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Table 1 The in vivo and in vitro studies of Hypoglycemic Drugs

From: The role of oxidative stress in diabetes mellitus-induced vascular endothelial dysfunction

Study

Type

Hypoglycemic Drugs

Model

Dose

Result

Refs

In vitro

metformin

HUVECs

Metformin(0.5mM, 24 h)

p-AMPK↑

OGG1↑

ROS↓

[111]

 

metformin

CMECs

Metformin (10µM, 100µM, 1000µM, respectively for 24 h)

Tom70↑

NO↑

ROS↓

GSH↑

[112]

 

DPP-4 inhibitor

Primary HUVECs

Saxagliptin

(0.5µM, 1µM, respectively for 12 h)

ox-LDL(100 µg/ml for 24 h.)

LOX-1↓

ICAM-1,↓

VCAM-1↓

NOX-4↓

[114]

 

DPP-4 inhibitor

HUVECs

teneligliptin (0.1µM, 1.0µM,

3µM respectively for 21days)

NOX-4↓

BAX↓

BCL2↑

ROS↓

[116]

 

DPP-4 inhibitor

HUVECs

Sitagliptin(1µM, 48 h)

p-AMPK↑

ROS↓

[115]

 

GLP-1

HUVECs

Exenatide(10 µg/ml, 24 h)

S1PR2↓

IL-1β↓

TNF-α↓

ROS↓

[119]

 

GLP-1

IMECs

Liraglutide(3nM,10nM,30nM, 100nM respectively for 24 h)

PKA↑

eNOS↑

[121]

 

GLP-1

HRECs

Dulaglutide(25nM, 50nM respectively for 24 h)

SIRT1↑

eNOS↑

PAI-1↓

[122]

 

GLP-1

HUVECs

Dulaglutide(50nM, 100nM respectively for 48 h)

SIRT1↑

NLRP3↓

NOX4↓

[123]

 

GLP-1

HUVECs

Lixisenatide(10nM, 20nM respectively for 24 h)

ICAM-1↓

VCAM-1↓

eNOS↑

ROS↓

[124]

 

SGLT2 Inhibitor

HBMECs

empagliflozin (1 µM,

for 48 h)

mtROS↓

[129]

 

Thiazolidinediones

HUVECs

Rosiglitazone(1 to 20 µM respectively for 48 h)

AMPK↑

NOX↓

ROS↓

[134]

In vivo

metformin

STZ-induced male ApoE−/−mice,

Metformin (300 mg/kg/day) by drinking water

p-AMPK↑

Drp1↓

mitochondrial fission↓

[110]

 

SGLT2 Inhibitor

STZ-induced male C57BL/6J mice

Dapagliflozin(10 mg/kg/day) by i.g

ERK1/2↓

cPLA2↓

ROS↓

[125]

 

SGLT2 Inhibitor

C57BL/6 male mice,db/db mice

Dapagliflozin (1 mg/kg/day) for 8 weeks

SIRT1↑

eNOS↑

ROS↓

[126]

 

SGLT2 Inhibitor

STZ-induced male ApoE−/−mice

Canagliflozin (30 mg/kg/day) by i.g

NOX2↓

ICAM-1↓

VCAM-1↓

[127]

 

SGLT2 Inhibitor

STZ-induced male ApoE−/−mice

Empagliflozin (10 mg/kg/day) by i.g

p-AMPK↑

eNOS↑

mtROS↓

[128]

 

GLP-1

STZ-induced male SD rats

rhGLP-1 (1.5pmol/kg/min) by osmotic pumps

PKC-β↓

PKA↑

ROS↓

[120]

 

GLP-1

STZ-induced male SD rats

exenatide(5 µg/kg, twice a day) by i.h

NOX4↓

VCAM-1↓

[118]

 

Thiazolidinediones

STZ-induced male SD rats

pioglitazone (10 mg/kg) for 4 weeks

SOD↑

CAT↑

GSH↑

ROS↓

[132]

 

Thiazolidinediones

STZ-induced male C57BL/6J mice

Rosiglitazone(0.15 g/kg)

HSP22↑

ICAM-1↓

[133]

  1. Abbreviations used are: ↑,upregulation; ↓, downregulation. AMPK, AMP-activated protein kinase; OGG1, 8-Oxoguanine glycosylase; ROS, reactive oxygen species; mtROS, mitochondrial ROS; Tom, translocase of the outer membrane; NO, nitric oxide; GSH, glutathione. DPP-4, dipeptidyl peptidase‑4; SGLT-2, sodium-glucose cotransporter 2; GLP-1, glucagon-like peptide-1. LOX-1, lectin-like ox-LDL receptor- 1; ICAM-1, intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1; VCAM-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule 1; NOX4, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase 4; STZ, Streptozotocin; Drp1, dynamin-related protein 1; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor α; IL-1β, interleukin-1β; PKA, protein kinase A; eNOS, endothelial nitric oxide synthase; SIRT1, Sirtuin1; PAI-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1