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Novel insights into glucocorticoid‐mediated diabetogenic effects: towards expansion of therapeutic options?

Van Raalte, D. H., Ouwens, D. M., Diamant, M.·2009·European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Abstract

At pharmacological concentrations, glucocorticoids (GCs) display potent anti‐inflammatory effects, and are therefore frequently prescribed by physicians to treat a wide variety of diseases. Despite excellent efficacy, GC therapy is hampered by their notorious metabolic side effect profile. Chronic exposure to increased levels of circulating GCs is associated with central adiposity, dyslipidaemia, skeletal muscle wasting, insulin resistance, glucose intolerance and overt diabetes. Remarkably, many of these side‐effects of GC treatment resemble the various components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS), in which indeed subtle disturbances in the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal (HPA) axis and/or increased tissue sensitivity to GCs have been reported. Recent developments have led to renewed interest in the mechanisms of GC's diabetogenic effects. First, ‘selective dissociating glucocorticoid receptor (GR) ligands’, which aim to segregate GC's anti‐inflammatory and metabolic actions, are currently being developed. Second, at present, selective 11β‐hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β‐HSD1) inhibitors, which may reduce local GC concentrations by inhibiting cortisone to cortisol conversion, are evaluated in clinical trials as a novel treatment modality for the MetS. In this review, we provide an update of the current knowledge on the mechanisms that underlie GC‐induced dysmetabolic effects. In particular, recent progress in research into the role of GCs in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and beta‐cell dysfunction will be discussed.

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Authors
Van Raalte, D. H., Ouwens, D. M., & Diamant, M.
Affiliations
  • Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
  • Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Venue
European Journal of Clinical Investigation
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2009-01-20
Volume
39
Issue
2
Pages
81-93
ISSN
  • 0014-2972 (ISSN-L)
  • 1365-2362
OpenAlex
W2171303876
Cited by
439
References
139
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FWCI
4.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • European Journal of Clinical Investigation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (publishedVersion)
  • Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Estrogen and related hormone effects
Keywords
glucocorticoids, glucocorticoid-induced diabetes, insulin resistance, beta-cell dysfunction, metabolic syndrome, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, cortisone to cortisol conversion, glucocorticoid adverse effects, dyslipidemia, abdominal obesity, skeletal muscle atrophy
MeSH terms
Animals, Cortisone, Glucocorticoids, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Insulin, Insulin Resistance, Receptors, Glucocorticoid, Muscle, Skeletal, Metabolic Syndrome, 11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1, Body Fat Distribution, Lipid Metabolism, Mice, Rats

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