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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2018

Insights into the Impact of a Membrane-Anchoring Moiety on the Biological Activities of Bivalent Compounds As Potential Neuroprotectants for Alzheimer's Disease.

Liu He, Yuqi Jiang, Kai Liu, Victoria Gomez-Murcia, Xiaopin Ma, Alejandro Torrecillas, Qun Chen, Xiongwei Zhu, Edward Lesnefsky, Juan C Gomez-Fernandez and 2 more

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Liu He
Yuqi Jiang
Kai Liu
Victoria Gomez-MurciaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Murcia , Murcia, 30080, Spain.
Xiaopin MaDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States.
Alejandro TorrecillasDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Murcia , Murcia, 30080, Spain.
Qun Chen
Xiongwei ZhuDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States.
Edward Lesnefsky
Juan C Gomez-FernandezDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Murcia , Murcia, 30080, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5331-9029
Bin XuDepartment of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0490-9540

Funding

Abnormal Mitochondrial Dynamics and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Alzheimer's DiseR01NS083385 · NINDS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHU, XIONGWEI · 2013 to 2017
$2.1M
Novel bivalent multifunctional ligands towards Alzheimer's diseaseR01AG041161 · NIA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, SHIJUN · 2012 to 2016
$1.5M
activation of mitochondrial calpain augments cardiac injury in aged heartsR21AG054975 · NIA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI CHEN, QUN · 2017 to 2018
$433k
Reduction of cardiac injury by targeting damaged mitochondria during reperfusionI01BX001355 · VA · VA VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL · PI LESNEFSKY, EDWARD J · 2012 to 2025
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BLRD VA I01 BX001355NIA NIH HHS R01 AG041161NIA NIH HHS R21 AG054975NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS083385
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bivalent compounds anchoring in different manners to the membrane were designed and biologically characterized to understand the contribution of the anchor moiety to their biological activity as neuroprotectants for Alzheimer's disease. Our results established that the anchor moiety is essential, and we identified a preference for diosgenin, as evidenced by 17MD. Studies in primary neurons and mouse brain mitochondria also identified 17MD as exhibiting activity on neuritic outgrowth and the state 3 oxidative rate of glutamate while preserving the coupling capacity of the mitochondria. Significantly, our studies demonstrated that the integrated bivalent structure is essential to the observed biological activities. Further studies employing bivalent compounds as probes in a model membrane also revealed the influence of the anchor moiety on how they interact with the membrane. Collectively, our results suggest diosgenin to be an optimal anchor moiety, providing bivalent compounds with promising pharmacology that have potential applications for Alzheimer's disease.

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Alzheimer DiseaseBrainCell LineCell MembraneHumansMitochondriaNeuronsNeuroprotective AgentsOxidative PhosphorylationNeuroprotective Agents

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PMID29271648
PMCPMC5841544

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