Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide suppresses foam cell formation of macrophages through inhibition of the cyclin-dependent kinase 5-cd36 pathway

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Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) has been reported to have an atheroprotective property in animal models. However, the effect of GIP on macrophage foam cell formation, a crucial step of atherosclerosis, remains largely unknown. We investigated the effects of GIP on foam cell formation of, and CD36 expression in, macrophages extracted from GIP receptordeficient (Gipr−/−) and Gipr+/+ mice and cultured human U937 macrophages by using an agonist for GIP receptor, [D-Ala2]GIP(1–42). Foam cell formation evaluated by esterification of free cholesterol to cholesteryl ester and CD36 gene expression in macrophages isolated from Gipr+/+ mice infused subcutaneously with [D-Ala2]GIP(1–42) were significantly suppressed compared with vehicletreated mice, while these beneficial effects were not observed in macrophages isolated from Gipr−/− mice infused with [D-Ala2]GIP(1–42). When macrophages were isolated from Gipr+/+ and Gipr−/− mice, and then exposed to [D-Ala2]GIP(1–42), similar results were obtained. [D-Ala2]GIP(1–42) attenuated ox-LDL uptake of, and CD36 gene expression in, human U937 macrophages as well. Gene expression level of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) was also suppressed by [D-Ala2]GIP(1–42) in U937 cells, which was corelated with that of CD36. A selective inhibitor of Cdk5, (R)-DRF053 mimicked the effects of [D-Ala2]GIP(1–42) in U937 cells. The present study suggests that GIP could inhibit foam cell formation of macrophages by suppressing the Cdk5-CD36 pathway via GIP receptor.

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Terasaki, M., Yashima, H., Mori, Y., Saito, T., Shiraga, Y., Kawakami, R., … Yamagishi, S. I. (2021). Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide suppresses foam cell formation of macrophages through inhibition of the cyclin-dependent kinase 5-cd36 pathway. Biomedicines, 9(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9070832

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