIMS, Mumbai, India
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Mahmoud FF, Haines D, Dashti AA, El-Shazly S, Al-Najjar F. Correlation between heat shock proteins, adiponectin, and T lymphocyte cytokine expression in type 2 diabetics. Cell Stress Chaperones 2018; 23:955-965. [PMID: 29752628 PMCID: PMC6111097 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-018-0903-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2017] [Revised: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) features insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, overproduction of inflammatory cytokines, and systemic oxidative stress. Here, heat shock proteins Hsp70 and Hsp 90, adiponectin, and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1, Hsp32) are profiled in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and serum from 25 T2DM patients and 25 healthy control subjects. Cells cultured with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate/ionomycin were evaluated by three-color flow cytometry for immunophenotypic biomarkers. Plasma HO-1, Hsp, and adiponectin levels were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Relative to healthy controls, T2DM patients exhibited significantly elevated plasma Hsp70, and representation of T helper immunophenotypes activated to express inflammatory cytokines, including CD4+ IFN-γ+, CD4+ TNF-α+, CD4+ IL-6+, CD4+ IL-1β+ T cells, significantly lower representation of CD4+ IL-10+ T cells, plasma adiponectin and cell-associated HO-1 expression-with no significant differences in plasma Hsp90 between T2DM and healthy controls. Plasma HO-1 and adiponectin in T2DM patients inversely correlated with TNF-α and showed inverse correlation between serum LDL and plasma HO-1. Moreover, TNF-α and Hsp90 in T2DM patients correlated positively with fasting blood glucose (FBG). These results demonstrate correlation between potentially pathogenic T cells, HO-1, and adiponectin, additionally revealing a T helper (Th)1-related character of T2DM immunopathogenesis, suggesting potential for novel T cell-related management strategies for T2DM and related co-morbidities.
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- Fadia F Mahmoud
- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
- Advanced Immune Biotherapeutics LLP, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of biopsy-proven diabetic nephropathy. Front Med 2017; 11:386-392. [PMID: 28871455 DOI: 10.1007/s11684-017-0574-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Kidney damage is common in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). However, whether the type of kidney damage can be reliably diagnosed using clinical data alone remains unclear. Predictive factors for diabetic nephropathy (DN) outcomes are also poorly understood. In this study, the clinical manifestations of 111 cases of biopsy-proven DN were described, and the clinical and pathological parameters of patients with different DN outcomes were compared. Results showed that long DM duration ( > 10 years in 32.4% of patients), severe proteinuria (62.2%), and renal dysfunction (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] < 60 mL/(min$1.73 m2)) (52.3%) did not accurately indicate whether the condition of these patients progressed to DN. Hematuria (48.6%) failed to specify either DN or nondiabetic renal disease. Diabetic retinopathy (78.4%) was a crucial complication in patients with DN. Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that the renal survival of 53 patients who were diagnosed with DN and were followed up was not significantly associated with glomerular classification (P > 0.05). Cox's regression analysis demonstrated that renal survival time was significantly influenced by sex (β = 1.394, P = 0.038), hematuria (β = 0.036, P = 0.029), and eGFR (β =-0.039, P = 0.002) but was not significantly affected by age, 24 h urinary protein excretion, or glomerular classification (P > 0.05). In conclusion, the clinical characteristics of DN vary, and renal biopsy is necessary to determine renal damage patterns. Sex, hematuria, and the eGFR may affect DN outcomes, whereas the glomerular classification may not.
