International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Jul 2020)

Common Drug Pipelines for the Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy and Hepatopathy: Can We Kill Two Birds with One Stone?

  • Yoshio Sumida,
  • Masashi Yoneda,
  • Hidenori Toyoda,
  • Satoshi Yasuda,
  • Toshifumi Tada,
  • Hideki Hayashi,
  • Yoichi Nishigaki,
  • Yusuke Suzuki,
  • Takafumi Naiki,
  • Asahiro Morishita,
  • Hiroshi Tobita,
  • Shuichi Sato,
  • Naoto Kawabe,
  • Shinya Fukunishi,
  • Tadashi Ikegami,
  • Takaomi Kessoku,
  • Yuji Ogawa,
  • Yasushi Honda,
  • Takashi Nakahara,
  • Kensuke Munekage,
  • Tsunehiro Ochi,
  • Koji Sawada,
  • Atsushi Takahashi,
  • Taeang Arai,
  • Tomomi Kogiso,
  • Satoshi Kimoto,
  • Kengo Tomita,
  • Kazuo Notsumata,
  • Michihiro Nonaka,
  • Kazuhito Kawata,
  • Taro Takami,
  • Takashi Kumada,
  • Eiichi Tomita,
  • Takeshi Okanoue,
  • Atsushi Nakajima,
  • Japan Study Group of NAFLD (JSG-NAFLD)

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21144939
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 14
p. 4939

Abstract

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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is associated with diabetic nephropathy as well as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which can be called “diabetic hepatopathy or diabetic liver disease”. NASH, a severe form of nonalcoholic fatty disease (NAFLD), can sometimes progress to cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatic failure. T2D patients are at higher risk for liver-related mortality compared with the nondiabetic population. NAFLD is closely associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) or diabetic nephropathy according to cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. Simultaneous kidney liver transplantation (SKLT) is dramatically increasing in the United States, because NASH-related cirrhosis often complicates end-stage renal disease. Growing evidence suggests that NAFLD and CKD share common pathogenetic mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets. Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are expected to ameliorate NASH and diabetic nephropathy/CKD. There are no approved therapies for NASH, but a variety of drug pipelines are now under development. Several agents of them can also ameliorate diabetic nephropathy/CKD, including peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors agonists, apoptosis signaling kinase 1 inhibitor, nuclear factor-erythroid-2-related factor 2 activator, C-C chemokine receptor types 2/5 antagonist and nonsteroidal mineral corticoid receptor antagonist. This review focuses on common drug pipelines in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy and hepatopathy.

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