Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter 2 (SGLT2) Inhibitor Dapagliflozin Stabilizes Diabetes-Induced Atherosclerotic Plaque Instability.

ABSTRACT: Background Diabetes is known to accelerate atherosclerosis and increase plaque instability. However, there has been a lack of suitable animal models to study the effect of diabetes on plaque instability. We hypothesized that the tandem stenosis mouse model, which reflects plaque instability/rupture as seen in patients, can be applied to study the effects of diabetes and respective therapeutics on plaque instability/rupture. Methods and Results ApoE^-/- mice at 7 weeks of age were rendered diabetic with streptozotocin and 5 weeks later were surgically subjected to tandem stenosis in the right carotid artery and fed with a high-fat diet for 7 weeks. As a promising new antidiabetic drug class, a sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor was tested in this new model. Diabetic mice sh

SUBMITTER: Chen YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9075188 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature