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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Identification of Koumine as a Translocator Protein 18 kDa Positive Allosteric Modulator for the Treatment of Inflammatory and Neuropathic Pain.

Bojun Xiong, Guilin Jin, Ying Xu, Wenbing You, Yufei Luo, Menghan Fang, Bing Chen, Huihui Huang, Jian Yang, Xu Lin and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Bojun XiongDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Guilin JinDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Ying XuDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Wenbing YouDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Yufei LuoDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Menghan FangDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Bing ChenDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Huihui HuangDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Jian YangDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Xu LinKey Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer (Fujian Medical University), Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Changxi YuDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
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Abstract

Koumine is an alkaloid that displays notable activity against inflammatory and neuropathic pain, but its therapeutic target and molecular mechanism still need further study. Translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO) is a vital therapeutic target for pain treatment, and recent research implies that there may be allostery in TSPO. Our previous competitive binding assay hint that koumine may function as a TSPO positive allosteric modulator (PAM). Here, for the first time, we report the pharmacological characterization of koumine as a TSPO PAM. The results imply that koumine might be a high-affinity ligand of TSPO and that it likely acts as a PAM since it could delay the dissociation of

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inflammatory painkoumineneuropathic painpositive allosteric modulationTSPO

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