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Query: UMLS:C0011849 (diabetes)
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Tyrosine kinases inhibitors (TKIs) may alter glycaemia and may be cardiotoxic with importance in diabetic heart. We investigated the effect of multi-TKI crizotinib after short-term administration on metabolic modulators of the heart of diabetic rats. Experimental diabetes mellitus (DM) was induced by streptozotocin (STZ; 80 mg/kg, i.p.), controls received vehicle (CON). Three days after STZ, crizotinib (STZ+CRI; 25 mg/kg/day p.o.) or vehicle was administered for 7 days. Blood glucose, C-peptide and glucagon were assessed in plasma samples. Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), cardiac glucose transporters and PPARs were determined in rat left ventricle by RT-qPCR method. Crizotinib moderately reduced blood glucose (by 25%, P<0.05) when compared to STZ rats. The drug did not affect levels of C-peptide, an indicator of insulin secretion, suggesting altered tissue glucose utilization. Crizotinib had no impact on cardiac RTKs. However, an mRNA downregulation of insulin-dependent glucose transporter Glut4 in hearts of STZ rats was attenuated after crizotinib treatment. Moreover, crizotinib normalized Ppard and reduced Pparg mRNA expression in diabetic hearts. Crizotinib decreased blood glucose independently of insulin and glucagon. This could be related to changes in regulators of cardiac metabolism such as GLUT4 and PPARs.
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PMID:The tyrosine kinase inhibitor crizotinib influences blood glucose and mRNA expression of GLUT4 and PPARs in the heart of rats with experimental diabetes. 3320 27


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