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Emerging targeted strategies for the treatment of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
- Source :
- Clinical Kidney Journal, Clinical kidney journal, vol 11, iss Suppl 1
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018.
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Abstract
- Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a widespread genetic disease that leads to renal failure in the majority of patients. The very first pharmacological treatment, tolvaptan, received Food and Drug Administration approval in 2018 after previous approval in Europe and other countries. However, tolvaptan is moderately effective and may negatively impact a patient’s quality of life due to potentially significant side effects. Additional and improved therapies are still urgently needed, and several clinical trials are underway, which are discussed in the companion paper Müller and Benzing (Management of autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease—state-of-the-art) Clin Kidney J 2018; 11: i2–i13. Here, we discuss new therapeutic avenues that are currently being investigated at the preclinical stage. We focus on mammalian target of rapamycin and dual kinase inhibitors, compounds that target inflammation and histone deacetylases, RNA-targeted therapeutic strategies, glucosylceramide synthase inhibitors, compounds that affect the metabolism of renal cysts and dietary restriction. We discuss tissue targeting to renal cysts of small molecules via the folate receptor, and of monoclonal antibodies via the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor. A general problem with potential pharmacological approaches is that the many molecular targets that have been implicated in ADPKD are all widely expressed and carry out important functions in many organs and tissues. Because ADPKD is a slowly progressing, chronic disease, it is likely that any therapy will have to continue over years and decades. Therefore, systemically distributed drugs are likely to lead to potentially prohibitive extra-renal side effects during extended treatment. Tissue targeting to renal cysts of such drugs is one potential way around this problem. The use of dietary, instead of pharmacological, interventions is another.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Kidney Disease
Renal and urogenital
Tolvaptan
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Reviews
Disease
Bioinformatics
03 medical and health sciences
Rare Diseases
0302 clinical medicine
Pharmacotherapy
dietary intervention
medicine
Polycystic kidney disease
pharmacological intervention
PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway
ADPKD
Transplantation
Kidney
polycystic kidney disease
business.industry
medicine.disease
3. Good health
Clinical trial
Orphan Drug
030104 developmental biology
medicine.anatomical_structure
5.1 Pharmaceuticals
Nephrology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
mTOR
Development of treatments and therapeutic interventions
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20488513 and 20488505
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical Kidney Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....df80a7016c9e06a7910fd92c872a30f0