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Aliases | SLC5A2 , SGLT2, solute carrier family 5 member 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External IDs | OMIM: 182381; MGI: 2181411; HomoloGene: 2289; GeneCards: SLC5A2; OMA:SLC5A2 - orthologs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC5A2 (solute carrier family 5 (sodium/glucose cotransporter)) gene. [5]
SGLT2 is a member of the sodium glucose cotransporter family, which are sodium-dependent glucose transport proteins. SGLT2 is the major cotransporter involved in glucose reabsorption in the kidney. [6] SGLT2 is located in the early proximal tubule, and is responsible for reabsorption of 80-90% of the glucose filtered by the kidney glomerulus. [7] Most of the remaining glucose absorption is by sodium/glucose cotransporter 1 (SGLT1) in more distal sections of the proximal tubule. [8]
SGLT2 inhibitors are also called gliflozins or flozins. They lead to a reduction in blood glucose levels, and therefore have potential use in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Gliflozins enhance glycemic control as well as reduce body weight and systolic and diastolic blood pressure. [9] The gliflozins canagliflozin, dapagliflozin, and empagliflozin may lead to euglycemic ketoacidosis. [10] [11] Other side effects of gliflozins include increased risk of Fournier gangrene [12] and of (generally mild) genital infections such as candidal vulvovaginitis. [13]
Mutations in this gene are also associated with renal glycosuria. [14]
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors were associated with significant long-term reductions in mortality risk for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to an observational cohort study. [15] The study revealed that after one year, 8.1% of PAH patients prescribed SGLT2 inhibitors had died, compared to 15.5% of those who did not take the medication.