Effects of mitemcinal (GM-611), an orally active erythromycin-derived prokinetic agent, on delayed gastric emptying and postprandial glucose in a new minipig model of diabetes.
Abstract | AIMS: This study was conducted to evaluate the suitability of a new minipig model for investigating aspects of diabetes such as delayed gastric emptying and glucose metabolism abnormalities, and to test the effects of mitemcinal (GM-611), an orally active erythromycin-derived motilin receptor agonist, on gastric emptying and postprandial glucose in normal and diabetic minipigs. METHODS AND RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: The new diabetic minipig model showed suitability for investigating diabetes, gastric emptying, and plasma glucose excursions. Since delayed gastric emptying and irregular plasma glucose excursions are characteristic of diabetic gastroparesis, the accelerating and regulating effects of mitemcinal on this model add to the existing evidence that mitemcinal is likely to be useful for treating diabetic gastroparesis.
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Authors | Ken-ichi Ozaki, Makoto Monnai, Mitsu Onoma, Hiroyasu Muramatsu, Kenji Yogo, Toshihiko Watanabe, Yasuhiro Oda, Koichi Katagiri, Hitoshi Arakawa, Zen Itoh, Satoshi Omura, Hisanori Takanashi |
Journal | Journal of diabetes and its complications
(J Diabetes Complications)
2008 Sep-Oct
Vol. 22
Issue 5
Pg. 339-47
ISSN: 1873-460X [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 18413164
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Blood Glucose
- Gastrointestinal Agents
- Streptozocin
- Erythromycin
- mitemcinal
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Topics |
- Administration, Oral
- Animals
- Blood Glucose
(drug effects)
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental
(chemically induced, complications, drug therapy, physiopathology)
- Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
- Erythromycin
(administration & dosage, analogs & derivatives, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
- Gastric Emptying
(drug effects, physiology)
- Gastrointestinal Agents
(administration & dosage, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
- Gastroparesis
(chemically induced, drug therapy, physiopathology)
- Islets of Langerhans
(drug effects, physiopathology)
- Kidney
(drug effects, physiopathology)
- Liver
(drug effects, physiopathology)
- Male
- Postprandial Period
(drug effects, physiology)
- Streptozocin
- Swine
- Swine, Miniature
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