[Potential therapeutic approaches for prevention and treatment of diabetic nephropathy and neuropathy: evidences of cilostazol].

Abstract

Cilostazol, a selective phosphodiesterase type III inhibitor, has vasodilatory, antiplatelet, and antithrombotic actions, as well as being the first-choice drug for the intermittent claudication due to peripheral vascular disease. Main researches have demonstrated significant improvement for this situation, including patients with diabetes mellitus, concerning pain-free walking distance and quality-of-life, not rising the bleeding event risk. It does not affect the glucose metabolism even in patients suffering from diabetes. This paper aims to present a review on the discoveries of various studies, most of them experimental, on the prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus complications, such as nephropathy and neuropathy, through the use of cilostazol, which demonstrated satisfactory results on the improvement in neural blood flow, on sodium-potassium ATPase activity, on insulin resistance, and microalbuminuria. However, strict controlling of glucose plasma levels, hypertension, and smoking habits, as well as more extended investigations on the matter are required to the better comprehension.

• Authors: Marcelo P Rosa, Gislaine V Baroni, Vera L Portal
• Journal: Arquivos brasileiros de endocrinologia e metabologia (Arq Bras Endocrinol Metabol) Vol. 51 Issue 9 Pg. 1528-32 (Dec 2007) ISSN: 0004-2730 [Print] Brazil
• Vernacular Title: Potencial terapêutico para a prevenção e tratamento da nefropatia e neuropatia diabéticas: evidências do uso do cilostazol.
• PMID: 18209897 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Fibrinolytic Agents
• Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors
• Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
• Tetrazoles
• Vasodilator Agents
• Cilostazol

Topics

• Cilostazol
• Diabetic Nephropathies (drug therapy, prevention & control)
• Fibrinolytic Agents (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors (therapeutic use)
• Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors (therapeutic use)
• Tetrazoles (therapeutic use)
• Vasodilator Agents (therapeutic use)