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Cancers (Basel) ; 15(17)2023 Aug 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37686492

RESUMO

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is one of the most common and disabling dose-limiting toxicities of chemotherapy. We report here the results of two separate non-interventional studies (49 patients), which evaluated blood neurofilament light chain (NfL) as a biomarker of CIPN in breast cancer patients treated with paclitaxel. All patients underwent a standard treatment protocol that was established independently of the present studies. NfL was measured in serum using an ultrasensitive single-molecule array and compared with the self-administered European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-CIPN twenty-item scale (CIPN20) and Total Neuropathy Score clinical version (TNSc), a clinician-reported measure of neuropathy progression. The TNSc increased with cumulative dose compared with baseline, and the NfL concentrations were also strongly associated with the cumulative dose of chemotherapy. The analysis showed a correlation between TNSc and NfL. Both TNSc and NfL showed weak to moderate associations with CIPN20 subscores, with a better association for the CIPN20 sensory compared with motor and autonomic subscores. Data from the two studies provide evidence that serum NfL has the potential to be used as a biomarker to monitor and mitigate CIPN. However, studies with additional patients planned in the ongoing clinical trial will determine the universal application of NfL as a biomarker in CIPN.

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Cell Rep ; 34(1): 108588, 2021 01 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33406435

RESUMO

Axonal degeneration is responsible for disease progression and accumulation of disability in many neurodegenerative conditions. The axonal degenerative process can generate a metastable pool of damaged axons that remain structurally and functionally viable but fated to degenerate in the absence of external intervention. SARM1, an NADase that depletes axonal energy stores upon activation, is the central driver of an evolutionarily conserved program of axonal degeneration. We identify a potent and selective small molecule isoquinoline inhibitor of SARM1 NADase that recapitulates the SARM1-/- phenotype and protects axons from degeneration induced by axotomy or mitochondrial dysfunction. SARM1 inhibition post-mitochondrial injury with rotenone allows recovery and rescues axons that already entered the metastable state. We conclude that SARM1 inhibition with small molecules has the potential to treat axonopathies of the central and peripheral nervous systems by preventing axonal degeneration and by allowing functional recovery of a metastable pool of damaged, but viable, axons.


Assuntos
Proteínas do Domínio Armadillo/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas do Domínio Armadillo/fisiologia , Axônios/fisiologia , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/fisiologia , Isoquinolinas/farmacologia , Animais , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , NAD+ Nucleosidase/efeitos dos fármacos , NAD+ Nucleosidase/fisiologia , Degeneração Neural/tratamento farmacológico , Doenças Neurodegenerativas/tratamento farmacológico , Fenótipo , Recuperação de Função Fisiológica
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Exp Neurol ; 329: 113252, 2020 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32087251

RESUMO

SARM1 is the central executioner of pathological axon degeneration, promoting axonal demise in response to axotomy, traumatic brain injury, and neurotoxic chemotherapeutics that induce peripheral neuropathy. SARM1 is an injury-activated NAD+ cleavage enzyme, and this NADase activity is required for the pro-degenerative function of SARM1. At present, SARM1 function is assayed by either analysis of axonal loss, which is far downstream of SARM1 enzymatic activity, or via NAD+ levels, which are regulated by many competing pathways. Here we explored the utility of measuring cADPR, a product of SARM1-dependent cleavage of NAD+, as an in cell and in vivo biomarker of SARM1 enzymatic activity. We find that SARM1 is a major producer of cADPR in cultured dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons, sciatic nerve, and brain, demonstrating that SARM1 has basal activity in the absence of injury. Following injury, there is a dramatic SARM1-dependent increase in the levels of axonal cADPR that precedes morphological axon degeneration. In vivo, there is also a rapid and large injury-stimulated increase in cADPR in sciatic and optic nerves. The increase in cADPR after injury is proportional to SARM1 gene dosage, suggesting that SARM1 activity is the prime regulator of cADPR levels. The role of cADPR as an important calcium mobilizing agent prompted exploration of its functional contribution to axon degeneration. We used multiple bacterial and mammalian engineered enzymes to manipulate cADPR levels in neurons but found no changes in the time course of axonal degeneration, suggesting that cADPR is unlikely to be an important contributor to the degenerative mechanism. Using cADPR as a SARM1 biomarker, we find that SARM1 can be partially activated by a diverse array of mitochondrial toxins administered at doses that do not induce axon degeneration. Hence, the subcritical activation of SARM1 induced by mitochondrial dysfunction may contribute to the axonal vulnerability common to many neurodegenerative diseases. Finally, we assay levels of both nerve cADPR and plasma neurofilament light chain (NfL) following nerve injury in vivo, and demonstrate that both biomarkers are excellent readouts of SARM1 activity, with cADPR reporting the early molecular changes in the nerve and NfL reporting subsequent axonal breakdown. The identification and characterization of cADPR as a SARM1 biomarker will help identify neurodegenerative diseases in which SARM1 contributes to axonal loss and expedite target validation studies of SARM1-directed therapeutics.


