Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ agonist rosiglitazone reduces clinical inflammatory responses in type 2 diabetes with coronary artery disease after coronary angioplasty

  • Guang Wang
  • , Jinru Wei
  • , Youfei Guan
  • , Nan Jin
  • , Jieming Mao
  • , Xian Wang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Rosiglitazone, an agonist of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ), is an insulin-sensitizing antidiabetic agent and inhibits restenosis in animal blood vessels. However, its benefit for patients with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD) after percutaneous coronary intervention is unknown. Patients with diabetes and CAD who had undergone percutaneous coronary intervention were randomized to either receive or not receive rosiglitazone (4 mg/d) for 6 months. After 6 months of rosiglitazone treatment, the plasma levels of fasting glucose and insulin and those of hemoglobin A1C and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance were significantly decreased in the rosiglitazone group as compared with baseline levels and those in the control group. After 2 and 6 months of rosiglitazone treatment, the plasma level of high-density lipoprotein was significantly increased in the rosiglitazone group. In addition, plasma levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and C-reactive protein and hyperresponsiveness of low-dose lipopolysaccharide-induced monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 secretion from monocytes were reduced. Furthermore, the occurrence of coronary events was significantly decreased in the rosiglitazone group at 6-month follow-up. Our data indicate that rosiglitazone may protect the vascular wall through not only improving the features of metabolic disorders but also reducing proinflammatory responses and the occurrence of coronary events in patients with diabetes and CAD after percutaneous coronary intervention.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)590-597
Number of pages8
JournalMetabolism: Clinical and Experimental
Volume54
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2005
Externally publishedYes

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