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Norvik JV, Schirmer H, Ytrehus K, Jenssen TG, Zykova SN, Eggen AE, Eriksen BO, Solbu MD. Low adiponectin is associated with diastolic dysfunction in women: a cross-sectional study from the Tromsø Study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2017; 17:79. [PMID: 28292262 PMCID: PMC5351172 DOI: 10.1186/s12872-017-0509-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is closely associated with diastolic dysfunction and related to obesity and female sex. We investigated whether adiponectin, an adipocyte-secreted protein hormone with cardioprotective effects, was associated with indices of diastolic dysfunction, and whether the association was sex dependent. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study on 1165 women and 896 men without diabetes. We stratified the multivariable adjusted logistic regression analyses and the fractional polynomial regression analyses according to sex, with echocardiographic markers of diastolic dysfunction as dependent variables, and adiponectin as the independent variable of interest. Results Decreased adiponectin was associated with higher odds of average tissue Doppler e’ < 9 in women (odds ratio [OR] 1.17 per 1 μg/mL adiponectin decrease, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.04–1.30), but not in men (p for interaction with sex 0.04). Women, but not men, had higher odds of E/e’ ratio ≥ 8 with lower adiponectin (OR 1.12 per 1 μg/mL adiponectin decrease, 95% CI 1.02–1.24, p for interaction with sex 0.04). Adiponectin in the lower sex-specific tertile was associated with increased odds of concentric left ventricular hypertrophy in women (OR 2.44, 95% CI 1.03–5.77), but with decreased odds in men (OR 0.32, 95% CI 0.11–0.88, p for interaction with sex 0.002), and decreased odds of eccentric hypertrophy in men only (OR 0.53, 95% CI 0.33–0.88, p for interaction with sex 0.02). Adiponectin in the lower sex-specific tertile was associated with moderately enlarged left atria in women only (OR 1.43, 95% CI 1.01–2.03, p for interaction with sex 0.04). Finally, adiponectin had a non-linear relationship with left ventricular mass in women only, with exponentially increasing left ventricular mass with lower adiponectin levels (p for interaction with sex 0.01). Conclusions Low adiponectin was associated with higher odds of indices of diastolic dysfunction in women, but lower odds of indices of diastolic dysfunction in men. Lower adiponectin was associated with increased left ventricular mass in women only.
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- Jon V Norvik
- Metabolic and Renal Research Group, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway. .,Cardiovascular Research Group IMB, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway.
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of North Norway, N-9038, Tromsø, Norway.,Cardiovascular Research Group IKM, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway
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- Metabolic and Renal Research Group, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway.,Cardiovascular Research Group IMB, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway
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- Metabolic and Renal Research Group, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway.,Department of Transplant Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, N-0424, Oslo, Norway
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- Metabolic and Renal Research Group, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway
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- Metabolic and Renal Research Group, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway.,Section of Nephrology, University Hospital of North Norway, N-9038, Tromsø, Norway
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- Metabolic and Renal Research Group, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway.,Section of Nephrology, University Hospital of North Norway, N-9038, Tromsø, Norway
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Low levels of ApoA1 improve risk prediction of type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Clin Lipidol 2017; 11:362-368. [PMID: 28502492 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2017.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Revised: 12/29/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has reported to be a major public health crisis in China. OBJECTIVE We examined the incidence of new T2DM over 4 years for association of clinical factors and lipids with development of T2DM in a community-based population. METHODS We included 923 Chinese subjects who participated in community-organized health checkout in both 2009 and 2013. Health history was collected; physical examination was performed; biochemistry, lipids, and glucose were measured. Of 923, 819 were confirmed without T2DM in 2009 and included in the analysis. Unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression models were used to estimate the effects of clinical factors and biomarkers on the risk of new T2DM. RESULTS Of 819 subjects without T2DM in 2009, 65 were identified as T2DM in 2013, 8% over 4 years. These 65 subjects, compared with those 754 without new T2DM, were older, more likely to be male and smokers. They had higher body mass index (BMI), fasting glucose, blood pressure and triglycerides, and lower levels of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1). Multivariate logistic regression identified larger BMI (odds ratio [OR] = 1.7; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.22-2.39, P = .002), higher fasting glucose levels (OR = 4.2, 95% CI, 2.90-6.19, P < .001), and low levels of ApoA1 (OR = 0.51, 95% CI 0.33-0.76, P = .002) were independently associated with new T2DM. Furthermore, receiver operating characteristics curves for multivariate models for new T2DM showed that area under the curve improved from 0.87 to 0.89 when adding ApoA1 to the Framingham Diabetes Risk Scoring Model and from 0.85 to 0.89 when adding ApoA1 to a 4-variable (age, BMI, glucose, and triglycerides) Chinese model. CONCLUSIONS There is a high incidence of new T2DM at 8% over 4 years among Chinese. Larger BMI, higher glucose levels, and lower levels of ApoA1 are significantly and independently associated with new T2DM. Lower ApoA1 improves the risk prediction of new type 2 diabetes when it was added to the existing risk models.
