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ArticleACS omega2024

1,4-Diurea- and 1,4-Dithiourea-Substituted Aromatic Derivatives Selectively Inhibit α-Synuclein Oligomer Formation

Susantha K Ganegamage, Eduardo Ramirez, Heba Alnakhala, Arati Tripathi, Cuong Calvin Duc Nguyen, Ashique Zami, Raluca Ostafe, Shiliang Tian, Ulf Dettmer, Jessica S Fortin

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Article in ACS omega, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Susantha K GanegamageDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.
Eduardo RamirezDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3844
Heba AlnakhalaAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Arati TripathiAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Cuong Calvin Duc NguyenDepartment of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.
Ashique ZamiPurdue Institute for Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.
Raluca OstafePurdue Institute for Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.
Shiliang TianDepartment of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.
Ulf DettmerAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Jessica S FortinDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1007-9360
Purdue University West Lafayette · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

Stabilizing native α-synuclein homeostasis to prevent insoluble α-synuclein aggregatesR01NS099328 · NINDS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI DETTMER, ULF · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
Small molecule inhibitors of hyperphosphorylated tau aggregation in Alzheimer's disease: lead optimization, and proof of concept in a rodent modelK08AG071985 · NIA · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI Jessica Fortin · 2022 to 2026
$822k
Contrasting pathomechanisms of membrane versus cytosol alpha-synuclein excessR21NS121826 · NINDS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI DETTMER, ULF · 2021 to 2021
$505k
Small molecule inhibitors of hyperphosphorylated tau aggregation and cytotoxicity for the development of Alzheimer’s therapeuticsR21AG070447 · NIA · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI FORTIN, JESSICA · 2021 to 2022
$402k
NIA NIH HHS K08 AG071985NIA NIH HHS R21 AG070447NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS099328NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS121826
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, affecting the elderly population worldwide. In PD, the misfolding of α-synuclein (α-syn) results in the formation of inclusions referred to as Lewy bodies (LB) in midbrain neurons of the substantia nigra and other specific brain localizations, which is associated with neurodegeneration. There are no approved strategies to reduce the formation of LB in the neurons of patients with PD. Our drug discovery program focuses on the synthesis of urea and thiourea compounds coupled with aminoindole moieties to abrogate α-syn aggregation and to slow down the progression of PD. We synthesized several urea and thiourea analogues with a central 1,4-phenyl diurea/thiourea linkage and evaluated their effectiveness in reducing α-syn aggregation with a special focus on the selective inhibition of oligomer formation among other proteins. We utilized biophysical methods such as thioflavin T (ThT) fluorescence assays, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), photoinduced cross-linking of unmodified proteins (PICUP), as well as M17D intracellular inclusion cell-based assays to evaluate the antiaggregation properties and cellular protection of our best compounds. Our results identified compound

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