Therapeutic advances in ADPKD: the future awaits
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Therapeutic advances in ADPKD: the future awaits
Abstract
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a heterogeneous genetic disorder included in ciliopathies, representing the fourth cause of end stage renal disease (ESRD), with an estimated prevalence between 1:1000 and 1:2500. It is mainly caused by mutations in the PKD1 and PKD2 genes encoding for polycystin 1 (PC1) and polycystin 2 (PC2), which regulate differentiation, proliferation, survival, apoptosis, and autophagy. The advances in the knowledge of multiple molecular pathways involved in the pathophysiology of ADPKD led to the development of several treatments which are currently under investigation. Recently, the widespread approval of tolvaptan and, in Italy, of long-acting release octreotide (octreotide-LAR), represents but the beginning of the new therapeutic management of ADPKD patients. Encouraging results are expected from ongoing randomized controlled trials (RCTs), which are investigating not only drugs acting on the calcium/cyclic adenosin monoposphate (cAMP) pathway, the most studied target so far, but also molecules targeting specific pathophysiological pathways (e.g. epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and KEAP1-Nrf2) and sphingolipids. Moreover, studies on animal models and cultured cells have also provided further promising therapeutic strategies based on the role of intracellular calcium, cell cycle regulation, MAPK pathway, epigenetic DNA, interstitial inflammation, and cell therapy. Thus, in a near future, tailored therapy could be the key to changing the natural history of ADPKD thanks to the vigorous efforts that are being made to implement clinical and preclinical studies in this field. Our review aimed to summarize the spectrum of drugs that are available in the clinical practice and the most promising molecules undergoing clinical, animal, and cultured cell studies.
Keywords: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; Glomerular filtration rate; Molecular pathway; Targeted therapy; Total kidney volume.
© 2021. Italian Society of Nephrology.
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