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
2022
Metformin, phenformin, and galegine inhibit complex IV activity and reduce glycerol-derived gluconeogenesis
LaMoia TE, Butrico GM, Kalpage HA, Goedeke L, Hubbard BT, Vatner DF, Gaspar RC, Zhang XM, Cline GW, Nakahara K, Woo S, Shimada A, Hüttemann M, Shulman GI. Metformin, phenformin, and galegine inhibit complex IV activity and reduce glycerol-derived gluconeogenesis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2022, 119: e2122287119. PMID: 35238637, PMCID: PMC8916010, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2122287119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlucose-lowering effectPlasma glucose concentrationComplex I activityHepatic gluconeogenesisType 2 diabetes mellitusGlucose concentrationGlycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activityI activityDiabetes mellitusSelective inhibitionMetforminInhibitionRelevant concentrationsGluconeogenesisPhenforminVivoMost studiesDehydrogenase activityGalegineMellitus