THE PHARMACOLOGICAL STUDY OF HYPOGLYCEMIC PROPERTIES OF THE RECOMBINANT ANTAGONIST INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of global medical and social problems of the XXI-th century and according to the WHO defini- tion it is a non-infectious pandemic. Over the past 10 years the number of diabetic patients in Ukraine increased by more than 1.5 times, and is more than 1.3 million people. According to modern concepts of the pathogenesis of diabetes type II, pro-inflammatory cytokines, namely interleukin-1 (IL-1), play one of the leading roles in development of the disease. The paper presents the results of the experimental study of hypoglycemic properties of the original recombinant antagonist IL-1 receptor raleukin on the model of II type diabetes. It has been found that on the model of streptozotocin-induced diabetes in rats with nicotinamide raleukin revealed the antidiabetic properties, namely, showed the hypoglycemic action, inhibited development of hyperinsulinemia and the reduced signs of insulin resistance. By the hypoglycemic effect and influence on the HOMA-IR insulin resistance index raleukin is not inferior to reference drugs metformin and anakinra, by its effect on the level of insulin in the blood serum of the experimental animals raleukin is as good as metformin and does not differ significantly from anakinra. The results obtained confirm the important role of IL in development of type II diabetes and indicate that raleukin is a promising drug for further preclinical and clinical study in order to include it in the complex therapy of diabetes.