PUBLICATION

A Novel Partial Agonist of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ with Excellent Effect on Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes

Authors
Liu, H.J., Zhang, C.Y., Song, F., Xiao, T., Meng, J., Zhang, Q., Liang, C.L., Li, S., Wang, J., Zhang, B., Liu, Y.R., Sun, T., Zhou, H.G.
ID
ZDB-PUB-170214-195
Date
2015
Source
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics   353: 573-81 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Wang, Jing, Zhang, Bo
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • 3-Mercaptopropionic Acid/analogs & derivatives*
  • 3-Mercaptopropionic Acid/pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Blood Glucose/metabolism
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival/drug effects
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/drug therapy
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/metabolism
  • Dyslipidemias/drug therapy
  • Dyslipidemias/etiology
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use*
  • Hypoglycemic Agents/toxicity
  • Insulin Resistance*
  • PPAR gamma/agonists*
  • Pancreas/pathology
  • Phenols/pharmacology*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Thiazolidinediones/therapeutic use
  • Transcriptional Activation/drug effects
  • Weight Gain/drug effects
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
25876909 Full text @ J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther.
Abstract
Partial agonists of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) reportedly reverse insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In this work, a novel non-thiazolidinedione-partial PPARγ ligand, MDCCCL1636 [N-(4-hydroxyphenethyl)-3-mercapto-2-methylpropanamide], was investigated. The compound displayed partial agonist activity in biochemical and cell-based transactivation assays and reversed insulin resistance. MDCCCL1636 showed a potential antidiabetic effect on an insulin-resistance model of human hepatocarcinoma cells (HepG2). High-fat diet-fed streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats treated with MDCCCL1636 for 56 days displayed reduced fasting serum glucose and reversed dyslipidemia and pancreatic damage without significant weight gain. Furthermore, MDCCCL1636 had lower toxicity in vivo and in vitro than pioglitazone. MDCCCL1636 also potentiated glucose consumption and inhibited the impairment in insulin signaling targets, such as AKT, glycogen synthase kinase 3β, and glycogen synthase, in HepG2 human hepatoma cells. Overall, our results suggest that MDCCCL1636 is a promising candidate for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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