2016年2月
DPP-4 inhibition has beneficial effects on the heart after myocardial infarction
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY
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- 開始ページ
- 72
- 終了ページ
- 80
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.12.026
- 出版者・発行元
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Aims: Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors are reported to have protective effects on various cells but it is unclear how DPP-4 inhibitors have cardioprotective effects. Our aim was to study the mechanisms of cardioprotective effects by DPP-4 inhibition.
Methods and results: C57BL/6 mice and DPP-4 knockout (DPP-4K0) mice were subjected to left coronary artery ligation to produce acute myocardial infarction (MI). C57BL/6 mice were then treated with vehicle or DPP-4 inhibitor. Left ventricular function, infarct size, the number of vessels, and myocardial ischemia were assessed at 5 days after MI. The treatment with DPP-4 inhibitor significantly improved cardiac function and decreased the infarct size. DPP-4 inhibitor increased the ratio of endothelial cell numbers to a cardiomyocyte. The extent of myocardial ischemia and the number of TUNEL-positive cells in the border area were significantly decreased by DPP-4 inhibitor. Stromal cell-derived factor-1 alpha (SDF-1 alpha) level in myocardium was significantly increased by DPP-4 inhibitor. Those cardioprotective effects after MI were also recognized in DPP-4K0 mice. DPP-4 protein was expressed on rat neonatal cardiomyocytes and DPP-4 inhibitor significantly reduced hypoxia-induced apoptosis in the cardiomyocytes. However, this effect was abolished by the pretreatment with a CXCR4 antagonist or a signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) inhibitor. The beneficial effects of DPP-4 inhibitor on heart failure after MI were abolished by cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of STAT3.
Conclusions: DPP-4 inhibition may have direct protective effects on the post-MI heart by inducing an antiapoptotic effect and inhibiting a decrease in vessel number through the SDF-1 alpha/CXCR4-mediated STAT3 signaling pathway. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Methods and results: C57BL/6 mice and DPP-4 knockout (DPP-4K0) mice were subjected to left coronary artery ligation to produce acute myocardial infarction (MI). C57BL/6 mice were then treated with vehicle or DPP-4 inhibitor. Left ventricular function, infarct size, the number of vessels, and myocardial ischemia were assessed at 5 days after MI. The treatment with DPP-4 inhibitor significantly improved cardiac function and decreased the infarct size. DPP-4 inhibitor increased the ratio of endothelial cell numbers to a cardiomyocyte. The extent of myocardial ischemia and the number of TUNEL-positive cells in the border area were significantly decreased by DPP-4 inhibitor. Stromal cell-derived factor-1 alpha (SDF-1 alpha) level in myocardium was significantly increased by DPP-4 inhibitor. Those cardioprotective effects after MI were also recognized in DPP-4K0 mice. DPP-4 protein was expressed on rat neonatal cardiomyocytes and DPP-4 inhibitor significantly reduced hypoxia-induced apoptosis in the cardiomyocytes. However, this effect was abolished by the pretreatment with a CXCR4 antagonist or a signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) inhibitor. The beneficial effects of DPP-4 inhibitor on heart failure after MI were abolished by cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of STAT3.
Conclusions: DPP-4 inhibition may have direct protective effects on the post-MI heart by inducing an antiapoptotic effect and inhibiting a decrease in vessel number through the SDF-1 alpha/CXCR4-mediated STAT3 signaling pathway. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.12.026