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Sałaciak K, Pytka K. Revisiting the sigma-1 receptor as a biological target to treat affective and cognitive disorders. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2022; 132:1114-1136. [PMID: 34736882 PMCID: PMC8559442 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.10.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Depression and cognitive disorders are diseases with complex and not-fully understood etiology. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically increased the prevalence of both conditions. Since the current treatments are inadequate in many patients, there is a constant need for discovering new compounds, which will be more effective in ameliorating depressive symptoms and treating cognitive decline. Proteins attracting much attention as potential targets for drugs treating these conditions are sigma-1 receptors. Sigma-1 receptors are multi-functional proteins localized in endoplasmic reticulum membranes, which play a crucial role in cellular signal transduction by interacting with receptors, ion channels, lipids, and kinases. Changes in their functions and expression may lead to various diseases, including depression or memory impairments. Thus, sigma-1 receptor modulation might be useful in treating these central nervous system diseases. Importantly, two sigma-1 receptor ligands entered clinical trials, showing that this compound group possesses therapeutic potential. Therefore, based on preclinical studies, this review discusses whether the sigma-1 receptor could be a promising target for drugs treating affective and cognitive disorders.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kinga Sałaciak
- Department of Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9, 30-688 Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9, 30-688 Krakow, Poland.
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Kim BW, Lee H, Keum G, Kim BM. Structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies on the mutagenic properties of 2,7-diaminofluorene and 2,7-diaminocarbazole derivatives. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2020; 31:127662. [PMID: 33227415 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We discovered that 2,7-diaminofluorene or 2,7-diaminocarbazole moiety can be employed as a core structure of highly effective NS5A inhibitors that are connected through amide bonds to proline-valine-carbamate motifs. Amide bonds can be easily cleaved via various metabolic pathways upon administration into the body, and metabolites containing 2,7-diaminofluorene and 2,7-diaminocarbazole core structures have been known to be strong mutagens. To avoid the mutagenesis issue of these core structures, we examined various functional groups at the C9 or N9 position of 2,7-diaminofluorene or 2,7-diaminocarbazole, respectively, through the Ames test in TA98 and TA100 mutants of Salmonella typhimurium LT-2. We discovered that, through proper alkyl substitution at the C9 or N9 position, 2,7-diaminofluorene and 2,7-diaminocarbazole moieties can be successfully employed in drug discovery without necessarily causing mutagenicity problems.
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- Byeong Wook Kim
- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Neuro-Medicine, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Neuro-Medicine, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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This review compares the biological and physiological function of Sigma receptors [σRs] and their potential therapeutic roles. Sigma receptors are widespread in the central nervous system and across multiple peripheral tissues. σRs consist of sigma receptor one (σ1R) and sigma receptor two (σ2R) and are expressed in numerous regions of the brain. The sigma receptor was originally proposed as a subtype of opioid receptors and was suggested to contribute to the delusions and psychoses induced by benzomorphans such as SKF-10047 and pentazocine. Later studies confirmed that σRs are non-opioid receptors (not an µ opioid receptor) and play a more diverse role in intracellular signaling, apoptosis and metabolic regulation. σ1Rs are intracellular receptors acting as chaperone proteins that modulate Ca2+ signaling through the IP3 receptor. They dynamically translocate inside cells, hence are transmembrane proteins. The σ1R receptor, at the mitochondrial-associated endoplasmic reticulum membrane, is responsible for mitochondrial metabolic regulation and promotes mitochondrial energy depletion and apoptosis. Studies have demonstrated that they play a role as a modulator of ion channels (K+ channels; N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors [NMDAR]; inositol 1,3,5 triphosphate receptors) and regulate lipid transport and metabolism, neuritogenesis, cellular differentiation and myelination in the brain. σ1R modulation of Ca2+ release, modulation of cardiac myocyte contractility and may have links to G-proteins. It has been proposed that σ1Rs are intracellular signal transduction amplifiers. This review of the literature examines the mechanism of action of the σRs, their interaction with neurotransmitters, pharmacology, location and adverse effects mediated through them.
