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Preclinical Evaluation of an Imidazole-Linked Heterocycle for Alzheimer’s Disease

Humanity is facing a vast prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases, with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) being the most dominant, without efficacious drugs, and with only a few therapeutic targets identified. In this scenario, we aim to find molecular entities that modulate imidazoline I(2) receptors (I(2)...

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Autores principales: Bagán, Andrea, Rodriguez-Arévalo, Sergio, Taboada-Jara, Teresa, Griñán-Ferré, Christian, Pallàs, Mercè, Brocos-Mosquera, Iria, Callado, Luis F., Morales-García, José A., Pérez, Belén, Diaz, Caridad, Fernández-Godino, Rosario, Genilloud, Olga, Beljkas, Milan, Oljacic, Slavica, Nikolic, Katarina, Escolano, Carmen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10610545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37896141
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15102381
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Sumario:Humanity is facing a vast prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases, with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) being the most dominant, without efficacious drugs, and with only a few therapeutic targets identified. In this scenario, we aim to find molecular entities that modulate imidazoline I(2) receptors (I(2)-IRs) that have been pointed out as relevant targets in AD. In this work, we explored structural modifications of well-established I(2)-IR ligands, giving access to derivatives with an imidazole-linked heterocycle as a common key feature. We report the synthesis, the affinity in human I(2)-IRs, the brain penetration capabilities, the in silico ADMET studies, and the three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship (3D-QSAR) studies of this new bunch of I(2)-IR ligands. Selected compounds showed neuroprotective properties and beneficial effects in an in vitro model of Parkinson’s disease, rescued the human dopaminergic cell line SH-SY5Y from death after treatment with 6-hydroxydopamine, and showed crucial anti-inflammatory effects in a cellular model of neuroinflammation. After a preliminary pharmacokinetic study, we explored the action of our representative 2-(benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl)-1H-imidazole LSL33 in a mouse model of AD (5xFAD). Oral administration of LSL33 at 2 mg/Kg for 4 weeks ameliorated 5XFAD cognitive impairment and synaptic plasticity, as well as reduced neuroinflammation markers. In summary, this new I(2)-IR ligand that promoted beneficial effects in a well-established AD mouse model should be considered a promising therapeutic strategy for neurodegeneration.