PMID- 34489627 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210908 IS - 1662-4548 (Print) IS - 1662-453X (Electronic) IS - 1662-453X (Linking) VI - 15 DP - 2021 TI - Role of DPP-4 and SGLT2 Inhibitors Connected to Alzheimer Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. PG - 708547 LID - 10.3389/fnins.2021.708547 [doi] LID - 708547 AB - Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by memory loss and cognitive decline. Additionally, abnormal extracellular amyloid plaques accumulation and nerve damage caused by intracellular neurofibrillary tangles, and tau protein are characteristic of AD. Furthermore, AD is associated with oxidative stress, impaired mitochondrial structure and function, denormalization, and inflammatory responses. Recently, besides the amyloid beta hypothesis, another hypothesis linking AD to systemic diseases has been put forth by multiple studies as a probable cause for AD. Particularly, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its features, including hyperinsulinemia, and chronic hyperglycemia with an inflammatory response, have been shown to be closely related to AD through insulin resistance. The brain cannot synthesize or store glucose, but it does require glucose, and the use of glucose in the brain is higher than that in any other organ in the mammalian body. One of the therapeutic drugs for T2DM, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor, suppresses the degradation of incretins, glucagon-like peptides and glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, recently used in T2DM treatment, have a unique mechanism of action via inhibition of renal glucose reabsorption, and which is different from the mechanisms of previously used medications. This manuscript reviews the pathophysiological relationship between the two diseases, AD and T2DM, and the pharmacological effects of therapeutic T2DM drugs, especially DPP-4 inhibitors, and SGLT2 inhibitors. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Sim, Barua, Kim, Lee and Lee. FAU - Sim, A Young AU - Sim AY AD - Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. AD - Brain Korea 21 Plus Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. FAU - Barua, Sumit AU - Barua S AD - Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. FAU - Kim, Jong Youl AU - Kim JY AD - Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. FAU - Lee, Yong-Ho AU - Lee YH AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. FAU - Lee, Jong Eun AU - Lee JE AD - Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. AD - Brain Korea 21 Plus Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. AD - Brain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20210811 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Neurosci JT - Frontiers in neuroscience JID - 101478481 PMC - PMC8417940 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Alzheimer's disease OT - DPP-4 inhibitor OT - SGLT2 inhibitor OT - insulin resistance OT - insulin signaling OT - type 2 diabetes mellitus COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/09/08 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/08 06:01 PMCR- 2021/01/01 CRDT- 2021/09/07 07:41 PHST- 2021/05/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/07/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/09/07 07:41 [entrez] PHST- 2021/09/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/08 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fnins.2021.708547 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Neurosci. 2021 Aug 11;15:708547. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.708547. eCollection 2021.