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Das V, Miller JH, Alladi CG, Annadurai N, De Sanctis JB, Hrubá L, Hajdúch M. Antineoplastics for treating Alzheimer's disease and dementia: Evidence from preclinical and observational studies. Med Res Rev 2024. [PMID: 38530106 DOI: 10.1002/med.22033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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As the world population ages, there will be an increasing need for effective therapies for aging-associated neurodegenerative disorders, which remain untreatable. Dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the leading neurological diseases in the aging population. Current therapeutic approaches to treat this disorder are solely symptomatic, making the need for new molecular entities acting on the causes of the disease extremely urgent. One of the potential solutions is to use compounds that are already in the market. The structures have known pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, toxicity profiles, and patient data available in several countries. Several drugs have been used successfully to treat diseases different from their original purposes, such as autoimmunity and peripheral inflammation. Herein, we divulge the repurposing of drugs in the area of neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on the therapeutic potential of antineoplastics to treat dementia due to AD and dementia. We briefly touch upon the shared pathological mechanism between AD and cancer and drug repurposing strategies, with a focus on artificial intelligence. Next, we bring out the current status of research on the development of drugs, provide supporting evidence from retrospective, clinical, and preclinical studies on antineoplastic use, and bring in new areas, such as repurposing drugs for the prion-like spreading of pathologies in treating AD.
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- Viswanath Das
- Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Czech Advanced Technologies and Research Institute (CATRIN), Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- School of Biological Sciences and Centre for Biodiscovery, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Czech Advanced Technologies and Research Institute (CATRIN), Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Czech Advanced Technologies and Research Institute (CATRIN), Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Czech Advanced Technologies and Research Institute (CATRIN), Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Pascarella G, Antonelli L, Narzi D, Battista T, Fiorillo A, Colotti G, Guidoni L, Morea V, Ilari A. Investigation of the Entry Pathway and Molecular Nature of σ1 Receptor Ligands. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24076367. [PMID: 37047338 PMCID: PMC10094450 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
Abstract
The σ1 receptor (σ1-R) is an enigmatic endoplasmic reticulum resident transmembrane protein implicated in a variety of central nervous system disorders and whose agonists have neuroprotective activity. In spite of σ1-R’s physio-pathological and pharmacological importance, two of the most important features required to fully understand σ1-R function, namely the receptor endogenous ligand(s) and the molecular mechanism of ligand access to the binding site, have not yet been unequivocally determined. In this work, we performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to help clarify the potential route of access of ligand(s) to the σ1-R binding site, on which discordant results had been reported in the literature. Further, we combined computational and experimental procedures (i.e., virtual screening (VS), electron density map fitting and fluorescence titration experiments) to provide indications about the nature of σ1-R endogenous ligand(s). Our MD simulations on human σ1-R suggested that ligands access the binding site through a cavity that opens on the protein surface in contact with the membrane, in agreement with previous experimental studies on σ1-R from Xenopus laevis. Additionally, steroids were found to be among the preferred σ1-R ligands predicted by VS, and 16,17-didehydroprogesterone was shown by fluorescence titration to bind human σ1-R, with significantly higher affinity than the prototypic σ1-R ligand pridopidine in the same essay. These results support the hypothesis that steroids are among the most important physiological σ1-R ligands.
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- Gianmarco Pascarella
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 00185 Rome, Italy (A.I.)
- Department of Biochemical Sciences “A. Rossi Fanelli”, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 00185 Rome, Italy (A.I.)
- Department of Biochemical Sciences “A. Rossi Fanelli”, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- Correspondence: (D.N.); (V.M.)
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- Protein Production Facility, Structural Biology Laboratory, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, 34149 Basovizza, Italy
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences “A. Rossi Fanelli”, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 00185 Rome, Italy (A.I.)
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- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 00185 Rome, Italy (A.I.)
- Correspondence: (D.N.); (V.M.)
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 00185 Rome, Italy (A.I.)
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Computational Drug Repurposing Approach to Identify Novel Inhibitors of ILK Protein for Treatment of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 2022; 2022:3658334. [PMID: 36618074 PMCID: PMC9815933 DOI: 10.1155/2022/3658334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2022] [Revised: 11/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Purpose Esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) is a deadly malignant tumor characterized by an overall 5-year survival rate below 20%, with China accounting for approximately 50% of all cases worldwide. Our previous studies have demonstrated that high integrin-linked kinase (ILK) expression plays a key role in development and progression of ESCC both in vitro and in vivo. Here, we employed the drug repurposing approach to identify a novel FDA-approved anticancer inhibitor against ILK-induced tumorigenesis and progression. Methods We screened the ZINC15 database and predicted the molecular docking ability among FDA-approved and publicly available drugs to ILK and then performed computational docking and visual inspection analyses of the top 10 ranked drugs. Two computer-based virtual screened drugs were evaluated in vitro for their ability to directly bind purified ILK by surface plasmon resonance. Cytotoxicity of the two candidate drugs was validated in vitro using CCK-8 and LDH assays. Results We initially selected the top 10 compounds, based on their minimum binding energy to the ILK crystal, after molecular docking and subjected them to further screening. Taking the binding energy of -10 kcal/mol as the threshold, we selected two drugs, namely, nilotinib and teniposide, for the wet-lab experiment. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) revealed that nilotinib and teniposide had equilibrium dissociation constant (KD) values of 6.410E - 6 and 1.793E - 6, respectively, which were lower than 2.643E - 6 observed in ILK-IN-3 used as the positive control. The IC50 values for nilotinib and teniposide in ESCC cell lines were 40 μM and 200-400 nM, respectively. Results of the CCK-8 assay demonstrated that both nilotinib and teniposide significantly inhibited proliferation of cells (P < 0.01). LDH results revealed that both drugs significantly suppressed the rate of cell death (P < 0.01). Conclusion The drug repositioning procedure can effectively identify new therapeutic tools for ESCC. Our findings suggest that nilotinib and teniposide are efficacious inhibitors of ILK and thus have potential to target ILK-mediated signaling pathways for management of ESCC.
