Emerging paradigms of treating diabetic nephropathy.
Emerging paradigms of treating diabetic nephropathy.
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10.1016/s2213-8587(18)30304-8
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2018-12
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Yongen Chang;H. Moradi;K. Kalantar-Zadeh
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作者:
Yongen Chang;H. Moradi;K. Kalantar-Zadeh
Type 2 diabetes is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease, including end-stage renal disease, worldwide. Few effective therapeutic strategies exist for the prevention and treatment of diabetic kidney disease; the main strategy is modulation of the renin-angiotensinaldosterone system by angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). These drugs have renal protective effects beyond their traditional effects on blood pressure. 1, 2 Angiotensinpathway modulators and low-protein diet have been shown to have a synergistic effect on intraglomerular pressure, with the former relaxing the efferent arteriole and the latter contracting the afferent arteriole, leading to amelioration of glomerular hyperfiltration and reduced proteinuria. 3 However, even after maximising dietary and pharmacological interventions, proteinuria might continue in some patients with diabetic kidney disease, 4 and combining ARBs and ACE inhibitors or adding aliskiren5, 6 have not been shown to provide additional benefits. Over the past decade, several clinical trials have investigated the potential added benefit of using novel pharmacotherapeutic drugs to improve proteinuria and renal outcomes in patients with diabetic kidney disease. Trials of the antioxidant bardoxolone methyl (NCT01351675), the endothelin-receptor antagonist avosentan (NCT00120328), and the anticoagulant sulodexide (NCT00130312) were terminated early because of an increased risk of adverse events or lack of efficacy. In another trial, 7 empagliflozin (an antihyperglycaemic drug targeting sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 [SGLT2]) provided both cardiac and renal protection in patients with type 2 diabetes, although there was no significant difference between empagliflozin and placebo groups in the proportion of patients who had incident albuminuria. However, the proportion of patients who progressed to macroalbuminuria in that trial7 was lower in the empagliflozin group than in the placebo group. Canagliflozin, another SGLT2 inhibitor, yielded similar results. 8 Epigenetic pathway modulation might also emerge as a potential therapeutic strategy for chronic kidney disease; apabetalone, a novel inhibitor of bromodomain and extra-terminal proteins, reduced the incidence of major adverse cardiac events in phase 2 trials, 9, 10 slowing the decline in the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at the end of 6 months of treatment and lowering serum concentrations of alkaline phosphatase, a surrogate marker for adverse cardiovascular outcomes. 10