期刊
ACS CHEMICAL NEUROSCIENCE
卷 12, 期 9, 页码 1716-1736出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00192
关键词
Endocannabinoid system; fatty acid amide hydrolase; enzyme inhibitors; selective inhibitors; epilepsy; temporal lobe epilepsy; seizures
资金
- Malta Council of Science and Technology [R&I-2013-14 EPILEFREE]
- EPILEFREE
- MIUR-PRIN [20175SA5JJ]
Research has discovered new FAAH inhibitors with promising antiepileptic efficacy and devoid of psychotropic effects. These inhibitors showed good results in animal models, prompting further investigation for potential new antiepileptic agents.
Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common form of epilepsy, and current antiepileptic drugs are ineffective in many patients. The endocannabinoid system has been associated with an on-demand protective response to seizures. Blocking endocannabinoid catabolism would elicit antiepileptic effects, devoid of psychotropic effects. We herein report the discovery of selective anandamide catabolic enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) inhibitors with promising antiepileptic efficacy, starting from a further investigation of our prototypical inhibitor 2a. When tested in two rodent models of epilepsy, 2a reduced the severity of the pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus and the elongation of the hippocampal maximal dentate activation. Notably, 2a did not affect hippocampal dentate gyrus long-term synaptic plasticity. These data prompted our further endeavor aiming at discovering new antiepileptic agents, developing a new set of FAAH inhibitors (3a-m). Biological studies highlighted 3h and 3m as the best performing analogues to be further investigated. In cell-based studies, using a neuroblastoma cell line, 3h and 3m could reduce the oxinflammation state by decreasing DNA-binding activity of NF-kB p65, devoid of cytotoxic effect. Unwanted cardiac effects were excluded for 3h (Langendorff perfused rat heart). Finally, the new analogue 3h reduced the severity of the pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus as observed for 2a.
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