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ArticleCells2021

Dapagliflozin Restores Impaired Autophagy and Suppresses Inflammation in High Glucose-Treated HK-2 Cells.

Jing Xu, Munehiro Kitada, Yoshio Ogura, Haijie Liu, Daisuke Koya

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Article in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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67citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 107 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Dapagliflozin Beyond Glucose Lowering: Mechanisms of Renal and Systemic Protection.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
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  5. Selective autophagy in kidney health and disease.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2026
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  19. Dapagliflozin ameliorates Lafora disease phenotype in a zebrafish model.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jing XuDepartment of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Kahoku 920-0293, Ishikawa, Japan.
Munehiro KitadaDepartment of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Kahoku 920-0293, Ishikawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3854-1385
Yoshio OguraDepartment of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Kahoku 920-0293, Ishikawa, Japan.
Haijie LiuDepartment of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Kahoku 920-0293, Ishikawa, Japan.
Daisuke KoyaDepartment of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Kahoku 920-0293, Ishikawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2711-1539
Kanazawa Medical University · JP

Funding

AstraZeneca K.K. and Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. NCR-17-12737KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research 20K21773
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sodium-glucose cotransporter2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have a reno-protective effect in diabetic kidney disease. However, the detailed mechanism remains unclear. In this study, human proximal tubular cells (HK-2) were cultured in 5 mM glucose and 25 mM mannitol (control), 30 mM glucose (high glucose: HG), or HG and SGLT2 inhibitor, dapagliflozin-containing medium for 48 h. The autophagic flux was decreased, accompanied by the increased phosphorylation of S6 kinase ribosomal protein (p-S6RP) and the reduced phosphorylation of AMP-activated kinase (p-AMPK) expression in a HG condition. Compared to those of the control, dapagliflozin and SGLT2 knockdown ameliorated the HG-induced alterations of p-S6RP, p-AMPK, and autophagic flux. In addition, HG increased the nuclear translocation of nuclear factor-κB p65 (NF-κB) p65 and the cytoplasmic nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor 3 (NLRP3), mature interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-6, and tumor necrosis factorα (TNFα) expression. Dapagliflozin, SGLT2 knockdown, and NF-κB p65 knockdown reduced the extent of these HG-induced inflammatory alterations. The inhibitory effect of dapagliflozin on the increase in the HG-induced nuclear translocation of NF-κB p65 was abrogated by knocking down AMPK. These data indicated that in diabetic renal proximal tubular cells, dapagliflozin ameliorates: (1) HG-induced autophagic flux reduction, via increased AMPK activity and mTOR suppression; and (2) inflammatory alterations due to NF-κB pathway suppression.

Indexed as

AutophagyCell LineDiabetic NephropathiesGlucoseHumansInflammationKidney Tubules, ProximalSodium-Glucose Transporter 2 InhibitorsGlucoseSodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitorsautophagydiabetic kidney diseaseinflammationsodium-glucose cotransporter 2

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PMID34200774
PMCPMC8230404
OpenAlexW3171297511

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