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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2021

The Novel Alpha-2 Adrenoceptor Inhibitor Beditin Reduces Cytotoxicity and Huntingtin Aggregates in Cell Models of Huntington's Disease.

Elisabeth Singer, Lilit Hunanyan, Magda M Melkonyan, Jonasz J Weber, Lusine Danielyan, Huu Phuc Nguyen

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Elisabeth SingerInstitute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tuebingen, Calwerstrasse 7, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6669-9676
Lilit HunanyanDepartment of Medical Chemistry, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan 0025, Armenia.
Magda M MelkonyanDepartment of Medical Chemistry, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan 0025, Armenia.
Jonasz J WeberInstitute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tuebingen, Calwerstrasse 7, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3758-1569
Lusine DanielyanDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital of Tuebingen, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
Huu Phuc NguyenDepartment of Human Genetics, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitaetsstrasse 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6139-788X

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Abstract

Huntington's disease (HD) is a monogenetic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of polyglutamine-expanded huntingtin (mHTT). There is currently no cure, and therefore disease-slowing remedies are sought to alleviate symptoms of the multifaceted disorder. Encouraging findings in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease on alpha-2 adrenoceptor (α2-AR) inhibition have shown neuroprotective and aggregation-reducing effects in cell and animal models. Here, we analyzed the effect of beditin, a novel α2- adrenoceptor (AR) antagonist, on cell viability and mHTT protein levels in cell models of HD using Western blot, time-resolved Foerster resonance energy transfer (TR-FRET), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) cytotoxicity assays. Beditin decreases cytotoxicity, as measured by TUNEL staining and LDH release, in a neuronal progenitor cell model (ST

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alpha-2 adrenoceptorautophagybeditinhuntingtinHuntington’s diseaseneurodegenerationneuronal cell survival

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