Anti-prion Drugs Targeting the Protein Folding Activity of the Ribosome Reduce PABPN1 Aggregation

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Prion diseases are caused by the propagation of PrPSc, the pathological conformation of the PrPC prion protein. The molecular mechanisms underlying PrPSc propagation are still unsolved and no therapeutic solution is currently available. We thus sought to identify new anti-prion molecules and found that flunarizine inhibited PrPSc propagation in cell culture and significantly prolonged survival of prion-infected mice. Using an in silico therapeutic repositioning approach based on similarities with flunarizine chemical structure, we tested azelastine, duloxetine, ebastine, loperamide and metixene and showed that they all have an anti-prion activity. Like flunarizine, these marketed drugs reduced PrPSc propagation in cell culture and in mouse cerebellum organotypic slice culture, and inhibited the protein folding activity of the ribosome (PFAR). Strikingly, some of these drugs were also able to alleviate phenotypes due to PABPN1 nuclear aggregation in cell and Drosophila models of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD). These data emphasize the therapeutic potential of anti-PFAR drugs for neurodegenerative and neuromuscular proteinopathies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics - 18(2021), 2 vom: 31. Apr., Seite 1137-1150

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bamia, Aline [VerfasserIn]
Sinane, Maha [VerfasserIn]
Naït-Saïdi, Rima [VerfasserIn]
Dhiab, Jamila [VerfasserIn]
Keruzoré, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Phu Hai [VerfasserIn]
Bertho, Agathe [VerfasserIn]
Soubigou, Flavie [VerfasserIn]
Halliez, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Blondel, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Trollet, Capucine [VerfasserIn]
Simonelig, Martine [VerfasserIn]
Friocourt, Gaëlle [VerfasserIn]
Béringue, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Bihel, Frédéric [VerfasserIn]
Voisset, Cécile [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Calcium Channel Blockers
Drug repositioning
Flunarizine
Journal Article
OPMD
PABPN1
PABPN1 protein, mouse
PFAR
Poly(A)-Binding Protein I
PrPSc
Prion Proteins
Prions
Protein Aggregates
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 02.02.2022

Date Revised 04.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s13311-020-00992-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320938522