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Published in: Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy 6/2022

27-08-2021 | Dapagliflozin | Original Article

SGLT2 Inhibition by Dapagliflozin Attenuates Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Mice with Type-1 Diabetes

Authors: Huan Chen, Yochai Birnbaum, Regina Ye, Hsiu-Chiung Yang, Mandeep Bajaj, Yumei Ye

Published in: Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy | Issue 6/2022

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Abstract

Background

SGLT2 inhibitors increase plasma ketone concentrations. It has been suggested that insulinopenia, along with an increase in the counter-regulatory hormones epinephrine, corticosterone, glucagon and growth hormone, can induce ketoacidosis, especially in type-1 diabetes (T1DM). Dehydration precipitates SGLT2 inhibitor–induced ketoacidosis in type-2 diabetes. We studied the effects of dapagliflozin and water deprivation on the development of ketoacidosis and the associated signaling pathways in T1DM mice.

Methods

C57BL/6 mice were fed a high-fat diet. After 7 days, some mice received intraperitoneal injection of streptozocin + alloxan (STZ/ALX). The treatment groups were control + water at lib; control + dapagloflozin + water at lib; control + dapagloflozin + water deprivation; STZ/ALX + water at lib; STZ/ALX + water deprivation; STZ/ALX + dapagloflozin + water at lib; STZ/ALX + dapagloflozin + water deprivation. Dapagliflozin was given for 7 days. In the morning of day 18, food was removed, and water was removed in the water deprivation groups. ELISA, rt-PCR, and immunoblotting were used to assess blood, heart, liver, white and brown adipose tissues.

Results

The T1DM mice had ketoacidosis even without water deprivation. Water deprivation increased plasma levels of β-hydroxybutyrate, acetoacetate, corticosterone, and epinephrine and reduced the levels of adiponectin in T1DM mice. Interleukin (IL) 1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TNFα were also increased in the T1DM mice with water deprivation. Dapagliflozin attenuated the changes in the T1DM mice without and with water deprivation. Likewise, water deprivation increased the activation of the inflammasome in the heart, liver, and white fat of the T1DM mice and dapagliflozin attenuated these changes. Dapagliflozin reduced the mRNA levels of glucagon receptors in the liver and the increase in GPR109a in white and brown fat. In the liver, dapagliflozin increased AMPK phosphorylation, and attenuated the phosphorylation of TBK1 and the activation of NFκB.

Conclusions

Dapagliflozin reduced ketone body levels and attenuated the activation of NFκB and the activation of the inflammasome in T1DM mice with ketoacidosis.
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Metadata
Title
SGLT2 Inhibition by Dapagliflozin Attenuates Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Mice with Type-1 Diabetes
Authors
Huan Chen
Yochai Birnbaum
Regina Ye
Hsiu-Chiung Yang
Mandeep Bajaj
Yumei Ye
Publication date
27-08-2021
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy / Issue 6/2022
Print ISSN: 0920-3206
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7241
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10557-021-07243-6

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