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Ruth F Rocha1, Tiago Rodrigues2, Angela C O Menegatti3
1Centro de Biologia Molecular Estrutural, Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Trindade, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Abstract:
Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) is considered a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), since this enzyme plays a significant role to down-regulate insulin and leptin signalling and its over expression has been implicated in the development of insulin resistance, T2DM and obesity. Some thiazolidinediones (TZD) derivatives have been reported as promising PTP1B inhibitors with anti hyperglycemic effects. Recently, lobeglitazone, a new TZD, was described as an antidiabetic drug that targets the PPAR-γ (peroxisome γ proliferator-activated receptor) pathway, but no information on its effects on PTP1B have been reported to date. We investigated the effects of lobeglitazone on PTP1B activity in vitro. Surprisingly, lobeglitazone led to moderate inhibition on PTP1B (IC50 42.8 ± 3.8 µM) activity and to a non-competitive reversible mechanism of action. As lobeglitazone inhibits PTP1B activity in vitro, we speculate that it could also target PTP1B signalling pathway in vivo and thus contribute to potentiate its antidiabetic effects.
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