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Raffaele M, Li Volti G, Barbagallo IA, Vanella L. Therapeutic Efficacy of Stem Cells Transplantation in Diabetes: Role of Heme Oxygenase. Front Cell Dev Biol 2016; 4:80. [PMID: 27547752 PMCID: PMC4974271 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2016.00080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The growing data obtained from in vivo studies and clinical trials demonstrated the benefit of adult stem cells transplantation in diabetes; although an important limit is represented by their survival after the transplant. To this regard, recent reports suggest that genetic manipulation of stem cells prior to transplantation can lead to enhanced survival and better engraftment. The following review proposes to stimulate interest in the role of heme oxygenase-1 over-expression on transplantation of stem cells in diabetes, focusing on the clinical potential of heme oxygenase protein and activity to restore tissue damage and/or to improve the immunomodulatory properties of transplanted stem cells.
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- Marco Raffaele
- Department of Drug Science, University of Catania Catania, Italy
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- Department Biomedical and Biotechnological Science, University of Catania Catania, Italy
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- Department of Drug Science, University of Catania Catania, Italy
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Averill MM, Kim EJ, Goodspeed L, Wang S, Subramanian S, Den Hartigh LJ, Tang C, Ding Y, Reardon CA, Getz GS, Chait A. The apolipoprotein-AI mimetic peptide L4F at a modest dose does not attenuate weight gain, inflammation, or atherosclerosis in LDLR-null mice. PLoS One 2014; 9:e109252. [PMID: 25286043 PMCID: PMC4186861 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE High density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels are inversely related to cardiovascular disease risk and associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. Apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I; major HDL protein) mimetics have been reported to reduce atherosclerosis and decrease adiposity. This study investigated the effect of L4F mimetic peptide and apoA-I overexpression on weight gain, insulin resistance, and atherosclerosis in an LDL receptor deficient (Ldlr-/-) model fed a high fat high sucrose with cholesterol (HFHSC) diet. METHODS Studies in differentiated 3T3-L1 adipocytes tested whether L4F could inhibit palmitate-induced adipocyte inflammation. In vivo studies used male Ldlr-/- mice fed a HFHSC diet for 12 weeks and were injected daily with L4F (100 µg/mouse) subcutaneously during the last 8 weeks. Wild-type and apoA-I overexpressing Ldlr-/- mice were fed HFHSC diet for 16 weeks. RESULTS Neither L4F administration nor apoA-I overexpression affected weight gain, total plasma cholesterol or triglycerides in our studies. While pre-treatment of 3T3-L1 adipocytes with either L4F or HDL abolished palmitate-induced cytokine expression in vitro, L4F treatment did not affect circulating or adipose tissue inflammatory markers in vivo. Neither L4F administration nor apoA-I overexpression affected glucose tolerance. ApoA-I overexpression significantly reduced atherosclerotic lesion size, yet L4F treatment did not affect atherosclerosis. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that neither L4F (100 µg/day/mouse) nor apoA-I overexpression affects adiposity or insulin resistance in this model. We also were unable to confirm a reduction in atherosclerosis with L4F in our particular model. Further studies on the effect of apoA-I mimetics on atherosclerosis and insulin resistance in a variety of dietary contexts are warranted.
