Title:Cognitive Benefits of Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporters-2 Inhibitors
in the Diabetic Milieu
Volume: 31
Issue: 2
Author(s): Habib Yaribeygi*, Mina Maleki, Thozhukat Sathyapalan*, Manfredi Rizzo and Amirhossein Sahebkar*
Affiliation:
- Research Center of Physiology, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
- Department of Academic Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK
- Biotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
- Applied Biomedical
Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
- School of Medicine, The
University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Department of Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy,
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Keywords:
Diabetes mellitus, sodium-glucose cotransporters-2 inhibitors, oxidative stress, apoptosis, cognition, memory.
Abstract: Patients with diabetes are at higher risk of cognitive impairment and memory
loss than the normal population. Thus, using hypoglycemic agents to improve brain function
is important for diabetic patients. Sodium-glucose cotransporters-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i)
are a class of therapeutic agents used in the management of diabetes that has
some pharmacologic effects enabling them to fight against the onset and progress of memory
deficits. Although the exact mediating pathways are not well understood, emerging
evidence suggests that SGLT2 inhibition is associated with improved brain function.
This study reviewed the possible mechanisms and provided evidence suggesting SGLT2
inhibitors could ameliorate cognitive deficits.