Diabetes, insulin and new therapeutic strategies for Parkinson's disease: Focus on glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists

Autor: Ana I. Rodriguez-Perez, Carmen M. Labandeira, David Arias Ron, Arturo Fraga-Bau, Antonio Koukoulis, Ana Muñoz, Jesus Romero-Lopez, Gema Alonso-Losada
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Frontiers in neuroendocrinology. 62
ISSN: 1095-6808
Popis: Parkinson's disease and diabetes mellitus are two chronic disorders associated with aging that are becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide. Parkinson is a multifactorial progressive condition with no available disease modifying treatments at the moment. Over the last few years there is growing interest in the relationship between diabetes (and impaired insulin signaling) and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as the possible benefit of antidiabetic treatments as neuroprotectors, even in non-diabetic patients. Insulin regulates essential functions in the brain such as neuronal survival, autophagy of toxic proteins, synaptic plasticity, neurogenesis, oxidative stress and neuroinflammation. We review the existing epidemiological, experimental and clinical evidence that supports the interplay between insulin and neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease, as well as the role of antidiabetic treatments in this disease.
Databáze: OpenAIRE