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- Michelle M. Averill
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Pastuszka MK, Wang X, Lock LL, Janib SM, Cui H, DeLeve LD, MacKay JA. An amphipathic alpha-helical peptide from apolipoprotein A1 stabilizes protein polymer vesicles. J Control Release 2014; 191:15-23. [PMID: 25016969 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Revised: 07/03/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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L4F, an alpha helical peptide inspired by the lipid-binding domain of the ApoA1 protein, has potential applications in the reduction of inflammation involved with cardiovascular disease as well as an antioxidant effect that inhibits liver fibrosis. In addition to its biological activity, amphipathic peptides such as L4F are likely candidates to direct the molecular assembly of peptide nanostructures. Here we describe the stabilization of the amphipathic L4F peptide through fusion to a high molecular weight protein polymer. Comprised of multiple pentameric repeats, elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs) are biodegradable protein polymers inspired from the human gene for tropoelastin. Dynamic light scattering confirmed that the fusion peptide forms nanoparticles with a hydrodynamic radius of approximately 50nm, which is unexpectedly above that observed for the free ELP (~5.1nm). To further investigate their morphology, conventional and cryogenic transmission electron microscopy were used to reveal that they are unilamellar vesicles. On average, these vesicles are 49nm in radius with lamellae 8nm in thickness. To evaluate their therapeutic potential, the L4F nanoparticles were incubated with hepatic stellate cells. Stellate cell activation leads to hepatic fibrosis; furthermore, their activation is suppressed by anti-oxidant activity of ApoA1 mimetic peptides. Consistent with this observation, L4F nanoparticles were found to suppress hepatic stellate cell activation in vitro. To evaluate the in vivo potential for these nanostructures, their plasma pharmacokinetics were evaluated in rats. Despite the assembly of nanostructures, both free L4F and L4F nanoparticles exhibited similar half-lives of approximately 1h in plasma. This is the first study reporting the stabilization of peptide-based vesicles using ApoA1 mimetic peptides fused to a protein polymer; furthermore, this platform for peptide-vesicle assembly may have utility in the design of biodegradable nanostructures.
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- Martha K Pastuszka
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033-9121, USA
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- Research Center for Liver Diseases and the Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033-9121, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Research Center for Liver Diseases and the Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033-9121, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
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Hooper PL, Balogh G, Rivas E, Kavanagh K, Vigh L. The importance of the cellular stress response in the pathogenesis and treatment of type 2 diabetes. Cell Stress Chaperones 2014; 19:447-64. [PMID: 24523032 PMCID: PMC4041942 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-014-0493-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2013] [Revised: 12/24/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Organisms have evolved to survive rigorous environments and are not prepared to thrive in a world of caloric excess and sedentary behavior. A realization that physical exercise (or lack of it) plays a pivotal role in both the pathogenesis and therapy of type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2DM) has led to the provocative concept of therapeutic exercise mimetics. A decade ago, we attempted to simulate the beneficial effects of exercise by treating t2DM patients with 3 weeks of daily hyperthermia, induced by hot tub immersion. The short-term intervention had remarkable success, with a 1 % drop in HbA1, a trend toward weight loss, and improvement in diabetic neuropathic symptoms. An explanation for the beneficial effects of exercise and hyperthermia centers upon their ability to induce the cellular stress response (the heat shock response) and restore cellular homeostasis. Impaired stress response precedes major metabolic defects associated with t2DM and may be a near seminal event in the pathogenesis of the disease, tipping the balance from health into disease. Heat shock protein inducers share metabolic pathways associated with exercise with activation of AMPK, PGC1-a, and sirtuins. Diabetic therapies that induce the stress response, whether via heat, bioactive compounds, or genetic manipulation, improve or prevent all of the morbidities and comorbidities associated with the disease. The agents reduce insulin resistance, inflammatory cytokines, visceral adiposity, and body weight while increasing mitochondrial activity, normalizing membrane structure and lipid composition, and preserving organ function. Therapies restoring the stress response can re-tip the balance from disease into health and address the multifaceted defects associated with the disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Philip L. Hooper
- />Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO USA
| | - Gabor Balogh
- />Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
| | - Eric Rivas
- />Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX USA
- />Department of Kinesiology, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX USA
| | - Kylie Kavanagh
- />Department of Pathology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston–Salem, NC USA
| | - Laszlo Vigh
- />Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
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