2024
SGLT2 inhibition alters substrate utilization and mitochondrial redox in healthy and failing rat hearts
Goedeke L, Ma Y, Gaspar R, Nasiri A, Lee J, Zhang D, Galsgaard K, Hu X, Zhang J, Guerrera N, Li X, LaMoia T, Hubbard B, Haedersdal S, Wu X, Stack J, Dufour S, Butrico G, Kahn M, Perry R, Cline G, Young L, Shulman G. SGLT2 inhibition alters substrate utilization and mitochondrial redox in healthy and failing rat hearts. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2024, 134: e176708. PMID: 39680452, PMCID: PMC11645152, DOI: 10.1172/jci176708.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSodium-glucose cotransporter type 2Heart failureKetone oxidationGas chromatography-mass spectrometryFatty acid oxidationLeft ventricular ejection fractionReduced myocardial oxidative stressVentricular ejection fractionKetone supplementationWeeks of treatmentMyocardial oxidative stressDecreased pyruvate oxidationInduce heart failurePlasma glucose levelsIn vivo effectsSGLT2i treatmentEjection fractionAssociated with improvementsAwake ratsSGLT2 inhibitionCardioprotective benefitsLiquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometryPlasma ketonesRates of ketonizationChromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
2023
Lysophosphatidic acid triggers inflammation in the liver and white adipose tissue in rat models of 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 2 deficiency and overnutrition
Sakuma I, Gaspar R, Luukkonen P, Kahn M, Zhang D, Zhang X, Murray S, Golla J, Vatner D, Samuel V, Petersen K, Shulman G. Lysophosphatidic acid triggers inflammation in the liver and white adipose tissue in rat models of 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 2 deficiency and overnutrition. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2312666120. PMID: 38127985, PMCID: PMC10756285, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2312666120.Peer-Reviewed Original Research