Dapagliflozin treatment is associated with a reduction of epicardial adipose tissue thickness and epicardial glucose uptake in human type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes Epicardial adipose tissue Metabolism Microvascular dysfunction PET Precision medicine SGLT-2i

Journal

Cardiovascular diabetology
ISSN: 1475-2840
Titre abrégé: Cardiovasc Diabetol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101147637

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
19 Dec 2023
Historique:
received: 10 10 2023
accepted: 11 12 2023
medline: 20 12 2023
pubmed: 20 12 2023
entrez: 20 12 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

We recently demonstrated that treatment with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) leads to an increase in myocardial flow reserve in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) with stable coronary artery disease (CAD). The mechanism by which this occurs is, however, unclear. One of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease is inflammation of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT). Since the latter is often increased in type 2 diabetes patients, it could play a role in coronary microvascular dysfunction. It is also well known that SGLT-2i modify adipose tissue metabolism. We aimed to investigate the effects of the SGLT-2i dapagliflozin on metabolism and visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness in T2D patients with stable coronary artery disease and to verify whether these changes could explain observed changes in myocardial flow. We performed a single-center, prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial with 14 T2D patients randomized 1:1 to SGLT-2i dapagliflozin (10 mg daily) or placebo. The thickness of visceral (epicardial, mediastinal, perirenal) and subcutaneous adipose tissue and glucose uptake were assessed at baseline and 4 weeks after treatment initiation by 2-deoxy-2-[ The two groups were well-matched for baseline characteristics (age, diabetes duration, HbA1c, BMI, renal and heart function). Dapagliflozin treatment significantly reduced EAT thickness by 19% (p = 0.03). There was a significant 21.6% reduction in EAT glucose uptake during euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp in the dapagliflozin group compared with the placebo group (p = 0.014). There were no significant effects on adipose tissue thickness/metabolism in the other depots explored. SGLT-2 inhibition selectively reduces EAT thickness and EAT glucose uptake in T2D patients, suggesting a reduction of EAT inflammation. This could explain the observed increase in myocardial flow reserve, providing new insights into SGLT-2i cardiovascular benefits.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38115004
doi: 10.1186/s12933-023-02091-0
pii: 10.1186/s12933-023-02091-0
doi:

Banques de données

ClinicalTrials.gov
['NCT03313752']

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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349

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Francesca Cinti (F)

Centro Malattie Endocrine e Metaboliche, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Lucia Leccisotti (L)

UOC di Medicina Nucleare, Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Gian Pio Sorice (GP)

Centro Malattie Endocrine e Metaboliche, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Sezione di Medicina Interna, Endocrinologia, Andrologia e Malattie Metaboliche, Dipartimento di Medicina di Precisione e Rigenerativa e Area Jonica - (DiMePRe-J), Università Degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy.

Umberto Capece (U)

Centro Malattie Endocrine e Metaboliche, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Domenico D'Amario (D)

Dipartimento di Scienze Cardiovascolari, UOC Di Cardiologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Università del Piemonte Orientale , Dipartimento Medicina Translazionale, Novara, Italy.

Margherita Lorusso (M)

UOC di Medicina Nucleare, Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Shawn Gugliandolo (S)

Centro Malattie Endocrine e Metaboliche, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia Traslazionale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Cassandra Morciano (C)

Centro Malattie Endocrine e Metaboliche, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Medicina Interna - Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, BS, Italy.

Andrea Guarneri (A)

UOC di Medicina Nucleare, Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Maria Angela Guzzardi (MA)

Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Pisa, Italy.

Teresa Mezza (T)

Centro Malattie Endocrine e Metaboliche, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Pancreas Unit, CEMAD Centro Malattie dell'Apparato Digerente, Medicina Interna e Gastroenterologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

Amedeo Capotosti (A)

UOSD Fisica Medica e Radioprotezione, Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Rome, Italy.

Luca Indovina (L)

UOSD Fisica Medica e Radioprotezione, Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Rome, Italy.

Pietro Manuel Ferraro (PM)

U.O.S. Terapia Conservativa della Malattia Renale Cronica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Patricia Iozzo (P)

Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Pisa, Italy.

Filippo Crea (F)

Dipartimento di Scienze Cardiovascolari, UOC Di Cardiologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Alessandro Giordano (A)

UOC di Medicina Nucleare, Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. alessandro.giordano@unicatt.it.

Andrea Giaccari (A)

Centro Malattie Endocrine e Metaboliche, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. andrea.giaccari@unicatt.it.

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