Nadjib Hammoudi1,2, Dongtak Jeong1, Rajvir Singh1, Ahmed Farhat1,3, Michel Komajda2, Eric Mayoux4, Roger Hajjar1, Djamel Lebeche5,6,7. 1. Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA. 2. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC University Paris 06, Institut de Cardiologie (AP-HP), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (ICAN), INSERM UMRS 1166, Paris, France. 3. Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA. 4. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Cardio-metabolic Diseases, Binger Straße 173, 55216, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany. 5. Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA. djamel.lebeche@mssm.edu. 6. Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA. djamel.lebeche@mssm.edu. 7. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA. djamel.lebeche@mssm.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Cardiovascular (CV) diseases in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) represent an enormous burden with high mortality and morbidity. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have recently emerged as a new antidiabetic class that improves glucose control, as well as body weight and blood pressure with no increased risk of hypoglycemia. The first CV outcome study terminated with empagliflozin, a specific SGLT2 inhibitor, has shown a reduction in CV mortality and in heart failure hospitalization, suggesting a beneficial impact on cardiac function which remains to be demonstrated. This study was designed to examine the chronic effect of empagliflozin on left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic functions in a genetic model of T2DM, ob/ob mice. METHODS AND RESULTS: Cardiac phenotype was characterized by echocardiography, in vivo hemodynamics, histology, and molecular profiling. Our results demonstrate that empagliflozin significantly lowered HbA1c and slightly reduced body weight compared to vehicle treatment with no obvious changes in insulin levels. Empagliflozin also improved LV maximum pressure and in vivo indices of diastolic function. While systolic function was grossly not affected in both groups at steady state, response to dobutamine stimulation was significantly improved in the empagliflozin-treated group, suggesting amelioration of contractile reserve. This was paralleled by an increase in phospholamban (PLN) phosphorylation and increased SERCA2a/PLN ratio, indicative of enhanced SERCA2a function, further supporting improved cardiac relaxation and diastolic function. In addition, empagliflozin reconciled diabetes-associated increase in MAPKs and dysregulated phosphorylation of IRS1 and Akt, leading to improvement in myocardial insulin sensitivity and glucose utilization. CONCLUSION: The data show that chronic treatment with empagliflozin improves diastolic function, preserves calcium handling and growth signaling pathways and attenuates myocardial insulin resistance in ob/ob mice, findings suggestive of a potential clinical utility for empagliflozin in the treatment of diastolic dysfunction.
PURPOSE: Cardiovascular (CV) diseases in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) represent an enormous burden with high mortality and morbidity. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have recently emerged as a new antidiabetic class that improves glucose control, as well as body weight and blood pressure with no increased risk of hypoglycemia. The first CV outcome study terminated with empagliflozin, a specific SGLT2 inhibitor, has shown a reduction in CV mortality and in heart failure hospitalization, suggesting a beneficial impact on cardiac function which remains to be demonstrated. This study was designed to examine the chronic effect of empagliflozin on left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic functions in a genetic model of T2DM, ob/ob mice. METHODS AND RESULTS: Cardiac phenotype was characterized by echocardiography, in vivo hemodynamics, histology, and molecular profiling. Our results demonstrate that empagliflozin significantly lowered HbA1c and slightly reduced body weight compared to vehicle treatment with no obvious changes in insulin levels. Empagliflozin also improved LV maximum pressure and in vivo indices of diastolic function. While systolic function was grossly not affected in both groups at steady state, response to dobutamine stimulation was significantly improved in the empagliflozin-treated group, suggesting amelioration of contractile reserve. This was paralleled by an increase in phospholamban (PLN) phosphorylation and increased SERCA2a/PLN ratio, indicative of enhanced SERCA2a function, further supporting improved cardiac relaxation and diastolic function. In addition, empagliflozin reconciled diabetes-associated increase in MAPKs and dysregulated phosphorylation of IRS1 and Akt, leading to improvement in myocardial insulin sensitivity and glucose utilization. CONCLUSION: The data show that chronic treatment with empagliflozin improves diastolic function, preserves calcium handling and growth signaling pathways and attenuates myocardial insulin resistance in ob/ob mice, findings suggestive of a potential clinical utility for empagliflozin in the treatment of diastolic dysfunction.
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