Effects of Sildenafil a Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitor on Rat Liver Cell Key...

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International Journal of Pharmacology 2 (3): 280-285, 2006 ISSN 1811-7775 2006 Asian Network for Scientific Information Effects of Sildenafil a Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitor on Rat Liver Cell Key Enzymes of Gluconeogenesis and Glycogenolysis Sheyda Hoscini, Hadi Esmaily, Azadeh Mohammadirad and Mohammad Abdollahi Laboratory of Toxicology. Faculty of Pharmacy, and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Abstract: In the present study, the effects of short-tem administration of sildenafil a selective PDES inhibitor on serum glucose and hepatic glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis were examined in rals in vivo. Sildenafil was administered intraperitoneally at doses of 0.5, 1.0 and 5.0 mg kg¹. Two hours post treatment, liver was perfused, removed and homogenized. The activities of the key enzymes of glycogen phosphorylase (GP) and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) were analyzed in the homogenate. The high dose of sildenafil (5 mg kg) caused a significant reduction in serum glucose levels in comparison to control group (91.6+1.7 vs. 121.1616.05 mg dL). The activity of PEPCK remained unchanged when animals were treated with various doses of sildenafil. Interestingly, sildenafil reduced hepatic GP at all doses administered (20.31 11.12, 17.1811.2, 15.69±1.1 vs. 25.8±1.8 U g¯¯ liver protein for control group). It is concluded that administration of sildenafil markedly reduces liver glycogenolysis which in turn lowers blood glucose concentration at higher doses. This effect of sildenafil seems to be in relation with its NO mimicking potential and antioxidant properties. The underlying mechanisms involved seem complicated since parallel increase in the activities of GP and PEPCK was not observed. Key words: Liver, gluconeogenesis, glycogenolysis, cAMP, cGMP INTRODUCTION The phosphodiesterases phosphodiesterase (PDES) are a superfamily of enzymes which catalyze the hydrolysis of the cyclic nucleotides CAMP, cGMP to their corresponding inactive 5-monophosphate counterparts. The cyclic nucleotides play a prominent role in the regulation of cellular functions and PDE inhibition can therefore elicit a variety of effects (Dal-Piaz and Giovannoni, 2000). There are 11 families of PDE enzymes (PDL-PDE11) which are recognized by substrate specificity, kinetic characteristics and amino acid sequence. Sildenafil is a potent and selective inhibitor of PDES that decreases the breakdown of endogenously produced cGMP in smooth muscle cells and nerves (Ballard et al., 1998) and is currently used for treatment of male erectile dysfunction (Souness et al., 2000). The pharmacologic actions of phosphodiesterase inhibitors (PDEIs) are due to their potential to increase intracellular CAMP and cGMP as intracellular signal messengers that modulate both the intensity and the nature of immediate and delayed cellular responses (Soderling and Beavo. 2000). The recent studies in amimals (Milani et al., 2005) and human (Rahimi et al., 2005; Aydin et al., 2001) have demonstrated an impact of PDES inhibitors upon glucose metabolism but the reports are controversial. In some studies, cGMP accumulation in the liver cells has been shown to have little effect on glycogenolysis (Atefi et al., 2004; Pointer et al., 1976) while on the other hand, the inhibition of hepatocyte protein synthesis and gluconeogenesis caused by cytokines and nitric oxide (NO) has been attributed to an increase in cGMP (Parker et al., 1997) level. Also, T-1032, a new cGMP PDE- 5 inhibitor has shown potent inhibitory influence on the action of physiologic insulin in capillary recruitment and glucose uptake (Mahajan et al., 2003). There is evidence that liver is one of the organs that well responds to PDE inhibitors by influencing glucose output (Abdollahi et al., 2003a). The liver plays a major role in blood glucose homeostasis by maintaining a balance between the uptake and storage of glucose via glycogenesis and the release of glucose via glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis. If the liver is overloaded with glucose, a hepatic steatosis can develop together with high glycogen content. Conversely, if glucose availability in the diet is reduced. glucose-utilizing pathways are inhibited and glucoseproducing pathways are activated During fasting. glucose is produced by the liver glycogenolysis. Then, when the glycogen stores are depleted, glucose is produced de novo from precursors such as lactate, alamine or fructose through a pathway called Corresponding Author: Mohammad Abdollahi, Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, and Phamaceutical Sciences Research Centre, Telman University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 14155-6451, Iran Tel: 98 21 66959104 280