Assuntos
Proteínas do Domínio Armadillo/metabolismo , Axônios/metabolismo , ADP-Ribose Cíclica/metabolismo , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Dosagem de Genes/fisiologia , Degeneração Neural/metabolismo , Animais , Proteínas do Domínio Armadillo/genética , Axônios/patologia , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Encéfalo/patologia , Células Cultivadas , ADP-Ribose Cíclica/genética , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/genética , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Degeneração Neural/genética , Degeneração Neural/patologia , Nervo Isquiático/metabolismo , Nervo Isquiático/patologia
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J Clin Invest ; 111(4): 507-14, 2003 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12588889

RESUMO

Hedgehog proteins modulate development and patterning of the embryonic nervous system. As expression of desert hedgehog and the hedgehog receptor, patched-1, persist in the postnatal and adult peripheral nerves, the hedgehog pathway may have a role in maturation and maintenance of the peripheral nervous system in normal and disease states. We measured desert hedgehog expression in the peripheral nerve of maturing diabetic rats and found that diabetes caused a significant reduction in desert hedgehog mRNA. Treating diabetic rats with a sonic hedgehog-IgG fusion protein fully restored motor- and sensory-nerve conduction velocities and maintained the axonal caliber of large myelinated fibers. Diabetes-induced deficits in retrograde transport of nerve growth factor and sciatic-nerve levels of calcitonin gene-related product and neuropeptide Y were also ameliorated by treatment with the sonic hedgehog-IgG fusion protein, as was thermal hypoalgesia in the paw. These studies implicate disruption of normal hedgehog function in the etiology of diabetes-induced peripheral-nerve dysfunction and indicate that delivery of exogenous hedgehog proteins may have therapeutic potential for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy.


Assuntos
Neuropatias Diabéticas/tratamento farmacológico , Transativadores/uso terapêutico , Animais , Neuropatias Diabéticas/genética , Neuropatias Diabéticas/fisiopatologia , Proteínas Hedgehog , Humanos , Imunoglobulina G/genética , Imunoglobulina G/uso terapêutico , Masculino , Condução Nervosa/efeitos dos fármacos , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/uso terapêutico , Nervo Isquiático/efeitos dos fármacos , Nervo Isquiático/fisiopatologia , Transativadores/genética
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J Med Chem ; 47(25): 6218-29, 2004 Dec 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15566292

RESUMO

A series of bicyclic piperazine derivatives of triazolotriazine and triazolopyrimidines was synthesized. Some of these analogues show high affinity and excellent selectivity for adenosine A(2a) receptor versus the adenosine A(1) receptor. Structure-activity-relationship (SAR) studies based on octahydropyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine and octahydropyrido[1,2-a]pyrazine with various capping groups are reported. Among these analogues, the most potent and selective A(2a) antagonist 26 h has a K(i) value of 0.2 nM and is 16 500-fold selective with respect to the A(1) receptor. Among a number of compounds tested, compounds 21a and 21c exhibited significantly improved metabolic stability. Compounds 21a, 21c, and 18a showed good oral efficacy in rodent catalepsy models of Parkinson's disease.


Assuntos
Antagonistas do Receptor A2 de Adenosina , Piperazinas/síntese química , Pirimidinas/síntese química , Triazinas/síntese química , Triazóis/síntese química , Administração Oral , Animais , Catalepsia/tratamento farmacológico , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Estabilidade de Medicamentos , Técnicas In Vitro , Masculino , Camundongos , Microssomos Hepáticos/metabolismo , Estrutura Molecular , Doença de Parkinson/tratamento farmacológico , Piperazinas/química , Piperazinas/farmacologia , Pirimidinas/química , Pirimidinas/farmacologia , Ensaio Radioligante , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Estereoisomerismo , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Triazinas/química , Triazinas/farmacologia , Triazóis/química , Triazóis/farmacologia
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J Pharm Sci ; 91(2): 371-87, 2002 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11835197

RESUMO

The therapeutic effects of the Sonic hedgehog (Shh) have been difficult to evaluate because of its relatively short serum half-life. To address this issue polyethylene glycol modification (PEGylation) was investigated as an approach to improve systemic exposure. Shh was PEGylated by a targeted approach using cysteines that were engineered into the protein by site-directed mutagenesis as the sites of attachment. Sixteen different versions of the protein containing one, two, three, or four sites of attachment were characterized. Two forms were selected for extensive testing in animals, Shh A192C, which provided a single site for PEGylation, and Shh A192C/N91C, which provided two sites. The PEGylated proteins were evaluated for reaction specificity by SDS-PAGE and peptide mapping, in vitro potency, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties, and efficacy in a sciatic nerve injury model. Targeted PEGylation was highly selective for the engineered cysteines and had no deleterious effect on Shh function in vitro. Systemic clearance values in rats decreased from 117.4 mL/h/kg for unmodified Shh to 29.4 mL/h/kg for mono-PEGylated Shh A192C that was modified with 20 kDa PEG-maleimide and to 2.5 mL/h/kg for di-PEGylated Shh A192C/N91C modified with 2, 20 kDa PEG vinylsulfone adducts. Serum half-life increased from 1 h for unmodified Shh to 7.0 and 12.6 h for the mono- and di-PEGylated products. These changes in clearance and half-life resulted in higher serum levels of Shh in the PEG-Shh-treated animals. In Ptc-LacZ knock-in mice expressing lacZ under regulation of the Shh receptor Patched, about a 10-fold lower dose of PEG-Shh was needed to induce beta-galactosidase than for the unmodified protein. Therapeutic treatment of mice with PEG-Shh enhanced the regeneration of injured sciatic nerves. These studies demonstrate that targeted PEGylation greatly alters the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of Shh, resulting in a form with improved pharmaceutical properties.


