PMID- 24065789 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131210 LR - 20221207 IS - 1939-327X (Electronic) IS - 0012-1797 (Print) IS - 0012-1797 (Linking) VI - 62 IP - 10 DP - 2013 Oct TI - Novel hypothesis to explain why SGLT2 inhibitors inhibit only 30-50% of filtered glucose load in humans. PG - 3324-8 LID - 10.2337/db13-0604 [doi] AB - Inhibitors of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) are a novel class of antidiabetes drugs, and members of this class are under various stages of clinical development for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). It is widely accepted that SGLT2 is responsible for >80% of the reabsorption of the renal filtered glucose load. However, maximal doses of SGLT2 inhibitors fail to inhibit >50% of the filtered glucose load. Because the clinical efficacy of this group of drugs is entirely dependent on the amount of glucosuria produced, it is important to understand why SGLT2 inhibitors inhibit <50% of the filtered glucose load. In this Perspective, we provide a novel hypothesis that explains this apparent puzzle and discuss some of the clinical implications inherent in this hypothesis. FAU - Abdul-Ghani, Muhammad A AU - Abdul-Ghani MA AD - Division of Diabetes, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. FAU - DeFronzo, Ralph A AU - DeFronzo RA FAU - Norton, Luke AU - Norton L LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Diabetes JT - Diabetes JID - 0372763 RN - 0 (Glycated Hemoglobin A) RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (SLC5A1 protein, human) RN - 0 (SLC5A2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Slc5a1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Slc5a2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Sodium-Glucose Transporter 1) RN - 0 (Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2) RN - 0 (Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors) RN - 0 (hemoglobin A1c protein, human) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy/*metabolism MH - Drug Therapy, Combination MH - Glycated Hemoglobin/metabolism MH - Glycosuria/drug therapy/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Hyperglycemia/drug therapy/*metabolism MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/*pharmacology MH - Insulin/therapeutic use MH - Kidney/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Sodium-Glucose Transporter 1/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 MH - *Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors PMC - PMC3781482 EDAT- 2013/09/26 06:00 MHDA- 2013/12/16 06:00 PMCR- 2014/10/01 CRDT- 2013/09/26 06:00 PHST- 2013/09/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/09/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/12/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 62/10/3324 [pii] AID - 0604 [pii] AID - 10.2337/db13-0604 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Diabetes. 2013 Oct;62(10):3324-8. doi: 10.2337/db13-0604.