[INCRETIN MIMETICS AND INCRETIN ENHANCERS: NEW THERAPEUTIC TOOLS IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS]
JERMENDY György
NOVEMBER 10, 2008
Lege Artis Medicinae - 2008;18(11)
JERMENDY György
NOVEMBER 10, 2008
Lege Artis Medicinae - 2008;18(11)
[Incretins are hormone-like peptides secreted by specific cells of the small intestine mucosa. Their two main representatives are the glucagon-likepeptide- 1 (GLP-1 and the glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide, (GIP) the release of which is stimulated by meals. The main action of incretins is to enhance insulin secretion following meals. They are rapidly metabolized in the circulation by the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV). Patients with type 2 diabetes have markedly impaired incretin-mediated insulin secretion mainly due to decreased secretion of GLP-1. Research in the last years has opened up a new therapeutic option to treat patients with type 2 diabetes. Continuous intravenous use of GLP-1 cannot be widely used in clinical practice; however, GLP-1-mimetics that have an agonist effect on the receptors but are resistant to degradation by DPP-IV have been developed. The GLP-1 agonist xenatide, due to its incretin mimetic property, stimulates postprandial insulin secretion, suppresses glucagon secretion, delays gastric emptying and increases sense of fullness thus resulting in weight reduction. In experimental settings, exenatide has a documented beta-cell protecting property. Its disadvantages include the fact that it can only be administered subcutaneously and that it has a well characterized side effect profile. On the contrary, the DPP-IV inhibiting incretin enhancers (sitagliptin, vildagliptin) can be used orally and are well tolerated. Exenatide, sitagliptin and vildagliptin are the first representatives of incretin mimetics and incretin enhancers. Sitagliptin has been available in Hungary since August, 2008. Their effect to reduce blood glucose and HbA1c should mainly be exploited in combination therapy, preferably with metformin. The availability of incretin mimetics and incretin enhancers will offer new therapeutic options for treating patients with type 2 diabetes. Nevertheless, the final assessment of these new drugs will require long-term experience in the clinical practice.]
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[INTRODUCTION - Data on bone mineral density (BMD) in diabetes mellitus are contradictory in the literature. Early studies described a decreased bone mineral density in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), but recent studies report no osteopenia in T1DM.The BMD may depend on the quality of treatment for diabetes mellitus and on the presence of chronic complications. In type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) the BMD is not decreased, occasionally it can even be increased. PATIENTS AND METHODS - Bone mineral density was measured in 122 regularly controlled diabetic patients (T1DM: n=73, mean age: 43.6±11.1 years,T2DM: n=49, mean age: 61.8±9.8 years) by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry at the lumbar spine and at the femur. Results were compared to those of 40 metabolically healthy control persons with a mean age of 47.5±11.9 years.The patients’ carbohydrate metabolism was assessed by the average HbA1c level of the last three years.These values were 7.9±1.4 % in T1DM, and 7.5±1.7 % in T2DM. BMDs were classified based on the T-score and Z-score using the WHO criteria. RESULTS - There was no significant difference in T1DM or in T2DM compared to the reference group in the prevalence of either osteoporosis or of osteoporosis and osteopenia combined. CONCLUSION - BMD was not found to be decreased in patients with well-controlled metabolism compared to healthy controls.]
Hypertension and nephrology
[The importance of hypertension in type 2 diabetes mellitus, the method of continuous blood pressure control and patient’s careas well as the forms of non-drug and drug therapy have been disclosed by presenting therapeutical recommendations from American, European scientific societies and international organizations. It has been established that the principles of care and treatment of hypertonia have basically remained unchanged in diabetes all over the world, despite the recent widespread debate over the interpretation of normal blood pressure and the consideration of the benefits of intensive or standard treatment.]
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[Incretin mimetics represent a new group of antidiabetic drugs. They bind to their own receptor on the beta-cell membrane and increase insulin secretion in a glucosedependent manner. Thus, they rarely cause hypoglycaemia. Furthermore, they significantly reduce body weight and other cardiovascular risk factors. Accordingly, they can be considered as an optimal group of antidiabetic drugs. The author reviews the clinical efficacy and safety of currently available incretin mimetics.]
Hypertension and nephrology
[Authors had found diabetes mellitus type 2 in 30% of 38 886 hypertensive patients (stadium I-III). Diabetes was more frequent in case of women under 30 years. Subsequently all age groups (from 40 to 80 years) incidence was more frequently (p<0.01-0.001) in men, above 80 years again a higher ratio was in women. Presence of diabetes was correlated to rate of BMI value and systolic, diastolic pressure as well. In women - above 140 mmHg systolic pressure - the elevation was exponential. We have found a significant correlation between fasting glucose and waist. Reaching the target blood pressure is not a simply task in hypertensive patients with diabetes. The 140/90 mmHg was reached in 34.2%, 90 mmHg diastolic blood pressure in 62.3%, but the required 80 mmHg only in 16.4% of cases. Achieve the target value was quite different in the different region of our country. The major cardiovascular complications (stroke, renal disease, myocardial infarction, peripheral artery disease) have suffered a higher rate in the hypertensives with diabetes compered to hypertensives without diabetes.]
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[The prognosis of patients with diabetes mellitus is mainly influenced by vascular complications which is partly due to the deterioration of the microcirculation. Laser Doppler flowmetry is a suitable method to investigate the complex disturbance that characteristic for diabetic microcirculation. This review gives a summary of the anatomical, physiological and theoretical backgrounds and the possibilities in diagnosis given by Laser Doppler flowmetry.]
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