2024
1886-LB: Safety, PK, and Preliminary Efficacy of the Liver-Targeted Mitochondrial Protonophore TLC-6740—A Phase 1 Study
GANE E, HUSS R, SUR J, MURAKAMI E, WENG S, KIRBY B, SHAH A, SHULMAN G, SUBRAMANIAN M, VIJAYAKUMAR A, MYERS R. 1886-LB: Safety, PK, and Preliminary Efficacy of the Liver-Targeted Mitochondrial Protonophore TLC-6740—A Phase 1 Study. Diabetes 2024, 73 DOI: 10.2337/db24-1886-lb.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTreatment of obesityAdverse eventsSteady-state half-lifeEvaluate food effectsPhase 1 studyDose-dependent improvementDose-dependent reductionProportion of subjectsUnrelated to treatmentDose-dependent mannerMAD cohortsLab abnormalitiesSerum totalLDL-CFood effectHealthy subjectsClinical useWeight lossImpact of foodBody weightPreliminary efficacyObesityHalf-lifeTreatmentMitochondrial uncoupling
2021
Therapeutic potential of mitochondrial uncouplers for the treatment of metabolic associated fatty liver disease and NASH
Goedeke L, Shulman GI. Therapeutic potential of mitochondrial uncouplers for the treatment of metabolic associated fatty liver disease and NASH. Molecular Metabolism 2021, 46: 101178. PMID: 33545391, PMCID: PMC8085597, DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2021.101178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFatty liver diseaseLiver diseaseSmall molecule mitochondrial uncouplersTherapeutic potentialMitochondrial uncouplerNon-human primate studiesType 2 diabetesWide therapeutic indexSystemic toxicity concernsTreatment of MetabolicCell-specific effectsInsulin resistanceTherapeutic indexMetabolic diseasesNonalcoholic hepatosteatosisSustained increaseToxicity concernsPrimate studiesDiseaseTherapeutic developmentMitochondrial inefficiencyNutrient oxidationATP productionTreatmentTissue