gluconeogenesis. The regulation Intl. J. Pharmacol., 2 (3): 280-285, 2006 of these metabolic pathways involves the rapid modulation of the activity of specific proteins (enzymes, transporters) and modulating their transcription rate or post-transcriptional steps such as mRNA half-life and translation efficiency (Abdollahi et al. 2003; Foulelle and Ferre, 2002; Nordlie et al., 1999). Regarding above-mentioned reports, the aim of this study was to examine whether effect of administration of sildenafil (selective PDHS inhibitor) might affect activities of hepatic key enzymes of gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis including phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) and glycogen phosphorylase (GP) in rat. MATERIALS AND METHODS Materials: All chemicals were obtained from SigmaAldrich (Dorset, England). Animals: Adult male Wistar rats, supplied by the animal house of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, weighing 200-250 g were used in this study. All animals were housed under standard laboratory conditions and fed normal laboratory rat chow and water. Treatment: The animals were housed under controlled environmental conditions of temperature (22 2°C) and a 12 h light/dark cycle. Animals were allowed to acclimatize for 7 days. They were fed with standard rat chow and had free access to food and water. The protocol of study was approved by TUMS/PSRC ethnic committee. Sampling: Sildenafil was administered intraperitoneally at doses of 0.5, 1.0 and 5.0 mg kg. Two hours later, the liver was removed under anesthesia by transverse abdominal incision and perfusion with cold 0.9% saline. The weight of liver was recorded and kept frozen at -70°C until homogenized. The activities of the key enzymes of phosphoenolpyruvate carlxxxykinase (PEPCK) and glycogen phosphorylase (GP) were determined in liver homogenate to identify changes in glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis respectively, as described previously (Sandalet al, 2004: Abdollahi et al., 2004a). Blood1 sample was taken under anesthesia by cardiac puncture and serum was separated and kept at -20°C for glucose assay. Glucose assay: Serum glucose level was measured in the presence of glucose oxidase and peroxidase using o-dianisidine-HCl as a chromogen. The amount of glucose fonned is related to amount of o-diamisidine oxidation products that measured spectrophotometrically 136 nm (Bergmeyer et al., 1974). al Determination of PEPCK activity in liver: The liver homogenate was mixed with 10 volumes of cold 0.2 M phosphate buffer, pH 7.4, containing 2 IIIM mercaptoethanol and 2 mM EDTA and was then mixed and centrifuged for 10 min at 60000×g at 0°C and the supernatant was used for enzyme activity assay. Enzymatic activity was assayed in the reverse direction carboxylation of phosphoenolpyruvate oxaloacetic acid in the presence of NADII as previously described (Chang and Lane, 1966). PEPCK activity is expressed as unit per gram of liver protein. to form Determination of GP activity in liver: The liver homogenate was centrifuged at 30000×g for 30 min and the supernatant was used for enzyme activity assay. Enzymatic activity was assayed in the direction of glycogen breakdown by measuring the reduction of NADP (Lowry et al., 1967). GP activity is expressed as unit per gram of liver protein. Determination of liver protein concentration: The liver homogenate was centrifuged as described alxove and the total protein concentration was measured in the supernatant using bovine serum albumin as standard by Lowry procedure (Lowry et al., 1951). Statistical analysis: The results were analyzed for statistical significance by one-way ANOVA test and Tukey's post hoc multi-comparison. All data were expressed as means-SEM of six animals in each group. A p<0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS Administration of sildenafil al doses of 0.5 and 1.0 mg kg did not alter senum glucose concentration but the dose of 5.0 mg kg caused a significant reduction (22.41%, p<0.01) in comparison to the control group (94.6±4.7 vs. 121.16±6.05 mg d. 1, Fig. 1). Administration 140 120 100- 50 Fig. 1: Effects Control Sil 0.5 Sil 1 ** Sil 5 of sildenafil on rat blood glucose concentration. Sildenafil (Sil) was administered in different doses of 0.5, 1 and 5 mg kg. Values are expressed as mean±SE of 6 animals in each group. Significantly different from control at p<0.01 ** 281

