In mice with streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetes, MOTS‑c treatment ameliorated diabetes-associated myocardial function abnormalities.
In plain wordsIn mice with type 1 diabetes, MOTS‑c improved heart function problems compared with no MOTS‑c.
- Peptide
- MOTS-c
- Outcome
- IncreaseMyocardial function abnormalities
- Study
mousen: not reported in source
Streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetic cardiomyopathy- Comparator
- No MOTS-c
- Outcome group
- Heart function · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · subcutaneous osmotic pump · 12 weeksAs given in this study (mouse).
Source sentences
MOTS-c treatment markedly ameliorated these diabetes-associated myocardial function and structure abnormalities.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The results showed that diabetic mice exhibited significant cardiac dysfunction, dilatation, and adverse cardiac remodeling.
Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) was induced in mice by streptozotocin (STZ) injection.
After diabetes establishment, the mice were randomly dividend into two groups treated with or without MOTS-c peptide, which was administered subcutaneously by osmotic pump for 12 weeks.