Identification of a selective glucocorticoid receptor ligand for the treatment of chronic inflammation in type 2 diabetes mellitus

  • Authors:
    • Haifeng Tan
    • Wei Wang
    • Xiangang Yin
    • Yao Li
    • Rui Yin
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  • Published online on: July 23, 2014     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2014.1860
  • Pages: 1111-1114
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Abstract

The present study aimed to identify a new selective glucocorticoid receptor (GR) ligand for the treatment of chronic inflammation in type 2 diabetes mellitus. The IN Cell Analyzer 1000 platform was employed to screen for compounds that may promote GR nuclear translocation. A mammalian two-hybrid system and transactivation assaywere used to analyze the selected GR ligands and evaluate their activities for GR transcription and the recruitment of co‑activators. A novel selective GR ligand, compound Q40, was identified that was able to promote GR nuclear translocation in a short period of time. It increased the ability of GR to recruit co‑activators in a concentration‑dependent manner, but had no positive effect on GR transcriptional activity. In conclusion, an increase in the expression levels of gluconeogeneic genes, induced by the transcriptional activation of GR, is the predisposing factor most commonly associated with the side‑effects of glucocorticoids. The results suggest that compound Q40 is a ligand of the GR and exerts an agonistic action on the recruitment of co‑activators without sugar dysmetabolism‑related side‑effects. Thus, compound Q40 has the potential to be used as an anti‑inflammatory adjuvant therapy with minimal side‑effects in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Tan H, Wang W, Yin X, Li Y and Yin R: Identification of a selective glucocorticoid receptor ligand for the treatment of chronic inflammation in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Exp Ther Med 8: 1111-1114, 2014.
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Tan, H., Wang, W., Yin, X., Li, Y., & Yin, R. (2014). Identification of a selective glucocorticoid receptor ligand for the treatment of chronic inflammation in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 8, 1111-1114. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2014.1860
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Tan, H., Wang, W., Yin, X., Li, Y., Yin, R."Identification of a selective glucocorticoid receptor ligand for the treatment of chronic inflammation in type 2 diabetes mellitus". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 8.4 (2014): 1111-1114.
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Tan, H., Wang, W., Yin, X., Li, Y., Yin, R."Identification of a selective glucocorticoid receptor ligand for the treatment of chronic inflammation in type 2 diabetes mellitus". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 8, no. 4 (2014): 1111-1114. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2014.1860