Pharmacological Effects and Pharmacokinetic Properties of a Dual-Function Peptide 5rolGLP-HV

Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 2017 Feb;181(2):483-494. doi: 10.1007/s12010-016-2225-2. Epub 2016 Sep 7.

Abstract

In order to better understand the therapeutic mechanism of dual-function peptide 5rolGLP-HV in treatment of treat diabetes and its complication of thrombosis, the pharmacological effects and pharmacokinetic properties of 5rolGLP-HV were conducted in this study. 5rolGLP-HV was orally administered to diabetic mice, and the hypoglycemic mechanism was investigated. Thrombotic mice were applied to study the thrombus dissolving ability of 5rolGLP-HV. The concentration of rolGLP and rHV in rat plasma following single oral dose or intravenous injection of 5rolGLP-HV was measured. Treatment with 5rolGLP-HV decreased insulin resistance (2.96 ± 1.43 vs. 9.35 ± 1.51, p < 0.05) of diabetic mice. 5rolGLP-HV shortened the length of thrombus in thrombosis mice (2.92 ± 0.74 vs. 5.92 ± 1.16 cm, p < 0.01) and extended the thrombin time (15.35 ± 1.22 vs. 8.67 ± 0.89 s, p < 0.01) of normal mice. Meanwhile, 5rolGLP-HV restored the damage of pancreatic, liver, kidney, and adipose tissues induced in the diabetic mice. 5rolGLP-HV exhibited a fast absorption and slow elimination phase after digested into rolGLP-1 and rHV in vivo. These results suggested that 5rolGLP-HV had an ideal therapeutic potential in the prevention of β cell dysfunction in type 2 diabetes and delay of the thrombus.

Keywords: 5rolGLP-HV; Pharmacokinetic; Pharmacological; Thrombosis; Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Animals
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / diagnosis
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / drug therapy*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / metabolism*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 / administration & dosage*
  • Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 / pharmacokinetics*
  • Hirudins / administration & dosage*
  • Hirudins / pharmacokinetics*
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Metabolic Clearance Rate
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / administration & dosage*
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / pharmacokinetics*
  • Thrombosis / diagnosis
  • Thrombosis / drug therapy*
  • Thrombosis / metabolism*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • 5rolGLP-HV fusion peptide
  • Drug Combinations
  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Hirudins
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Glucagon-Like Peptide 1