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Drug repositioning screening identifies etravirine as a potential therapeutic for friedreich's ataxia.
Alfedi, Giulia; Luffarelli, Riccardo; Condò, Ivano; Pedini, Giorgia; Mannucci, Liliana; Massaro, Damiano S; Benini, Monica; Toschi, Nicola; Alaimo, Giorgia; Panarello, Luca; Pacini, Laura; Fortuni, Silvia; Serio, Dario; Malisan, Florence; Testi, Roberto; Rufini, Alessandra.
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  • Alfedi G; Laboratory of Signal Transduction, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
  • Luffarelli R; Laboratory of Signal Transduction, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
  • Condò I; Laboratory of Signal Transduction, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
  • Pedini G; Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
  • Mannucci L; Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
  • Massaro DS; Laboratory of Signal Transduction, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
  • Benini M; Laboratory of Signal Transduction, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
  • Toschi N; Fratagene Therapeutics Srl, Rome, Italy.
  • Alaimo G; Medical Physics Section, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
  • Panarello L; Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Pacini L; Laboratory of Signal Transduction, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
  • Fortuni S; Fratagene Therapeutics Srl, Rome, Italy.
  • Serio D; Laboratory of Signal Transduction, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
  • Malisan F; Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
  • Testi R; Laboratory of Signal Transduction, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
  • Rufini A; Laboratory of Signal Transduction, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
Mov Disord ; 34(3): 323-334, 2019 03.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30624801
BACKGROUND: Friedreich's ataxia is an autosomal-recessive cerebellar ataxia caused by mutation of the frataxin gene, resulting in decreased frataxin expression, mitochondrial dysfunction, and oxidative stress. Currently, no treatment is available for Friedreich's ataxia patients. Given that levels of residual frataxin critically affect disease severity, the main goal of a specific therapy for Friedreich's ataxia is to increase frataxin levels. OBJECTIVES: With the aim to accelerate the development of a new therapy for Friedreich's ataxia, we took a drug repositioning approach to identify market-available drugs able to increase frataxin levels. METHODS: Using a cell-based reporter assay to monitor variation in frataxin amount, we performed a high-throughput screening of a library containing 853 U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs. RESULTS: Among the potentially interesting candidates isolated from the screening, we focused our attention on etravirine, an antiviral drug currently in use as an anti-human immunodeficiency virus therapy. Here, we show that etravirine can promote a significant increase in frataxin levels in cells derived from Friedreich's ataxia patients, by enhancing frataxin messenger RNA translation. Importantly, frataxin accumulation in treated patient cell lines is comparable to frataxin levels in unaffected carrier cells, suggesting that etravirine could be therapeutically relevant. Indeed, etravirine treatment restores the activity of the iron-sulphur cluster containing enzyme aconitase and confers resistance to oxidative stress in cells derived from Friedreich's ataxia patients. CONCLUSIONS: Considering its excellent safety profile along with its ability to increase frataxin levels and correct some of the disease-related defects, etravirine represents a promising candidate as a therapeutic for Friedreich's ataxia. © 2019 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Piridazinas / Ataxia de Friedreich / Proteínas de Ligação ao Ferro Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Screening_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Mov Disord Assunto da revista: NEUROLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Itália

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Piridazinas / Ataxia de Friedreich / Proteínas de Ligação ao Ferro Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Screening_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Mov Disord Assunto da revista: NEUROLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Itália