Oral Antidiabetic Agents - Luzimar Teixeira
Oral Antidiabetic Agents - Luzimar Teixeira
Oral Antidiabetic Agents - Luzimar Teixeira
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<strong>Oral</strong> <strong>Antidiabetic</strong> <strong>Agents</strong> 397<br />
Intestinal<br />
lumen<br />
Brush<br />
border<br />
α-Amylase<br />
Starch<br />
Maltose<br />
maltotriose<br />
dextrins<br />
Sucrose<br />
α-Glucosidase<br />
inhibitor (acarbose,<br />
miglitol, voglibose)<br />
Enterocyte<br />
Microvillus<br />
α-Glucosidase<br />
enzymes<br />
Villus<br />
Fig. 3. α-Glucosidase inhibitors (e.g. acarbose) competitively inhibit the activity of α-glucosidase enzymes in the brush border of small<br />
intestinal enterocytes (reproduced from Krentz and Bailey, [4] with permission from the Royal Society of Medicine Press).<br />
2. α-Glucosidase Inhibitors carbohydrate digestion until further along the intestinal<br />
tract, in turn causing glucose absorption to be<br />
Inhibitors of intestinal α-glucosidase enzymes<br />
delayed. The α-glucosidase inhibitors should be takretard<br />
the rate of carbohydrate digestion, thereby<br />
en with meals containing digestible carbohydrates,<br />
providing an alternative means to reduce postprannot<br />
monosaccharides; these drugs generally do not<br />
dial hyperglycaemia. [31] Acarbose, the first α-<br />
significantly affect the absorption of glucose. Since<br />
glucosidase inhibitor to be marketed, was introα-glucosidase<br />
inhibitors move glucose absorption<br />
duced in the early 1990s. Recently, two additional<br />
more distally along the intestinal tract they alter<br />
agents, miglitol and voglibose, have been introglucose-dependent<br />
release of intestinal hormones<br />
duced in some countries. [4] The α-glucosidase inhibthat<br />
enhance nutrient-induced insulin secretion. Reitors<br />
do not cause weight gain, can reduce postpranlease<br />
of gastric inhibitory polypeptide, which occurs<br />
dial hyperinsulinaemia and have lowered plasma<br />
triglyceride concentrations in some studies. [31] Their mainly from the jejunal mucosa, may be reduced by<br />
good safety record is a further advantage, but limited α-glucosidase inhibitors, whereas glucagon-like<br />
gastrointestinal tolerability has substantially limited peptide-1 (7–36 amide) secretion (mostly from the<br />
their use. The relatively high cost of α-glucosidase ileal mucosa) is increased. Overall, α-glucosidase<br />
inhibitors is another consideration that has influthrough<br />
the attenuated rise in postprandial glucose<br />
inhibitors reduce postprandial insulin concentrations<br />
enced prescribing. In the UK, acarbose use remains<br />
low.<br />
levels. [31]<br />
2.1 Mode of Action<br />
The α-glucosidase inhibitors competitively inhibit<br />
the activity of α-glucosidase enzymes in the<br />
brush border of enterocytes lining the intestinal villi<br />
(figure 3). High affinity binding prevents these enzymes<br />
from cleaving their normal disaccharide and<br />
oligosaccharide substrates into monosaccharides<br />
prior to absorption. This defers the completion of<br />
2.2 Pharmacokinetics<br />
Acarbose is absorbed only to a trivial degree<br />
(