PMID- 34970150 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240405 IS - 1663-9812 (Print) IS - 1663-9812 (Electronic) IS - 1663-9812 (Linking) VI - 12 DP - 2021 TI - Mechanisms Underlying the Antidiabetic Activities of Polyphenolic Compounds: A Review. PG - 798329 LID - 10.3389/fphar.2021.798329 [doi] LID - 798329 AB - Polyphenolic compounds are thought to show considerable promise for the treatment of various metabolic disorders, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This review addresses evidence from in vitro, in vivo, and clinical studies for the antidiabetic effects of certain polyphenolic compounds. We focus on the role of cytotoxic human amylin (hA) aggregates in the pathogenesis of T2DM, and how polyphenols can ameliorate this process by suppressing or modifying their formation. Small, soluble amylin oligomers elicit cytotoxicity in pancreatic islet beta-cells and may thus cause beta-cell disruption in T2DM. Amylin oligomers may also contribute to oxidative stress and inflammation that lead to the triggering of beta-cell apoptosis. Polyphenols may exert antidiabetic effects via their ability to inhibit hA aggregation, and to modulate oxidative stress, inflammation, and other pathways that are beta-cell-protective or insulin-sensitizing. There is evidence that their ability to inhibit and destabilize self-assembly by hA requires aromatic molecular structures that bind to misfolding monomers or oligomers, coupled with adjacent hydroxyl groups present on single phenyl rings. Thus, these multifunctional compounds have the potential to be effective against the pleiotropic mechanisms of T2DM. However, substantial further research will be required before it can be determined whether a polyphenol-based molecular entity can be used as a therapeutic for type 2 diabetes. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Nie and Cooper. FAU - Nie, Tina AU - Nie T AD - School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. FAU - Cooper, Garth J S AU - Cooper GJS AD - School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. AD - The Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, Faculty of Science, the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. AD - Centre for Advanced Discovery and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine & Health, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20211214 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Pharmacol JT - Frontiers in pharmacology JID - 101548923 PMC - PMC8712966 OTO - NOTNLM OT - IAPP OT - amylin OT - flavonoids OT - insulin OT - islet beta-cells OT - natural products OT - polyphenol OT - type 2 diabetes 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- 2022/01/01 06:00 MHDA- 2022/01/01 06:01 PMCR- 2021/12/14 CRDT- 2021/12/31 06:02 PHST- 2021/10/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/11/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/12/31 06:02 [entrez] PHST- 2022/01/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/01/01 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/12/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 798329 [pii] AID - 10.3389/fphar.2021.798329 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Pharmacol. 2021 Dec 14;12:798329. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.798329. eCollection 2021.