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Cintra R, Moura FA, Carvalho LSFD, Barreto J, Tambascia M, Pecoits-Filho R, Sposito AC. Inhibition of the sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 in the elderly: clinical and mechanistic insights into safety and efficacy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 65:70-86. [PMID: 30758423 DOI: 10.1590/1806-9282.65.1.70] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the elderly grew sharply over the last decade. Reduced insulin sensitivity and secretory capacity, weight gain, sarcopenia, and elevated adiposity are all common metabolic and body changes in the aging population that favor an increased risk of hypoglycemia, frailty syndrome, falls, and cognitive dysfunction. First line antidiabetic therapy is frequently not safe in older individuals because of its high risk of hypoglycemia and prevalent co-morbid diseases, such as chronic kidney disease, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and obesity. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) is a new class of antidiabetic therapy that inhibits glucose and sodium reabsorption on renal proximal convoluted tubule. Its effect is well demonstrated in various clinical scenarios in the younger population. This review and metanalysis describe particularities of the SGLT2i on the elderly, with mechanistic insights of the potential benefit and remaining challenges about the use of these drugs in this important age group. Further, we will present a meta-analysis of the main effects of SGLT2i reported in post-hoc studies in which the median age of the subgroups analyzed was over 60 years. Despite the absence of specific clinical trials for this population, our findings suggest that SGLT2i therapy on older individuals is effective to lower glucose and maintain its effect on systolic blood pressure and body weight.
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- Riobaldo Cintra
- Laboratory of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology, Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brasil
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- Laboratory of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology, Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brasil
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- Laboratory of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology, Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brasil.,Cardiology Division, State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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- Laboratory of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology, Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brasil
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- Endocrinology Division, State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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- Laboratory of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology, Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brasil.,Cardiology Division, State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brasil
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Milan AM, Cameron-Smith D. Digestion and Postprandial Metabolism in the Elderly. ADVANCES IN FOOD AND NUTRITION RESEARCH 2015; 76:79-124. [PMID: 26602572 DOI: 10.1016/bs.afnr.2015.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The elderly are an increasing segment of the population. Despite the rapid gains in medical knowledge and treatments, older adults are more likely to experience chronic illnesses that decrease quality of life and accelerate mortality. Nutrition is a key modifiable lifestyle factor which greatly impacts chronic disease risk. Yet despite the importance of nutrition, relatively little is known of the impact of advancing age on the gastrointestinal function, the digestive responses, and the post-meal metabolic adaptations that occur in response to ingested food. Knowledge of the age-related differences in digestion and metabolism in the elderly is essential to the development of appropriate nutritional recommendations for the maintenance of optimal health and prevention of disease.
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- Amber M Milan
- Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Rahmoune H, Thompson PW, Ward JM, Smith CD, Hong G, Brown J. Glucose transporters in human renal proximal tubular cells isolated from the urine of patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes. Diabetes 2005; 54:3427-34. [PMID: 16306358 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.54.12.3427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 576] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The bulk of glucose that is filtered by the renal glomerulus is reabsorbed by the glucose transporters of the proximal convoluted tubular epithelium. However, it has been difficult to investigate this in diseases such as type 2 diabetes because of the inability to isolate primary renal cells from patients without a renal biopsy. We report here a method for the immunomagnetic isolation and novel primary culture of human exfoliated proximal tubular epithelial cells (HEPTECs) from fresh urine. The primary isolates are highly enriched and differentiated and express characteristic proximal tubular phenotypic markers. They continue to express the proximal tubular markers CD13/aminopeptidase-N, sodium glucose cotransporter (SGLT) 2, and alkaline phosphatase through up to six subsequent subcultures in a similar way to human proximal cells isolated from renal biopsies. In a hyperglycemic environment, HEPTECs isolated from patients with type 2 diabetes expressed significantly more SGLT2 and the facilitative glucose transporter GLUT2 than cells from healthy individuals. We also demonstrated a markedly increased renal glucose uptake in HEPTECs isolated from patients with type 2 diabetes compared with healthy control subjects. Our findings indicate for the first time in a human cellular model that increased renal glucose transporter expression and activity is associated with type 2 diabetes.
