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ArticleMolecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.)2025

Empagliflozin ameliorates renal and metabolic derangements in obese type 2 diabetic mice by blocking advanced glycation end product-receptor axis.

Takanori Matsui, Ami Sotokawauchi, Yuri Nishino, Yoshinori Koga, Sho-Ichi Yamagishi

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Takanori MatsuiDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Fukui Prefectural University, Eiheiji, 910-1195, Japan.
Ami SotokawauchiDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
Yuri NishinoDepartment of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
Yoshinori KogaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan.
Sho-Ichi YamagishiDepartment of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Showa University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, 142-8666, Japan. shoichi@med.showa-u.ac.jp.

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backgroundAlthough randomized clinical trials revealed that inhibitors of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) reduced the risk of cardiovascular and renal events in patients with type 2 diabetes, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Since there is accumulating evidence that AGEs and their receptor (RAGE) play a crucial role in diabetes-related complications, we examined here whether empagliflozin ameliorates renal and metabolic derangements in db/db mice, an obese type 2 diabetes animal by blocking the AGE-RAGE axis.

methodsEight-week-old db/db mice were fed a 0.045% empagliflozin diet (db/db + Empa) or normal diet (db/db) for 13 weeks. The same week-old db/ + m mice were maintained on normal diet (db/ + m) used as a control. At baseline and 13 weeks after intervention, biochemical analyses in the serum and urine were performed, and kidneys and adipose tissues were obtained for morphological, immunohistochemical, and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analyses.

resultsEmpagliflozin treatment for 13 weeks significantly reduced AGEs, N

conclusionsOur present findings suggest that empagliflozin could ameliorate renal and metabolic derangements in type 2 diabetes animals by attenuating the AGE-RAGE axis.

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Benzhydryl CompoundsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2GlucosidesGlycation End Products, AdvancedKidneyObesityReceptor for Advanced Glycation End ProductsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalMaleMiceMice, ObeseOxidative StressSodium-Glucose Transporter 2 InhibitorsBenzhydryl CompoundsempagliflozinGlucosidesGlycation End Products, AdvancedReceptor for Advanced Glycation End ProductsSodium-Glucose Transporter 2 InhibitorsAGEsEmpagliflozinOxidative stressRAGERenal and metabolic disease

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