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Brasil S, Allocca M, Magrinho SCM, Santos I, Raposo M, Francisco R, Pascoal C, Martins T, Videira PA, Pereira F, Andreotti G, Jaeken J, Kantautas KA, Perlstein EO, Ferreira VDR. Systematic Review: Drug Repositioning for Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG). Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23158725. [PMID: 35955863 PMCID: PMC9369176 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Advances in research have boosted therapy development for congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG), a group of rare genetic disorders affecting protein and lipid glycosylation and glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor biosynthesis. The (re)use of known drugs for novel medical purposes, known as drug repositioning, is growing for both common and rare disorders. The latest innovation concerns the rational search for repositioned molecules which also benefits from artificial intelligence (AI). Compared to traditional methods, drug repositioning accelerates the overall drug discovery process while saving costs. This is particularly valuable for rare diseases. AI tools have proven their worth in diagnosis, in disease classification and characterization, and ultimately in therapy discovery in rare diseases. The availability of biomarkers and reliable disease models is critical for research and development of new drugs, especially for rare and heterogeneous diseases such as CDG. This work reviews the literature related to repositioned drugs for CDG, discovered by serendipity or through a systemic approach. Recent advances in biomarkers and disease models are also outlined as well as stakeholders’ views on AI for therapy discovery in CDG.
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- Sandra Brasil
- UCIBIO—Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Associate Laboratory i4HB—Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, School of Science and Technology, Nova University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- CDG & Allies PPAIN—Professionals and Patient Associations International Network, Department of Life Sciences, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- CDG & Allies PPAIN—Professionals and Patient Associations International Network, Department of Life Sciences, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council of Italy, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
- Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 81100 Caserta, Italy
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- UCIBIO—Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Associate Laboratory i4HB—Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, School of Science and Technology, Nova University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- CDG & Allies PPAIN—Professionals and Patient Associations International Network, Department of Life Sciences, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
- LAQV-Requimte, Chemistry Department, School of Science and Technology, Nova University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- CDG & Allies PPAIN—Professionals and Patient Associations International Network, Department of Life Sciences, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Sci and Volunteer Program from School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- CDG & Allies PPAIN—Professionals and Patient Associations International Network, Department of Life Sciences, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Sci and Volunteer Program from School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- UCIBIO—Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Associate Laboratory i4HB—Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, School of Science and Technology, Nova University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- CDG & Allies PPAIN—Professionals and Patient Associations International Network, Department of Life Sciences, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- UCIBIO—Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Associate Laboratory i4HB—Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, School of Science and Technology, Nova University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- CDG & Allies PPAIN—Professionals and Patient Associations International Network, Department of Life Sciences, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- CDG & Allies PPAIN—Professionals and Patient Associations International Network, Department of Life Sciences, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Sci and Volunteer Program from School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- UCIBIO—Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Associate Laboratory i4HB—Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, School of Science and Technology, Nova University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- CDG & Allies PPAIN—Professionals and Patient Associations International Network, Department of Life Sciences, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- CDG & Allies PPAIN—Professionals and Patient Associations International Network, Department of Life Sciences, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
- LAQV-Requimte, Chemistry Department, School of Science and Technology, Nova University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council of Italy, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
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- CDG & Allies PPAIN—Professionals and Patient Associations International Network, Department of Life Sciences, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Center for Metabolic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- UCIBIO—Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Associate Laboratory i4HB—Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, School of Science and Technology, Nova University of Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- CDG & Allies PPAIN—Professionals and Patient Associations International Network, Department of Life Sciences, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 2819-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Correspondence:
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Aishwarya R, Abdullah CS, Morshed M, Remex NS, Bhuiyan MS. Sigmar1's Molecular, Cellular, and Biological Functions in Regulating Cellular Pathophysiology. Front Physiol 2021; 12:705575. [PMID: 34305655 PMCID: PMC8293995 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.705575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The Sigma 1 receptor (Sigmar1) is a ubiquitously expressed multifunctional inter-organelle signaling chaperone protein playing a diverse role in cellular survival. Recessive mutation in Sigmar1 have been identified as a causative gene for neuronal and neuromuscular disorder. Since the discovery over 40 years ago, Sigmar1 has been shown to contribute to numerous cellular functions, including ion channel regulation, protein quality control, endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondrial communication, lipid metabolism, mitochondrial function, autophagy activation, and involved in cellular survival. Alterations in Sigmar1’s subcellular localization, expression, and signaling has been implicated in the progression of a wide range of diseases, such as neurodegenerative diseases, ischemic brain injury, cardiovascular diseases, diabetic retinopathy, cancer, and drug addiction. The goal of this review is to summarize the current knowledge of Sigmar1 biology focusing the recent discoveries on Sigmar1’s molecular, cellular, pathophysiological, and biological functions.
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- Richa Aishwarya
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, United States.,Department of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, United States
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