CONTEXT: Visceral adiposity plays a significant role in cardiovascular risk. PDE5 inhibitors (PDE5i) can improve cardiac function and insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes patients. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether PDE5i affect visceral adipose tissue (VAT), specifically epicardial fat (epicardial adipose tissue [EAT]), and what mechanism is involved, using microarray-based profiling of pharmacologically modulated microRNA (miRNAs). DESIGN: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in type 2 diabetes. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTION: A total of 59 diabetic patients were randomized to receive 100-mg/d sildenafil or placebo for 12 weeks. Fat biopsies were collected in a subgroup of patients. In a parallel protocol, db/db mice were randomized to 12 weeks of sildenafil or vehicle, and VAT was collected. MAIN OUTCOME AND MEASURES: Anthropometric and metabolic parameters, EAT quantification through cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, array of 2005 circulating miRNAs, quantitative PCR, and flow cytometry of VAT. RESULTS: Compared with placebo, sildenafil reduced waist circumference (P = .024) and EAT (P = .045). Microarray analysis identified some miRNAs differentially regulated by sildenafil, including down-regulation of miR-22-3p, confirmed by real-time quantitative PCR (P < .001). Sildenafil's modulation of miR-22-3p expression was confirmed in vitro in HL1 cardiomyocytes. Up-regulation of SIRT1, a known target of miR-22-3p, was found in both serum and sc fat in sildenafil-treated subjects. Compared with vehicle, 12-week sildenafil treatment down-regulated miR-22-3p and up-regulated Sirtuin1 (SIRT1) gene expression in VAT from db/db mice, shifting adipose tissue cell composition toward a less inflamed profile. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with PDE5i in humans and murine models of diabetes improves VAT, targeting SIRT1 through a modulation of miR-22-3p expression.
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CONTEXT: Visceral adiposity plays a significant role in cardiovascular risk. PDE5 inhibitors (PDE5i) can improve cardiac function and insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetespatients. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether PDE5i affect visceral adipose tissue (VAT), specifically epicardial fat (epicardial adipose tissue [EAT]), and what mechanism is involved, using microarray-based profiling of pharmacologically modulated microRNA (miRNAs). DESIGN: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in type 2 diabetes. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTION: A total of 59 diabeticpatients were randomized to receive 100-mg/d sildenafil or placebo for 12 weeks. Fat biopsies were collected in a subgroup of patients. In a parallel protocol, db/db mice were randomized to 12 weeks of sildenafil or vehicle, and VAT was collected. MAIN OUTCOME AND MEASURES: Anthropometric and metabolic parameters, EAT quantification through cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, array of 2005 circulating miRNAs, quantitative PCR, and flow cytometry of VAT. RESULTS: Compared with placebo, sildenafil reduced waist circumference (P = .024) and EAT (P = .045). Microarray analysis identified some miRNAs differentially regulated by sildenafil, including down-regulation of miR-22-3p, confirmed by real-time quantitative PCR (P < .001). Sildenafil's modulation of miR-22-3p expression was confirmed in vitro in HL1 cardiomyocytes. Up-regulation of SIRT1, a known target of miR-22-3p, was found in both serum and sc fat in sildenafil-treated subjects. Compared with vehicle, 12-week sildenafil treatment down-regulated miR-22-3p and up-regulated Sirtuin1 (SIRT1) gene expression in VAT from db/db mice, shifting adipose tissue cell composition toward a less inflamed profile. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with PDE5i in humans and murine models of diabetes improves VAT, targeting SIRT1 through a modulation of miR-22-3p expression.
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