title: Sulfonylurea and non-sulfonylurea hypoglycemic agents: pharmachological properties and tissue selectivity.
abstract: ATP-sensitive K+ (K(ATP)) channels play many important roles in cellular functions, including control of membrane excitability of skeletal muscle and neurons, K+ recycling in renal epithelia, cytoprotection in cardiac ischemia, and insulin secretion from pancreatic beta-cells. K(ATP) channels are composed of pore-forming inwardly rectifying potassium channel (Kir6.2 or Kir6.1) subunits and sulfonylurea receptor (SUR1, SUR2A, or SUR2B) subunits. Kir6.2 or Kir6.1 subunits conjoined with a SUR subunit constitute the various tissue-specific K(ATP) channels with distinct pharmacological properties. Both sulfonylureas and non-sulfonylurea hypoglycemic agents are used in treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. While the sulfonylurea receptor (SUR) is the target molecule of all of these hypoglycemic agents, the binding sites differ according to the moiety containing in the agent, and alter the pharmachological properties. In addition, chronic exposure of pancreatic beta-cells to the various agents affects the agent-specific sensitivities differently. Here we distinguish differences in pharmacological profile among the various hypoglycemic agents that reflect their chemical composition. We also suggest possible risk in the use of certain hypoglycemic agents in patients with ischemic heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. nagasima@metab.kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagashima
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamasaki
authors.forename: Naomitsu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kuwamura
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seino
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000517:prevention & control; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013453:Sulfonylurea Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors; D000099161:Kcnj11 Channel
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D013453:Sulfonylurea Compounds; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors; D000099161:Kcnj11 Channel; C577507:ABCC8 protein, human; C577510:ABCC9 protein, human