GP (Ug 'liver protein) 3332 Control Sil 0.5 Sil 1 Intl. J. Pharmacol., 2 (3): 280-285, 2006 Sil 5 Fig 2. Effects of sildenafil om rat hepatic glycogen phosphorylase (GP) activity. Sildenafil (Sil) was administered in different doses of 0.5, 1 and 5 mg kg. Values are expressed as mean SE of 6 animals in each group. Significantly different from control al p<0.01 PEPCK (Ug liver protein) 20- 16 Control ** Sil 0.5 Sil 1 Sil 5 Fig. 3. Effects of sildenafil on rat hepatic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) activity. Sildenafil (Sil) was administered in different doses of 0.5, 1 and 5 mg kg¯¹. Values are expressed as mean SE of 6 animals in each group of sildenafil at doses of 0.5, 1.0 and 5.0 mg kg 1 reduced the hepatic GP activity in comparison to control group (20.31±1.42. 17.18=1.2, 15.69±1.1 vs. 25.8±1.8 Ug¹ liver protein, Fig. 2) with a mean percentage of decreases of 21. 33 and 39%, respectively. The activity of PEPCK was not changed after administration of sildenafil (Fig. 3). DISCUSSION The results of this study indicated that in vivo treatment of rats by sildenafil dose-dependently reduces hepatic GP activity without affecting PEPCK. Interestingly, only high dose of sildenafil affected blood glucose and reduced its level. GP is the key enzyme of glycogen breakdown that catalyzes the degradative phosphorolysis of glycogen to glucose-1-phosphate. This enzyme is promoted by substrate as well as allosteric effectors, including adenosine monophosphate (AMP) and phosphorylation (Barford and Johnson, 1989). There is evidence that glucagon and other cAMP-increasing agents exert a glycogenolytic effect by maintaining GP in a phosphorylated active stale (Bollen et al., 1998). CAMP or Ca dependent glycogenolytic agents cause glycogen degradation through specific protein kinases which may activate the OP. Considering the ability of sildenafil to reduce hepatic GP activity, one mechanism would be that sildenafil inhibits cAMP-dependent processes. To explain this, it should be noted that increasing cGMP is a fundamental mechanism of action of sildenafil Our recent study on rat hepatocytes in vitro indicated that sildenafil increases hepatocytes cGMP levels but does not significantly alter glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis (Atefi et al., 2004; Abdollahi et al., 2003c, Abdollahi and Simaiee, 2003). That is partly in agreement with the present findings when considering that blood glucose does not significantly change with normal doses of sildenafil. Sildenafil, through the inhibition of PDE5 and augmentation on the action of NOcGMP axis shows similar effects to NO in many organs. Recently, NO has been suggested as a second messenger molecule for the stimulatory effect of insulin in carbohydrate metabolism (Khan et al., 2000; Khan and Sinha, 1990). Incubation of various tissues, including heart, liver, kidney, muscle and intestine from mice and erythrocytes or their membrane fractions from humans. with physiologic concentration of insulin results in the activation of a membrane-bound NOS and synthesis of NO. Furthermore, NO has shown an insulin-like effect. in stimulating glucose transport and glucose oxidation in muscle, a major site for insulin action that is completely blocked in the presence of NOS inhibitor. Also, injection of NO in alloxan-induced diabetic mice mimics the effect of insulin in the control of hyperglycemia by lowering plasma glucose concentration (Kahn et al., 2000, Czech, 1990; Khan and Sinha, 1990). There is also evidence that. a combination of tumor necrosis factor a, interferon y and interleukin 1SS plus lipopolysaccharide in hepatic cultures result in an induction of NOS and concomitant. inhibition of hepatic gluconeogenesis glycogenolysis (Ceppi and Titheradge, 1998, Casado et al., 1996). Similarly, the hypoglycemia that is seen in septic shock, is the result of reduced liver glucose output while the peripheral glucose utilisation is enhanced (Ceppi et al., 1989). In addition, it has been reported that culturing hepatic parenchymal cells in the presence of insulin results in an NO-dependent inhibition of the glucagon-stimulated rate of glucose production via gluconeogenesis plus glycogenolysis (Stadler et al., 1995). NO can inhibit both the basal and the glucagon-and cyclic AMP-mediated mobilization of glycogen (Ceppi and Tilheradge, 1998). Also NO is shown to stimulate glycolysis through a glycogenolysisindependent mechanism and a concomitant increase of glycogen possibly through inhibition of glycogenolysis (Cidad et al., 2001). These mentioned mechanisms all and 282

