Metabolic Communication by SGLT2 Inhibition

BACKGROUND: SGLT2 (sodium-glucose cotransporter 2) inhibitors (SGLT2i) can protect the kidneys and heart, but the underlying mechanism remains poorly understood.

METHODS: To gain insights on primary effects of SGLT2i that are not confounded by pathophysiologic processes or are secondary to improvement by SGLT2i, we performed an in-depth proteomics, phosphoproteomics, and metabolomics analysis by integrating signatures from multiple metabolic organs and body fluids after 1 week of SGLT2i treatment of nondiabetic as well as diabetic mice with early and uncomplicated hyperglycemia.

RESULTS: Kidneys of nondiabetic mice reacted most strongly to SGLT2i in terms of proteomic reconfiguration, including evidence for less early proximal tubule glucotoxicity and a broad downregulation of the apical uptake transport machinery (including sodium, glucose, urate, purine bases, and amino acids), supported by mouse and human SGLT2 interactome studies. SGLT2i affected heart and liver signaling, but more reactive organs included the white adipose tissue, showing more lipolysis, and, particularly, the gut microbiome, with a lower relative abundance of bacteria taxa capable of fermenting phenylalanine and tryptophan to cardiovascular uremic toxins, resulting in lower plasma levels of these compounds (including p-cresol sulfate). SGLT2i was detectable in murine stool samples and its addition to human stool microbiota fermentation recapitulated some murine microbiome findings, suggesting direct inhibition of fermentation of aromatic amino acids and tryptophan. In mice lacking SGLT2 and in patients with decompensated heart failure or diabetes, the SGLT2i likewise reduced circulating p-cresol sulfate, and p-cresol impaired contractility and rhythm in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived engineered heart tissue.

CONCLUSIONS: SGLT2i reduced microbiome formation of uremic toxins such as p-cresol sulfate and thereby their body exposure and need for renal detoxification, which, combined with direct kidney effects of SGLT2i, including less proximal tubule glucotoxicity and a broad downregulation of apical transporters (including sodium, amino acid, and urate uptake), provides a metabolic foundation for kidney and cardiovascular protection.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Nat Rev Nephrol. 2024 Mar;20(3):155. - PMID 38291107

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:149

Enthalten in:

Circulation - 149(2024), 11 vom: 12. März, Seite 860-884

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Billing, Anja M [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Young Chul [VerfasserIn]
Gullaksen, Søren [VerfasserIn]
Schrage, Benedikt [VerfasserIn]
Raabe, Janice [VerfasserIn]
Hutzfeldt, Arvid [VerfasserIn]
Demir, Fatih [VerfasserIn]
Kovalenko, Elina [VerfasserIn]
Lassé, Moritz [VerfasserIn]
Dugourd, Aurelien [VerfasserIn]
Fallegger, Robin [VerfasserIn]
Klampe, Birgit [VerfasserIn]
Jaegers, Johannes [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qing [VerfasserIn]
Kravtsova, Olha [VerfasserIn]
Crespo-Masip, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Palermo, Amelia [VerfasserIn]
Fenton, Robert A [VerfasserIn]
Hoxha, Elion [VerfasserIn]
Blankenberg, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Kirchhof, Paulus [VerfasserIn]
Huber, Tobias B [VerfasserIn]
Laugesen, Esben [VerfasserIn]
Zeller, Tanja [VerfasserIn]
Chrysopoulou, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Saez-Rodriguez, Julio [VerfasserIn]
Magnussen, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Eschenhagen, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Staruschenko, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Siuzdak, Gary [VerfasserIn]
Poulsen, Per L [VerfasserIn]
Schwab, Clarissa [VerfasserIn]
Cuello, Friederike [VerfasserIn]
Vallon, Volker [VerfasserIn]
Rinschen, Markus M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

268B43MJ25
4-cresol sulfate
56M34ZQY1S
8DUH1N11BX
9NEZ333N27
Cresols
Diabetes mellitus
Gastrointestinal microbiome
Glucose
Heart
IY9XDZ35W2
Journal Article
Kidney
Metabolome
Plasma
Proteome
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sodium
Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2
Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors
Sodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitors
Sulfuric Acid Esters
Tryptophan
Uremic Toxins
Uremic toxins
Uric Acid
Urine

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Date Completed 13.03.2024

Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Nat Rev Nephrol. 2024 Mar;20(3):155. - PMID 38291107

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.065517

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366436414