Journal Article

Glucagon-like peptide-1 protects against ischemic left ventricular dysfunction during hyperglycemia in patients with coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus

Kydd, Anna C, Heck, Patrick M, Hoole, Stephen P, Clarke, Sophie J, Ring, Liam S, Dutka, David P, McCormick, Liam M

2015

Overview

Background Enhancement of myocardial glucose uptake may reduce fatty acid oxidation and improve tolerance to ischemia. Hyperglycemia, in association with hyperinsulinemia, stimulates this metabolic change but may have deleterious effects on left ventricular (LV) function. The incretin hormone, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), also has favorable cardiovascular effects, and has emerged as an alternative method of altering myocardial substrate utilization. In patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), we investigated: (1) the effect of a hyperinsulinemic hyperglycemic clamp (HHC) on myocardial performance during dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE), and (2) whether an infusion of GLP-1(7-36) at the time of HHC protects against ischemic LV dysfunction during DSE in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods In study 1, twelve patients underwent two DSEs with tissue Doppler imaging (TDI)—one during the steady-state phase of a HHC. In study 2, ten patients with T2DM underwent two DSEs with TDI during the steady-state phase of a HHC. GLP-1(7-36) was infused intravenously at 1.2 pmol/kg/min during one of the scans. In both studies, global LV function was assessed by ejection fraction and mitral annular systolic velocity, and regional wall LV function was assessed using peak systolic velocity, strain and strain rate from 12 paired non-apical segments. Results In study 1, the HHC (compared with control) increased glucose (13.0 ± 1.9 versus 4.8 ± 0.5 mmol/l, p < 0.0001) and insulin (1,212 ± 514 versus 114 ± 47 pmol/l, p = 0.01) concentrations, and reduced FFA levels (249 ± 175 versus 1,001 ± 333 μmol/l, p < 0.0001), but had no net effect on either global or regional LV function. In study 2, GLP-1 enhanced both global (ejection fraction, 77.5 ± 5.0 versus 71.3 ± 4.3%, p = 0.004) and regional (peak systolic strain −18.1 ± 6.6 versus −15.5 ± 5.4%, p < 0.0001) myocardial performance at peak stress and at 30 min recovery. These effects were predominantly driven by a reduction in contractile dysfunction in regions subject to demand ischemia. Conclusions In patients with CAD, hyperinsulinemic hyperglycemia has a neutral effect on LV function during DSE. However, GLP-1 at the time of hyperglycemia improves myocardial tolerance to demand ischemia in patients with T2DM. Trial Registration: http://www.isrctn.org . Unique identifier ISRCTN69686930

• Publisher: BioMed Central,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Aged / Angiology / Biomarkers - blood / Biomechanical Phenomena / Blood Glucose - drug effects / Blood Glucose - metabolism / Cardiology / Coronary Artery Disease - complications / Coronary Artery Disease - diagnosis / Diabetes / Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - blood / Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications / Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diagnosis / Diabetic Cardiomyopathies - diagnosis / Diabetic Cardiomyopathies - etiology / Diabetic Cardiomyopathies - physiopathology / Diabetic Cardiomyopathies - prevention & control / Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Echocardiography, Stress / Female / Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 - administration & dosage / Glucose Clamp Technique / Humans / Hyperglycemia - blood / Hyperglycemia - complications / Hyperglycemia - diagnosis / Incretins - administration & dosage / Infusions, Intravenous / Insulin - blood / Male / Medicine / Medicine & Public Health / Middle Aged / Myocardial Contraction - drug effects / Original Investigation / Peptide Fragments - administration & dosage / Stroke Volume - drug effects / Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnosis / Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - etiology / Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology / Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - prevention & control / Ventricular Function, Left - drug effects