Intl. J. Pharmacol., 2 (3): 280-285, 2006 siklenafil 011 explain the inhibitory effect. ol glycogenolysis and also its blood glucose lowering effect. On the other hand, a role for reactive oxygen intermediates in the regulation of hepatic glucose production has been reported (Ceppi and Titheradge, 1998). Troglitazone inhibits expression of the PEPCK gene in isolated hepatocytes by an antioxidant property due to existence of the alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) moiety in its chemical structure (Davies et al., 2001). The antidiabetic drug metformin which acts through inhibition of hepatic gluconeogenesis produces concurrent antioxidant effect that is beneficial in the treatment of diabetes (Cosic et al., 2001). Recent studies indicated a protective role for cGMP from induction of oxidative stress inside cells (Aghababaeian et al., 2005; Radfar et al., 2005; Astaneie al., 2005; Abdollahi et al., 2004b; Jahanshahi et al., 2004: Alxdollahi et al., 2003). Thas been reported that sildenafil, through the inhibition of PDE5 and augmentation of inhibitory action of the NOcGMP axis on NADPH oxidase expression and activity. inhibits superoxide formation in corpus cavernosal smooth muscle cells (Koupparis et al. 2005; Shukla et al., 2005). Thus antioxidant potential of sildenafil might be another mechanism for its glucose lowering effect and inhibition of glycogenolysis. et Taken collectively, it is concluded that sildenafil reduces glycogenolysis which in turn lowers blood glucose concentration especially at higher doses. This effect of sildenafil seems to be consistene with its NO mimicking potential and antioxidant properties. Additional studies are required to determine whether the same effects could be seen in humans.. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This study was supported by a grant form Toxicology Pivot, Tehran University of Medical Sciences. REFERENCES Abdollahi, M. and B. Simaiee, 2003. Stimulation by theophylline and sildenafil of rat submandibular secretion of protein, epidermal growth factor and flow rate. Pharmacol. Res., 18: 115-119. Abdollahi, M., F. Fooladian, B. Emami, K. Zafari and A. Bahreini-Moghadam, 2005a. Protection by sildenafil and theophylline of lead acetate-induced oxidative stress in ral submandibular gland and saliva. Hum. Exp. Toxicol. 22: 587-592. Abdollahi, M., F. Soleimani and S. Kangarlou, 2003b. A review on blood glucose variations and affecting parameters. Middle East Pharmacy, 11: 6-10. Abdollahi, M., T.S. Chan, V. Subrahmanyam and P.J. O'Brien, 2003c. Effects of phosphodiesterase 3,4.5 inhibitors on hepatocyte cAMP levels. glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis and susceptibility to a mitochondrial toxin. Mol. Cell Biochem., 252: 205-211. Abdollahi, M., M. Donyavi, S., Pournourmohammadi and M. Saadal, 2004a. Hyperglycemia associated with increased hepatic glycogen phosphorylase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in rals following subchronic exposure to malathion. Comp. Biochem. Physiol Toxicol. Pharmacol.. 137: 343-347. Abdollahi, M., A. Ranjbar, S. Shadnia, S. Nikfar and A. Rezaice, 20041. Pesticides and oxidative stress. Med. Sci. Monit., 10: RA144-RA147. Aghababaeian R., M. Ghazi-Khansari, K. Alxli, I' Taghadosinejad and M. Abdollahi, 2005. Protective effects of sildenafil and dipyridamol from lead-induced lipid peroxidation in perfused rat liver. Intl. J. Phamacol., 1: 157-160. Astancic, F., M. Alshari, A. Mojlahedi, S. Mostafalou M.J. Zamani, B. Larijani, M. Abdollahi, 2005. Total antioxidant capacity and levels of epidermal growth factor and nitric oxide in blood and saliva of insulindependent diabetic patients. Arch. Med. Res.. 36: 376-381 Atefi, M., S. Ghazanfari, S.N. Ostad, M.II. Chahremam and M. Abdollahi, 2004. Alteration of glucose homeostasis by rolipram and milrinone but not sildenafil in ral primary hepatocytes culture. Prog. Med. Res., 2: 1-12. Aydin, A. H. Orhan, A. Sayal, M. Ozata, G. Sahin and A. Isimer, 2001. Oxidative stress and nitric oxide related parameters in type II diabetes mellitus: Effects of glycemic control. Clin. Biochem., 34: 65-70. Ballard, S.A., CJ. Gingell, K. Tang, L.A. Turner, M.E. Price and A.M. Naylor, 1998. Effects of sildenafil on the relaxation of human corpus cavernosum tissue in vitro and on the activities of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase isozymes. J. Urol., 159: 2164-2171. Barford, D. and LN. Johnson, 1989. The allosteric transition of glycogen phosphorylase. Nature. 340: 609-616. Bergmeyer, H.U., E. Bertil, F. Schmidt and H. Stork, 1974. D-glucose. In: Bergmeyer, II.U. (Edn.) Methods of Enzymatic Analysis. Vol. 3 Academic Press. New. York, pp: 1196-1201. Bollen, M., S. Keppens and W. Stalmans, 1998. Specific features of glycogen metabolism in the liver. Biochem. J., 336: 19-31. 283

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