Protective effects of metformin on pancreatic β-cell ferroptosis in type 2 diabetes in vivo

Metformin (Met) is the recommended first-line therapeutic drug for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and exerts protective effects on β-cell damage. Ferroptosis, a new form of cell death, is associated with pancreatic islet injury in patients with T2DM. However, the protective effects of Met treatment against β-cell damage through ferroptosis modulation remain under-reported. This study investigated the in vivo effects of Met treatment on pancreatic β-cell ferroptosis using two different diabetic mouse models, namely, low-dose streptozotocin (STZ) and high-fat diet (HFD)–induced diabetic mice and db/db mice. Met treatment significantly restored insulin release, reduced cell mortality, and decreased the overproduction of lipid-related reactive oxygen species in the islets of both STZ/HFD-induced diabetic mice and db/db mice. Administration of the Ras-selective lethal 3 injection significantly attenuated the antiferroptosis effects of Met. Mechanistically, Met treatment alleviated β-cell ferroptosis in T2DM, which was associated with the regulation of the GPX4/ACSL4 axis in the islets. In conclusion, our findings highlight the significance of ferroptosis in T2DM β-cell damage and provide novel insights into the protective effects of Met against islet β cells..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:168

Enthalten in:

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy - 168(2023), Seite 115835-

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yue Sun [VerfasserIn]
Ya-ping Bai [VerfasserIn]
De-guo Wang [VerfasserIn]
Yu-jie Xing [VerfasserIn]
Teng Zhang [VerfasserIn]
Wen Wang [VerfasserIn]
Si-min Zhou [VerfasserIn]
Jin-han Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Wei-wei Chang [VerfasserIn]
Xiang Kong [VerfasserIn]
Xin-ming Yao [VerfasserIn]
Li-qun Guo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ferroptosis
Islets
Metformin
Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Type 2 diabetes mellitus

doi:

10.1016/j.biopha.2023.115835

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ095403426