Abstract
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by the presence of both fasting and postprandial hyperglycemia which is a result of pancreas β-cell dysfunction, deficiency in insulin secretion, insulin resistance and/or increased hepatic glucose production. More recently, the role of other glucoregulatory hormones, including glucagon, amylin, and the gut peptide glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1, and an increase in the rate of postmeal carbohydrate absorption have also been included as important pathophysiologic defects. Existing anti-diabetes medications are often unefficient at achieving sustained glycemic control because they predominantly address only a single underlying defect. A number of alternative therapies for type 2 diabetes are currently under development that take advantage of the actions of the incretin hormones glucagon-like peptide-1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide on the pancreatic β-cell. One such approach is based on the inhibition of dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV), the major enzyme responsible for degrading the incretins in vivo. DPP-IV exhibits characteristics that have allowed the development of specific inhibitors with proven efficacy in improving glucose tolerance in animal models of diabetes and type 2 diabetic patients. While enhancement of insulin secretion, resulting from blockade of incretin degradation, has been proposed to be the major mode of inhibitor action, there is also evidence that inhibition of gastric emptying, reduction in glucagon secretion, peripheral insulin sensitization and important effects on β-cell differentiation and survival can potentially preserve β-cell mass, and improve insulin secretory function and glucose handling in diabetic patients. The present article focuses on the preclinical and clinical data of DPP-IV inhibitors that make it unique therapeutic agents representing the next generation of antidiabetes drugs.
Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV Inhibitors: The Next Generation of New Promising Therapies for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Volume: 7 Issue: 6
Author(s): Elena Sebokova, Andreas D. Christ, Markus Boehringer and Jacques Mizrahi
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Keywords: DPP-IV, diabetes, incretins, GIP, GLP-1
Abstract: Type 2 diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by the presence of both fasting and postprandial hyperglycemia which is a result of pancreas β-cell dysfunction, deficiency in insulin secretion, insulin resistance and/or increased hepatic glucose production. More recently, the role of other glucoregulatory hormones, including glucagon, amylin, and the gut peptide glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1, and an increase in the rate of postmeal carbohydrate absorption have also been included as important pathophysiologic defects. Existing anti-diabetes medications are often unefficient at achieving sustained glycemic control because they predominantly address only a single underlying defect. A number of alternative therapies for type 2 diabetes are currently under development that take advantage of the actions of the incretin hormones glucagon-like peptide-1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide on the pancreatic β-cell. One such approach is based on the inhibition of dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV), the major enzyme responsible for degrading the incretins in vivo. DPP-IV exhibits characteristics that have allowed the development of specific inhibitors with proven efficacy in improving glucose tolerance in animal models of diabetes and type 2 diabetic patients. While enhancement of insulin secretion, resulting from blockade of incretin degradation, has been proposed to be the major mode of inhibitor action, there is also evidence that inhibition of gastric emptying, reduction in glucagon secretion, peripheral insulin sensitization and important effects on β-cell differentiation and survival can potentially preserve β-cell mass, and improve insulin secretory function and glucose handling in diabetic patients. The present article focuses on the preclinical and clinical data of DPP-IV inhibitors that make it unique therapeutic agents representing the next generation of antidiabetes drugs.
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Sebokova Elena, Christ D. Andreas, Boehringer Markus and Mizrahi Jacques, Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV Inhibitors: The Next Generation of New Promising Therapies for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 2007; 7 (6) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156802607780091019
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156802607780091019 |
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