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- Colin G Rousseaux
- a Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , ON , Canada and
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Meunier J, Gué M, Récasens M, Maurice T. Attenuation by a sigma1 (sigma1) receptor agonist of the learning and memory deficits induced by a prenatal restraint stress in juvenile rats. Br J Pharmacol 2005; 142:689-700. [PMID: 15205309 PMCID: PMC1575047 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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1. Stress during pregnancy results in complex neurochemical and behavioral alterations throughout the offspring lifetime. We here examined the impact of prenatal stress (PS) on memory functions in male and female offspring and report the efficacy of a selective sigma(1) (sigma(1)) receptor agonist, igmesine, in alleviating the observed deficits. 2. Dams received an unpredictable 90-min duration restraint stress from gestational day E17 to E20. Learning was examined in offspring between day P24 and P36 using spontaneous alternation in the Y-maze, delayed alternation in the T-maze, water-maze learning and passive avoidance. 3. Both male and female PS rats showed impairments of spontaneous and delayed alternation performances. Acquisition of a fixed platform position in the water-maze was unchanged in PS rats, but the probe test revealed a diminution of time spent in the training quadrant. Acquisition of a daily changing platform position demonstrated impaired working memory for male and female PS rats. Finally, passive avoidance deficits were observed. 4. Pretreatment with the selective sigma(1) agonist igmesine (1-10 mg x kg(-1) i.p.) reversed the PS-induced learning deficits in offspring rats for each test. The sigma(1) antagonist BD1063 failed to affect performances alone but blocked the igmesine effect, confirming the involvement of the sigma(1) receptor. 5. PS thus induces delayed memory deficits, affecting spatial and nonspatial, short- and long-term memories in juvenile male and female offspring rats. Activation of the sigma(1) neuromodulatory receptor allows a significant recovery of the memory functions in PS rats.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn/physiology
- Avoidance Learning/drug effects
- Avoidance Learning/physiology
- Behavior, Animal/drug effects
- Behavior, Animal/physiology
- Cinnamates/antagonists & inhibitors
- Cinnamates/pharmacology
- Cinnamates/therapeutic use
- Cyclopropanes/antagonists & inhibitors
- Cyclopropanes/pharmacology
- Cyclopropanes/therapeutic use
- Female
- France
- Gestational Age
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Learning Disabilities/drug therapy
- Learning Disabilities/etiology
- Male
- Maternal Exposure/adverse effects
- Maze Learning/drug effects
- Maze Learning/physiology
- Memory Disorders/drug therapy
- Memory Disorders/etiology
- Piperazines/pharmacology
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, sigma/administration & dosage
- Receptors, sigma/agonists
- Receptors, sigma/therapeutic use
- Restraint, Physical/adverse effects
- Restraint, Physical/methods
- Time Factors
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Affiliation(s)
- Johann Meunier
- Laboratoire de Plasticité Cérébrale, CNRS FRE 2693, Université de Montpellier II, place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Laboratoire de Plasticité Cérébrale, CNRS FRE 2693, Université de Montpellier II, place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Laboratoire de Plasticité Cérébrale, CNRS FRE 2693, Université de Montpellier II, place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Laboratoire de Plasticité Cérébrale, CNRS FRE 2693, Université de Montpellier II, place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- Author for correspondence:
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1,3,-Di-o-tolylguanidine (DTG), a sigma agonist, produces hypothermia in rats, but the inability of purported sigma antagonists to block the hypothermia suggests that sites other than sigma may mediate the effect. Recently, N-[2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl) ethyl]-N-methyl-2-(dimethylamino) ethylamine (BD 1047) has been identified as a functional sigma antagonist in vivo because of its high selectivity for sigma sites and its ability to block DTG-induced dystonia and cocaine-evoked behaviors. Therefore, the present study investigated the effect of BD 1047 on DTG-evoked hypothermia. DTG (1, 10, 20 and 30 mg/kg sc) induced dose-dependent hypothermia. The onset of DTG-induced hypothermia was rapid, with a reduction in body temperature observed 15 min postinjection. To determine whether sigma sites mediated DTG-induced hypothermia, BD 1047 was injected 30 min prior to DTG. BD 1047 (1, 5, 7.5 and 10 mg/kg sc) attenuated the hypothermia in a dose-dependent fashion, thus revealing a sigma site mechanism. The injection of BD 1047 alone did not alter body temperature, suggesting that endogenous sigma systems do not play a tonic role in thermoregulation. The present experiments demonstrate for the first time that a selective sigma antagonist attenuates sigma agonist-induced hypothermia. Moreover, these data provide further evidence that BD 1047 is an effective antagonist for characterizing sigma-mediated effects in vivo.
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- S M Rawls
- Department of Pharmacology and Center for Substance Abuse Research, Temple University School of Medicine, 3420 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
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Panocka I, Perfumi M, Angeletti S, Ciccocioppo R, Massi M. Effects of Hypericum perforatum extract on ethanol intake, and on behavioral despair: a search for the neurochemical systems involved. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2000; 66:105-11. [PMID: 10837849 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-3057(00)00193-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The present study investigated the possible involvement of sigma receptors and of serotonergic mechanisms in the effects of Hypericum perforatum extract (HPE) on immobility time in the forced swimming test (FST) and on ethanol intake in Marchigian Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats. The HPE employed was a dry extract containing 0.3% hypericin and 3.8% hyperforin. Intraperitoneal pretreatment with 20 mg/kg of the sigma receptor antagonist rimcazole (RIM), 30 min prior to HPE, completely suppressed the antiimmobility effect of HPE (3 intragastric injections of 250 mg/kg). Intracerebroventricular pretreatment with 5, 7-dihydroxytryptamine (5,7-DHT), which produced a marked depletion of brain serotonin, reduced the antiimmobility effect, although this reduction was not as pronounced as that of RIM. On the other hand, the inhibitory effect of HPE on 10% ethanol intake was modified neither by 5,7-DHT nor by RIM pretreatment. These results suggest that the antidepressant-like effect of HPE in the FST may be mediated by interaction with sigma receptors and to some extent by increased serotonergic neurotransmission. On the other hand, these mechanisms appear to be unimportant for the effect of HPE on ethanol intake.
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- I Panocka
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 01-163, Kozielska 4, Warsaw, Poland
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