The potential role of glutamate in the current diabetes epidemic.
In the present article, we propose the perspective that abnormal glutamate homeostasis might contribute to diabetes pathogenesis. Previous reports and our recent data indicate that chronically high extracellular glutamate levels exert direct and indirect effects that might participate in the progressive loss of β-cells occurring in both T1D and T2D. In addition, abnormal glutamate homeostasis may impact all the three accelerators of the "accelerator hypothesis" and could partially explain the rising frequency of T1D and T2D.
Diabetes and Endocrinology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132, Milan, Italy. davalli.alberto@hsr.it
Alberto M
AM
Davalli
Carla
C
Perego
Franco B
FB
Folli
D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D058872:Epidemics; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D050417:Insulin-Secreting Cells / Q000378:metabolism*
D018698:Glutamic Acid