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Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor improves neovascularization by increasing circulating endothelial progenitor cells.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Current methods used to treat critical limb ischaemia (CLI) are hampered by a lack of effective strategies, therefore, therapeutic vasculogenesis may open up a new field for the treatment of CLI. In this study we investigated the ability of the DPP-4 inhibitor, sitagliptin, originally used as a hypoglycaemic agent, to induce vasculogenesis in vivo. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: Sitagliptin were administered daily to C57CL/B6 mice and eGFP transgenic mouse bone marrow-transplanted ICR mice that had undergone hindlimb ischaemic surgery. Laser Doppler imaging and flow cytometry were used to evaluate the degree of neovasculogenesis and circulating levels of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) respectively. Cell surface markers of EPCs and endothelial NOS (eNOS) in vessels were studied. KEY RESULTS: Sitagliptin elevated plasma glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) levels in mice subjected to ischaemia, decreased plasma dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) concentration, and augmented ischaemia-induced increases in stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) in a dose-dependent manner. Blood flow in the ischaemic limb was significantly improved in mice treated with sitagliptin. Circulating levels of EPCs were also increased after sitagliptin treatment. Sitagliptin also enhanced the expression of CD 34 and eNOS in ischaemic muscle. In addition, sitagliptin promoted EPC mobilization and homing to ischaemic tissue in eGFP transgenic mouse bone marrow-transplanted ICR mice. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Circulating EPC levels and neovasculogenesis were augmented by the DPP-4 inhibitor, sitagliptin and this effect was dependent on an eNOS-related pathway in a mouse model of hindlimb ischaemia. The results indicate that oral administration of sitagliptin has therapeutic potential as an inducer of vasculogenesis.

SUBMITTER: Huang CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3514763 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor improves neovascularization by increasing circulating endothelial progenitor cells.

Huang Chun-Yao CY   Shih Chun-Ming CM   Tsao Nai-Wen NW   Lin Yi-Wen YW   Huang Po-Hsun PH   Wu Shinn-Chih SC   Lee Ai-Wei AW   Kao Yung-Ta YT   Chang Nen-Chung NC   Nakagami Hironori H   Morishita Ryuichi R   Ou Keng-Liang KL   Hou Wen-Chi WC   Lin Cheng-Yen CY   Shyu Kuo-Gi KG   Lin Feng-Yen FY  

British journal of pharmacology 20121201 7


<h4>Background and purpose</h4>Current methods used to treat critical limb ischaemia (CLI) are hampered by a lack of effective strategies, therefore, therapeutic vasculogenesis may open up a new field for the treatment of CLI. In this study we investigated the ability of the DPP-4 inhibitor, sitagliptin, originally used as a hypoglycaemic agent, to induce vasculogenesis in vivo.<h4>Experimental approach</h4>Sitagliptin were administered daily to C57CL/B6 mice and eGFP transgenic mouse bone marro  ...[more]

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