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
2020
A Membrane-Bound Diacylglycerol Species Induces PKCϵ-Mediated Hepatic Insulin Resistance
Lyu K, Zhang Y, Zhang D, Kahn M, Ter Horst KW, Rodrigues MRS, Gaspar RC, Hirabara SM, Luukkonen PK, Lee S, Bhanot S, Rinehart J, Blume N, Rasch MG, Serlie MJ, Bogan JS, Cline GW, Samuel VT, Shulman GI. A Membrane-Bound Diacylglycerol Species Induces PKCϵ-Mediated Hepatic Insulin Resistance. Cell Metabolism 2020, 32: 654-664.e5. PMID: 32882164, PMCID: PMC7544641, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2020.08.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell MembraneDiglyceridesHumansInsulin ResistanceLiverMalePhosphorylationProtein Kinase C-epsilonRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptor, InsulinConceptsPlasma membraneEndoplasmic reticulumHigh-fat diet-induced hepatic insulin resistanceSubcellular fractionation methodInsulin receptor kinaseKey lipid speciesHepatic insulin resistanceDiet-induced hepatic insulin resistanceReceptor kinaseDiacylglycerol acyltransferase 2Molecular mechanismsAcute knockdownPhosphorylationLipid dropletsLipid speciesAcyltransferase 2KnockdownLiver-specific overexpressionDAG accumulationPKCϵDAG contentMembraneFractionation methodKinaseMitochondria