Punjabi Mukesh, Kosareva Alexandra, Xu Lifen, Ochoa-Espinosa Amanda, Decembrini Sarah, Hofmann Georg, Wyttenbach Samira, Rolin Bidda, Nyberg Michael, Kaufmann Beat A
Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Global Drug Discovery, Novo Nordisk A/S, Maaloev, Denmark.
JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2022 Dec 7;8(2):189-200. doi: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2022.08.002. eCollection 2023 Feb.
The authors determined the effect of the GLP-1 receptor agonist liraglutide on endothelial surface expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM)-1 in murine apolipoprotein E knockout atherosclerosis. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound molecular imaging using microbubbles targeted to VCAM-1 and control microbubbles showed a 3-fold increase in endothelial surface VCAM-1 signal in vehicle-treated animals, whereas in the liraglutide-treated animals the signal ratio remained around 1 throughout the study. Liraglutide had no influence on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol or glycated hemoglobin, but reduced TNF-α, IL-1β, MCP-1, and OPN. Aortic plaque lesion area and luminal VCAM-1 expression on immunohistology were reduced under liraglutide treatment.
作者们确定了胰高血糖素样肽-1(GLP-1)受体激动剂利拉鲁肽对小鼠载脂蛋白E基因敲除动脉粥样硬化模型中血管细胞黏附分子(VCAM)-1在内皮表面表达的影响。使用靶向VCAM-1的微泡和对照微泡进行的超声分子成像显示,在接受载体治疗的动物中,内皮表面VCAM-1信号增加了3倍,而在接受利拉鲁肽治疗的动物中,整个研究过程中信号比率保持在1左右。利拉鲁肽对低密度脂蛋白胆固醇或糖化血红蛋白没有影响,但降低了肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)、白细胞介素-1β(IL-1β)、单核细胞趋化蛋白-1(MCP-1)和骨桥蛋白(OPN)。在利拉鲁肽治疗下,免疫组织化学检测显示主动脉斑块病变面积和管腔VCAM-1表达降低。