Fc fusion to Glucagon-like peptide-1 inhibits degradation by human DPP-IV, increasing its half-life in serum and inducing a potent activity for human GLP-1 receptor activation

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Fc fusion to Glucagon-like peptide-1 inhibits degradation by human DPP-IV, increasing its half-life in serum and inducing a potent activity for human GLP-1 receptor activation
Author(s)
D M Kim; S H Chu; Semi Kim; Young Woo Park; S S Kim
Bibliographic Citation
BMB Reports, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 212-216
Publication Year
2009
Abstract
The short in vivo half-life of GLP-1 prevents it from being used clinically. This short half-life occurs because GLP-1 is rapidly degraded by dipeptidyl peptidases such as DPP-IV. To overcome this obstacle, a GLP-1/Fc was constructed and evaluated to determine if it was degraded by DPP-IV and in serum. When the degradation of GLP-1/Fc by human DPP-IV and rabbit serum was compared with that of GLP-1 it was found to be reduced by approximately 5- and 4-fold, respectively. Furthermore, GLP-1/Fc showed a potent activity for human GLP-1 receptor activation (EC50 approximately 6 nM). Taken together, these results indicate that GLP-1/Fc may have an extended half-life in vivo that occurs as a result of inhibition of degradation by human DPP-IV. Due to the extended half life, GLP-1/Fc may be useful for clinical treatments.
Keyword
DiabetesDipeptidyl peptidase-IVGLP-1 receptorGlucagonlike peptide-1IgG-Fc
ISSN
1225-8687
Publisher
Korea Soc-Assoc-Inst
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.5483/BMBRep.2009.42.4.212
Type
Article
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Division of Biomedical Research > Microbiome Convergence Research Center > 1. Journal Articles
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