Monomeric GLP-1/GIP/glucagon triagonism corrects obesity, hepatosteatosis, and dyslipidemia in female mice.
Mol. Metab. 6, 440-446 (2017)
Objective: Obesity is a major health threat that affects men and women equally. Despite this fact, weight-loss potential of pharmacotherapies is typically first evaluated in male mouse models of diet-induced obesity (DIO). To address this disparity we herein determined whether a monomeric peptide with agonism at the receptors for glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), and glucagon is equally efficient in correcting DIO, dyslipidemia, and glucose metabolism in DIO female mice as it has been previously established for DIO male mice. Methods: Female C57BL/6J mice and a cohort of fatmass-matched C57BL/6J male mice were treated for 27 days via subcutaneous injections with either the GLP-1/GIP/glucagon triagonist or PBS. A second cohort of C57BL/6J male mice was included to match the females in the duration of the high-fat, high-sugar diet (HFD) exposure. Results: Our results show that GLP-1/GIP/glucagon triple agonism inhibits food intake and decreases body weight and body fat mass with comparable potency in male and female mice that have been matched for body fat mass. Treatment improved dyslipidemia in both sexes and reversed diet-induced steatohepatitis to a larger extent in female mice compared to male mice. Conclusions: We herein show that a recently developed unimolecular peptide triagonist is equally efficient in both sexes, suggesting that this polypharmaceutical strategy might be a relevant alternative to bariatric surgery for the treatment of obesity and related metabolic disorders.
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Diabetes ; Dyslipidemia ; Glucose Homeostasis ; Obesity ; Pharmacotherapy ; Sex Differences; Fatty Liver-disease; Insulin-resistance; Bariatric Surgery; Glucose-tolerance; Body-weight; Life-style; Diet; Sex; Steatohepatitis; Cell
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english
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2017
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2212-8778
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30201 - Metabolic Health
30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
90000 - German Center for Diabetes Research
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Helmholtz Diabetes Center
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Genetics and Epidemiology
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G-502200-001
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2017-04-28