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Metformin Attenuates Hyperglycaemia-Stimulated Pro-Fibrotic Gene Expression in Adventitial Fibroblasts via Inhibition of Discoidin Domain Receptor 2

Molecular mechanisms underlying the diverse therapeutic effects of anti-diabetic metformin, beyond its anti-hyperglycaemic effects, remain largely unclear. Metformin is reported to reduce the long-term complications of diabetes, including cardiovascular fibrosis and remodelling. Our recent investiga...

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Autores principales: Titus, Allen Sam, Ushakumary, Mereena George, Venugopal, Harikrishnan, Wang, Mingyi, Lakatta, Edward G., Kailasam, Shivakumar
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9820506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36614028
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24010585
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author Titus, Allen Sam
Ushakumary, Mereena George
Venugopal, Harikrishnan
Wang, Mingyi
Lakatta, Edward G.
Kailasam, Shivakumar
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Ushakumary, Mereena George
Venugopal, Harikrishnan
Wang, Mingyi
Lakatta, Edward G.
Kailasam, Shivakumar
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description Molecular mechanisms underlying the diverse therapeutic effects of anti-diabetic metformin, beyond its anti-hyperglycaemic effects, remain largely unclear. Metformin is reported to reduce the long-term complications of diabetes, including cardiovascular fibrosis and remodelling. Our recent investigations show that Discoidin Domain Receptor 2 (DDR2), a Collagen receptor tyrosine kinase, has an obligate regulatory role in Collagen type I gene expression in cardiac and vascular adventitial fibroblasts, and that it may be a molecular link between arterial fibrosis and metabolic syndrome in rhesus monkeys. Using gene knockdown and overexpression approaches, the present study examined whether DDR2 is a target of metformin and whether, by targeting DDR2, it inhibits Fibronectin and Collagen type I expression in rat aortic adventitial fibroblasts exposed to hyperglycaemic conditions. Metformin was found to attenuate hyperglycaemia-induced increase in DDR2 mRNA and protein expression by inhibiting TGF-β1/SMAD2/3 signalling that mediates the stimulatory effect of hyperglycaemia on DDR2 expression. Metformin also inhibited DDR2-dependent expression of Fibronectin and Collagen type I, indicating that it regulates these matrix proteins via DDR2 inhibition. The findings identify DDR2, a mediator of cardiovascular remodelling, as a molecular target of metformin, thereby uncovering the molecular basis of its protective role in vascular fibrosis and possibly cardiac fibrosis associated with diabetic cardiomyopathy.
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spelling pubmed-98205062023-01-07 Metformin Attenuates Hyperglycaemia-Stimulated Pro-Fibrotic Gene Expression in Adventitial Fibroblasts via Inhibition of Discoidin Domain Receptor 2 Titus, Allen Sam Ushakumary, Mereena George Venugopal, Harikrishnan Wang, Mingyi Lakatta, Edward G. Kailasam, Shivakumar Int J Mol Sci Article Molecular mechanisms underlying the diverse therapeutic effects of anti-diabetic metformin, beyond its anti-hyperglycaemic effects, remain largely unclear. Metformin is reported to reduce the long-term complications of diabetes, including cardiovascular fibrosis and remodelling. Our recent investigations show that Discoidin Domain Receptor 2 (DDR2), a Collagen receptor tyrosine kinase, has an obligate regulatory role in Collagen type I gene expression in cardiac and vascular adventitial fibroblasts, and that it may be a molecular link between arterial fibrosis and metabolic syndrome in rhesus monkeys. Using gene knockdown and overexpression approaches, the present study examined whether DDR2 is a target of metformin and whether, by targeting DDR2, it inhibits Fibronectin and Collagen type I expression in rat aortic adventitial fibroblasts exposed to hyperglycaemic conditions. Metformin was found to attenuate hyperglycaemia-induced increase in DDR2 mRNA and protein expression by inhibiting TGF-β1/SMAD2/3 signalling that mediates the stimulatory effect of hyperglycaemia on DDR2 expression. Metformin also inhibited DDR2-dependent expression of Fibronectin and Collagen type I, indicating that it regulates these matrix proteins via DDR2 inhibition. The findings identify DDR2, a mediator of cardiovascular remodelling, as a molecular target of metformin, thereby uncovering the molecular basis of its protective role in vascular fibrosis and possibly cardiac fibrosis associated with diabetic cardiomyopathy. MDPI 2022-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9820506/ /pubmed/36614028 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24010585 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Titus, Allen Sam
Ushakumary, Mereena George
Venugopal, Harikrishnan
Wang, Mingyi
Lakatta, Edward G.
Kailasam, Shivakumar
Metformin Attenuates Hyperglycaemia-Stimulated Pro-Fibrotic Gene Expression in Adventitial Fibroblasts via Inhibition of Discoidin Domain Receptor 2
title Metformin Attenuates Hyperglycaemia-Stimulated Pro-Fibrotic Gene Expression in Adventitial Fibroblasts via Inhibition of Discoidin Domain Receptor 2
title_full Metformin Attenuates Hyperglycaemia-Stimulated Pro-Fibrotic Gene Expression in Adventitial Fibroblasts via Inhibition of Discoidin Domain Receptor 2
title_fullStr Metformin Attenuates Hyperglycaemia-Stimulated Pro-Fibrotic Gene Expression in Adventitial Fibroblasts via Inhibition of Discoidin Domain Receptor 2
title_full_unstemmed Metformin Attenuates Hyperglycaemia-Stimulated Pro-Fibrotic Gene Expression in Adventitial Fibroblasts via Inhibition of Discoidin Domain Receptor 2
title_short Metformin Attenuates Hyperglycaemia-Stimulated Pro-Fibrotic Gene Expression in Adventitial Fibroblasts via Inhibition of Discoidin Domain Receptor 2
title_sort metformin attenuates hyperglycaemia-stimulated pro-fibrotic gene expression in adventitial fibroblasts via inhibition of discoidin domain receptor 2
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9820506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36614028
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24010585
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