Oral administration of a new HRI activator as a new strategy to improve high-fat-diet-induced glucose intolerance, hepatic steatosis, and hypertriglyceridaemia through FGF21.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

FGF21 has emerged as a therapeutic strategy for treating type 2 diabetes mellitus due to its antidiabetic effects, and this has led to the development of long-acting analogues of FGF21. However, these compounds have some limitations, including a need to be administered by s.c. injection and their prolonged pharmacodynamic effect compared with native FGF21, which might be responsible for their reported side effects.

Experimental approach

We have previously demonstrated that i.p. administration of haem-regulated eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α kinase (HRI) activators increases hepatic and circulating levels of FGF21. In this study, we examined the effects of p.o. administration of a new HRI activator, EPB-53, on high-fat diet (HFD)-induced gl

SUBMITTER: Zarei M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6555855 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature