JTT-130, a novel intestine-specific inhibitor of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein, suppresses food intake and gastric emptying with the elevation of plasma peptide YY and glucagon-like peptide-1 in a dietary fat-dependent manner

J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2011 Mar;336(3):850-6. doi: 10.1124/jpet.110.176560. Epub 2010 Dec 7.

Abstract

The microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) takes part in the mobilization and secretion of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins from enterocytes and hepatocytes. In this study, we investigated the effects of diethyl-2-({3-dimethylcarbamoyl-4-[(4'-trifluoromethylbiphenyl-2-carbonyl) amino] phenyl}acetyloxymethyl)-2-phenylmalonate (JTT-130), a novel intestine-specific MTP inhibitor, on food intake, gastric emptying, and gut peptides using Sprague-Dawley rats fed 3.1% fat, 13% fat, or 35% fat diets. JTT-130 treatment suppressed cumulative food intake and gastric emptying in rats fed a 35% fat diet, but not a 3.1% fat diet. In rats fed a 13% fat diet, JTT-130 treatment decreased cumulative food intake but not gastric emptying. In addition, treatment with orlistat, a lipase inhibitor, completely abolished the reduction of food intake and gastric emptying by JTT-130 in rats fed a 35% fat diet. On the other hand, JTT-130 treatment increased the plasma concentrations of gut peptides, peptide YY (PYY) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) but not cholecystokinin, in the portal vein in rats fed a 35% fat diet. These elevations in PYY and GLP-1 were also abolished by treatment with orlistat. Furthermore, JTT-130 treatment in rats fed a 35% fat diet increased the contents of triglycerides and free fatty acids in the intestinal lumen, which might contribute to the elevation of PYY and GLP-1 levels. The present findings indicate that JTT-130 causes satiety responses, decreased food intake, and gastric emptying in a dietary fat-dependent manner, with enhanced production of gut peptides such as PYY and GLP-1 from the intestine.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Appetite Depressants / pharmacology*
  • Benzamides / pharmacology*
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Carrier Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism
  • Dietary Fats / administration & dosage*
  • Eating / drug effects
  • Eating / physiology*
  • Gastric Emptying / drug effects
  • Gastric Emptying / physiology
  • Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 / blood*
  • Male
  • Malonates / pharmacology*
  • Peptide YY / blood*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Substances

  • Appetite Depressants
  • Benzamides
  • Biomarkers
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Dietary Fats
  • Malonates
  • diethyl 2-((3-dimethylcarbamoyl-4-((4'-trifluoromethylbiphenyl-2-carbonyl)amino)phenyl)acetyloxymethyl)-2-phenylmalonate
  • microsomal triglyceride transfer protein
  • Peptide YY
  • Glucagon-Like Peptide 1