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- Hassan Rahmoune
- Clinical Pharmacology Unit, GlaxoSmithKline, Translational Medicine and Technology, Human Biomarkers Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 2GG, UK.
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Gastaldi G, Laforenza U, Ferrari G, Casasco A, Rindi G. Age-related thiamin transport by small intestinal microvillous vesicles of rat. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1992; 1105:271-7. [PMID: 1586663 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(92)90204-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The effect of aging on the intestinal transport of thiamin was studied using small intestinal microvillous vesicles prepared from groups of rats aged 1, 2, 6, 12 and 24 months, respectively. The vesicles (enrichment 14.6-17.8-fold) were incubated with 0.125 to 12.5 microM tritiated thiamin and the radioactivity taken up was measured radiometrically after rapid filtration. The time course and cumulative uptake curves of thiamin and the inhibiting potency of the thiamin structural analogs pyrithiamin, amprolium and oxythiamin on the saturable component of thiamin transport were determined. The vesicle diameter was measured by using a computerized morphometric procedure, and found to be decreased in aged rats. The Km and Jmax values of the saturable component of transport increased with increasing age, the difference with younger groups being statistically significant at 24 and 12 months. The inhibitory potencies of pyrithiamin and amprolium gradually decreased with increasing age, while oxythiamin was devoid of significant inhibitory activity. Passive permeability coefficients decreased with increasing age, reaching their lowest value at 24 months. These results show that aging is associated with intrinsic alterations of the enterocytic plasma membrane resulting in a decrease of the affinity for thiamin, associated with a faster rate of the saturable component of thiamin transport, and with a significant depression of the non-saturable component.
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- G Gastaldi
- Institute of Human Physiology, University of Pavia, Italy
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Gupta PD, Waheed AA. Effect of starvation on glucose transport and membrane fluidity in rat intestinal epithelial cells. FEBS Lett 1992; 300:263-7. [PMID: 1555654 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(92)80859-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Studies on the surface area of microvilli (MV), fluidity of brush border membranes (BBM) and D-glucose uptake were carried out in rat intestinal epithelial cells (IEC) during progressive starvation and under re-feed conditions. The surface area of MV, fluidity of BBM and D-glucose transport through IEC membranes showed an increase during starvation when compared to well-fed controls. Re-feeding experiments restored the control values of all the three parameters within a short time. The results showed that the increase in D-glucose transport through IEC membranes during starvation is due to increased surface area of MV and increased fluidity of BBM.
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- P D Gupta
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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Tosco M, Orsenigo MN, Faelli A. d-glucose transport systems in rat jejunal brush border membrane: Influence of ageing. Mech Ageing Dev 1992; 63:131-46. [PMID: 1351123 DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(92)90059-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Jejunal brush border membranes were isolated from rats of different ages (very young, young, adult and old); the gamma-GT specific activity and the vesicle volumes were unaffected by ageing, whilst protein content was significantly reduced in brush border from old rats. Vesicles were used to investigate the kinetics of Na-glucose cotransport under voltage-clamped and zero-trans conditions over a wide range of D-glucose concentrations (0.005-70 mM). Results provide evidence that in all the ages tested D-glucose can cross the brush border membrane both by a passive diffusional component and by two Na-dependent saturable transport systems, namely one with high-affinity and low-capacity and the other with low-affinity and high-capacity. However, in some old rats only one saturable and a very small passive component occur. The two Na-dependent transport systems were analyzed to define the stoichiometry of coupling between Na and glucose fluxes. In all the ages tested the Na:glucose ratio is higher in the high-affinity system than in the low-affinity one. Accordingly the effect of a superimposed membrane potential is more evident for the high-affinity transport mechanism. In conclusion, D-glucose transport systems seem to be unaffected by ageing from very young to adult rats; only in old animals age-related alterations can be observed.
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- M Tosco
- Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica Generali, Università di Milano, Italy
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