Assuntos
Neuropatia Ciática/tratamento farmacológico , Transativadores/farmacocinética , Transativadores/uso terapêutico , Animais , Linhagem Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Química Farmacêutica , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Excipientes/farmacocinética , Excipientes/uso terapêutico , Proteínas Hedgehog , Humanos , Óperon Lac/genética , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos , Mutagênese Sítio-Dirigida/genética , Mutação/genética , Compressão Nervosa , Polietilenoglicóis/farmacocinética , Polietilenoglicóis/uso terapêutico , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Neuropatia Ciática/sangue , Neuropatia Ciática/genética , Transativadores/sangue
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Eur J Neurosci ; 22(3): 587-94, 2005 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16101740

RESUMO

Methylprednisolone (MP) is a synthetic glucocorticoid used for the treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI). Soluble Nogo-66 receptor (NgR) ectodomain is a novel experimental therapy for SCI that promotes axonal regeneration by blocking the growth inhibitory effects of myelin constituents in the adult central nervous system. To evaluate the potential complementarity of these mechanistically distinct pharmacological reagents we compared their effects alone and in combination after thoracic (T7) dorsal hemisection in the rat. Treatment with an ecto-domain of the rat NgR (27-310) fused to a rat IgG [NgR(310)ecto-Fc] (50 microm intrathecal, 0.25 microL/h for 28 days) or MP alone (30 mg/kg i.v., 0, 4 and 8 h postinjury) improved the rate and extent of functional recovery measured using Basso, Beattie, Bresnahan (BBB) scoring and footprint analysis. The effect of MP treatment on BBB score was apparent the day after SCI whereas the effect of NgR(310)ecto-Fc was not apparent until 2 weeks after SCI. NgR(310)ecto-Fc or MP treatment resulted in increased axonal sprouting and/or regeneration, quantified by counting biotin dextran amine-labeled corticospinal tract axons, and increased the number of axons contacting motor neurons in the ventral horn gray matter caudal to the lesion. Combined treatment with NgR(310)ecto-Fc and MP had a more pronounced effect on recovery of function and axonal growth compared with either treatment alone. The data demonstrate that NgR(310)ecto-Fc and MP act in a temporally and mechanistically distinct manner and suggest that they may have complementary effects.


Assuntos
Metilprednisolona/uso terapêutico , Receptores de Peptídeos/uso terapêutico , Traumatismos da Medula Espinal/tratamento farmacológico , Análise de Variância , Animais , Axônios/efeitos dos fármacos , Axônios/fisiologia , Comportamento Animal , Biotina/análogos & derivados , Biotina/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , Embrião de Galinha , Dextranos/metabolismo , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Interações Medicamentosas , Quimioterapia Combinada , Comportamento Exploratório/efeitos dos fármacos , Feminino , Proteínas Ligadas por GPI , Gânglios Espinais/citologia , Imunoglobulina G/uso terapêutico , Laminectomia/métodos , Proteínas da Mielina , Bainha de Mielina/metabolismo , Regeneração Nervosa/efeitos dos fármacos , Neurônios/efeitos dos fármacos , Neurônios/fisiologia , Receptor Nogo 1 , Tratos Piramidais/efeitos dos fármacos , Tratos Piramidais/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Long-Evans , Receptores de Superfície Celular , Receptores de Peptídeos/biossíntese , Receptores de Peptídeos/química , Receptores de Peptídeos/imunologia , Proteínas Recombinantes/uso terapêutico , Recuperação de Função Fisiológica/efeitos dos fármacos , Traumatismos da Medula Espinal/fisiopatologia
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Bioorg Med Chem Lett ; 15(3): 511-5, 2005 Feb 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15664803

RESUMO

A novel [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrazine core was synthesized and coupled with terminal acetylenes. The structure-activity relationship of the alkynes from this novel template was studied for their in vitro and in vivo adenosine A(2A) receptor antagonism. Selected compounds from this series were shown to have potent in vitro and in vivo activities against adenosine A(2A) receptor. Compound 12, in particular, was found to be orally active at 3mg/kg in both a mouse catalepsy model and a 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rat model.


Assuntos
Antagonistas do Receptor A2 de Adenosina , Pirazinas/síntese química , Pirazinas/farmacologia , Administração Oral , Alcinos/química , Animais , Catalepsia/tratamento farmacológico , Córtex Cerebral , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Camundongos , Oxidopamina , Doença de Parkinson/tratamento farmacológico , Pirazinas/administração & dosagem , Ratos , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Triazóis/síntese química
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