Abstract:
:Postprandial hypertriglyceridemia, as well as postprandial hyperglycemia, are important factors contributing to the development of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes. Nateglinide is a recently approved antidiabetic that suppresses postprandial hyperglycemia by stimulating the early phase of insulin secretion. In the present study, we investigated the effects of nateglinide on postprandial hypertriglyceridemia in obese Zucker fatty (ZF) rats and non-obese diabetic Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats. Administration of an oral fat load caused marked hypertriglyceridemia with a peak at 2 h in ZF and GK rats. Nateglinide (50 mg/kg) significantly suppressed the increase of plasma triglycerides after fat loading in both types of rat (delta AUC [0-4 h]: 15+/-69 mg.h/dl for nateglinide vs. 838+/-100 mg.h/dl for vehicle in ZF rats; p<0.01, 81+/-22 mg x h/dl for nateglinide vs. 164+/-17 mg.h/dl for vehicle in GK rats; p<0.01). In contrast, other antidiabetic agents (voglibose and glibenclamide) did not show a significant effect on the increase of triglycerides after fat loading. The triglyceride components suppressed by nateglinide were mainly at the origin and in the pre beta subfraction on agarose gel electrophoresis, suggesting that chylomicrons and very low density lipoproteins were decreased. Plasma insulin levels were significantly increased at 30 min in nateglinide-treated rats, but not in voglibose- or glibenclamide-treated rats. These results suggest that nateglinide not only suppresses postprandial hyperglycemia, but also suppresses postprandial hypertriglyceridemia, by promoting rapid and pulsatile insulin secretion in patients with type 2 diabetes.
journal_name
Biol Pharm Bulljournal_title
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletinauthors
Mine T,Miura K,Kitahara Y,Okano A,Kawamori Rdoi
10.1248/bpb.25.1412subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-11-01 00:00:00pages
1412-6issue
11eissn
0918-6158issn
1347-5215journal_volume
25pub_type
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