Acta Neuropharmacologica››2013,Vol. 3››Issue (3): 27-33.

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Research Advances on Mechanism of Cognitive Impairment in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

CHENG Fang1, HU Meng1, DU Guan-tao2, LIU Guang-jun2, HONG Hao1

  1. 1 Department of Pharmacology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China
    2 Department of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University Subsidiary Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital, Changzhou, 213003, China
  • Online:2013-06-26Published:2014-06-27
  • Contact:洪浩,男,博士,教授,博士生导师;研究方向:神经与内分泌药理; Tel: +86-025-86185227,E-mail :honghao@cpu.edu.cn
  • About author:陈方,女,硕士研究生
  • Supported by:

    国家自然科学基金项目(No. 81273497)

Abstract:Type 2 diabetes mellitus is one of the independent risk factors that can induce cognitive impairment. Except for chronic hyperglycemia-induced glucotoxicity and disorder of cholesterol metabolism, impaired insulin signaling, hyperfunction of HPA axis (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis) and other factors are also attributed to the pathogenesis of diabetic cognitive dysfunction. Furthermore, many biochemical indicators and abnormal cell signaling pathways not only increase the neurotoxicity of amyloid-β peptide and induce nerve cells apoptosis, but also aggravate cerebral microvessels disease and damage both the structure and function of blood-brain barrier and then promote the occurrence and development of cognitive impairment in type 2 diabetes mellitus. This paper reviewed the key mechanisms in the process of cognitive impairment in type 2 diabetes mellitus and presented the strategies for its prevention and treatment, and subsequently laid the foundation for development of drugs which can effectively treat diabetic cognitive dysfunction.

Key words:type 2 diabetes mellitus,cognitive dysfunction,glucotoxicity,cholesterol metabolism,insulin signaling,amyloid-&,beta,peptide,blood-brain barrier

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