SGLT2i relieve proteinuria in diabetic nephropathy patients potentially by inhibiting renal oxidative stress rather than through AGEs pathway

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AIMS: To estimate the effects of the sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) on proteinuria and oxidative stress expression in type 2 diabetes patients.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: 68 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) were divided into three groups according urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR), including T2DM with non-albuminuria group (UACR < 30 mg/g), T2DM with microalbuminuria group (30 ≤ UACR ≤ 300 mg/g), T2DM with macroalbuminuria group (UACR>300 mg/g). They all received SGLT2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) treatment for 12 weeks. The expression of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in plasma and 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) in urine were measured as indications of oxidative stress. The 24-hour urine samples were collected to measure the concentration of proteinuria and 8-OHdG before and after 12 weeks SGLT2i treatment. Plasma renin activity (PRA), angiotensin II (Ang II) and Aldosterone (ALD) were measured to evaluate renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RASS) levels.

RESULTS: After 12 weeks SGLT2 inhibitors treatment, the median values of 24-hour proteinuria decreased in macroalbuminuria compared to baseline (970 vs. 821 mg/d, P = 0.006). The median values of AGEs and 8-OHdG decreased in microalbuminuria and macroalbuminuria groups when compared to baseline, AGEs (777 vs. 136 ug/ml, P = 0.003) and (755 vs. 210 ug/ml, P = 0.001), 8-OHdG (8.00 vs. 1.88 ng/ml, P = 0.001) and (11.18 vs. 1.90 ng/ml, P < 0.001), respectively. Partial correlations showed that 8-OHdG were relevant to the baseline 24-h proteinuria (r = 0.389, p = 0.001), the reduction of OHdG (Δ8-OHdG) were positively correlated with the decrease of 24-h proteinuria (Δ24-h proteinuria) after 12 weeks of SGLT2i treatment (r = 0.283, P = 0.031). There was no significant correlation between 24-h proteinuria and AGEs in baseline (r = -0.059, p = 0.640) as well as between ΔAGEs and Δ24-h proteinuria (r = 0.022, p = 0.872) after12 weeks of SGLT2i treatment in T2DM patients.

CONCLUSIONS: SGLT2i may reduce proteinuria in diabetic nephropathy patients, potentially by inhibiting renal oxidative stress, but not through the AGEs pathway and does not induce RAAS activation.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: This clinical trial was registered on 15/10/2019, in ClinicalTrials.gov, and the registry number is NCT04127084.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Diabetology & metabolic syndrome - 16(2024), 1 vom: 16. Feb., Seite 46

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zeng, Xiao-Chun [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Xian-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xiao-Bin [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Chun-Meng [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xiao-Min [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

8-OHdG
AGEs
Diabetic nephropathy
Journal Article
Oxidative stress
Proteinuria
SGLT2i

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Date Revised 19.02.2024

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04127084

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13098-024-01280-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368559173