PMID- 34281221 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210806 LR - 20210806 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 13 DP - 2021 Jul 2 TI - Impact of Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitors on Cardiac Protection. LID - 10.3390/ijms22137170 [doi] LID - 7170 AB - Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have been approved as a new class of anti-diabetic drugs for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The SGLT2 inhibitors reduce glucose reabsorption through renal systems, thus improving glycemic control in all stages of diabetes mellitus, independent of insulin. This class of drugs has the advantages of no clinically relevant hypoglycemia and working in synergy when combined with currently available anti-diabetic drugs. While improving sugar level control in these patients, SGLT2 inhibitors also have the advantages of blood-pressure improvement and bodyweight reduction, with potential cardiac and renal protection. In randomized control trials for patients with diabetes, SGLT2 inhibitors not only improved cardiovascular and renal outcomes, but also hospitalization for heart failure, with this effect extending to those without diabetes mellitus. Recently, dynamic communication between autophagy and the innate immune system with Beclin 1-TLR9-SIRT3 complexes in response to SGLT2 inhibitors that may serve as a potential treatment strategy for heart failure was discovered. In this review, the background molecular pathways leading to the clinical benefits are examined in this new class of anti-diabetic drugs, the SGLT2 inhibitors. FAU - Wu, Victor Chien-Chia AU - Wu VC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9918-4369 AD - Division of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan City 33305, Taiwan. AD - School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City 33302, Taiwan. FAU - Li, Yan-Rong AU - Li YR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0206-3473 AD - School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City 33302, Taiwan. AD - Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan City 33305, Taiwan. FAU - Wang, Chao-Yung AU - Wang CY AD - Division of Cardiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan City 33305, Taiwan. AD - School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City 33302, Taiwan. AD - Institute of Cellular and System Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan 35053, Taiwan. AD - Department of Medical Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan. LA - eng GR - NHRI-EX106-10617SI, NHRI-110A1-CSCO-17212418/National Health Research Institutes/ GR - 105-2628-B-182-009-MY4 and 109-2314-B-182-070-MY3/National Science Council/ GR - CMRPG3H0133, CMRPG3I0322, CMRPG3H0843, and CORPG3K0011/Chang Gung Memorial Hospital/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20210702 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Cardiotonic Agents) RN - 0 (Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors) SB - IM MH - Cardiotonic Agents/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*drug therapy MH - Heart Diseases/*prevention & control MH - Humans MH - Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors/*pharmacology/*therapeutic use PMC - PMC8268177 OTO - NOTNLM OT - SGLT2 inhibitors OT - autophagy OT - cardiac protection OT - innate immunity COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/07/21 06:00 MHDA- 2021/08/07 06:00 PMCR- 2021/07/02 CRDT- 2021/07/20 01:03 PHST- 2021/05/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/06/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/06/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/07/20 01:03 [entrez] PHST- 2021/07/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/08/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/07/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms22137170 [pii] AID - ijms-22-07170 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms22137170 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jul 2;22(13):7170. doi: 10.3390/ijms22137170.